APPENDIX 

 A. SOURCES OF DATA ON LANDINGS OF YELLOWTAIL, 1940-49 



The following documents ' supplied the infor- 

 mation on the production of yellowtail flounder 

 by ports. 



All ports 2 



1938. Fishery Industries of the United States, 1939. 

 Administrative Report No. 41 : total production 

 for the year, pp. 279-336 ; also from original rec- 

 ords by ports and counties. 



1939. Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1939. 

 Statistical Digest Xo. 1 : total production for the 

 year, pp. 44-89 ; also from original records by 

 ports and counties. 



Portland, Maine, Boston and Gloucester, Mass. 



1940-1945. Landings at Certain New England Ports, 

 in Statistical Bulletin and Current Fishery Sta- 

 tistics series : all data by statistical subarea. 



1946-1949. Xew England Landings, in Current Fish- 

 ery Statistics series: all data by statistical sub- 

 area. 



New Bedford, Mass. 



1940. Monthly landings copied from dealers' records. 



1941. Monthly landings compiled from daily reports 

 telephoned to Boston Fishery Market News Serv- 

 ice by the port agent of the Atlantic Fisher- 

 men's Union. 



1942. Landings of Fishery Products at New Bedford, 

 Mass., in Current Fishery Statistics No. 108: 

 landings by months. 



194.3 (Jan. -June). Monthly landings by statistical 

 subarea compiled from dealers' records and daily 

 interviews. 



1943 ( July ) -1945. Landings by Fishing Craft at New 

 Bedford, Mass., in Current Fishery Statistics 

 series : all data by month and statistical subarea. 



1946-1949. New England Landings, in Current Fish- 

 ery Statistics series : monthly landings by sta- 

 tistical subarea. 



Provlncetown, Mass. 



1940-1943 (July). Monthly landings compiled from 

 daily reports to Boston Fishery Market News 

 Service. 



1 Unless otherwise specified, all publications are those of the 

 United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Serv- 

 ice. Washington 25. D. C. 



- Although certain data on the landings of yellowtail flounder 

 are available for the years before 1940. they are compiled by the 

 home port of the vessel instead of the port in which the trips 

 were landed. Thus, the data are not comparable with those of 

 the later years. Furthermore, before 19.38 all species of flounders 

 were consolidated in the statistics. 



Provincetown, Mass. — Continued 



1943 (Aug.) -1949. Monthly landings from records 

 of the Massachusetts Department of Conserva- 

 tion, Division of Marine Fisheries. 



Woods Hole, Mass. 



1940-1943 (July). Monthly landings compiled from 

 daily reports to Boston Fishery Market News 

 Service. 



1943 (Aug. (-1949. Monthly landings copied from 

 records of the Massachusetts Department of 

 Conservation, Division of Marine Fisheries. 



Chatham, Mass. 



1943 (Aug.) -1949. Monthly landings copied from 

 records of the Massachusetts Department of Con- 

 servation, Division of Marine Fisheries : land- 

 ings before 1942 unavailable and yellowtail 

 landings considered negligible. 3 



Plymouth, Mass. 



1944 (Oct.) -1949. Monthly landings compiled from 

 dealers' records : landings before this date con- 

 sidered negligible. 3 



Nantucket, Mass. 



1944-1949. Monthly landings compiled from dealers' 

 records : landings before 1944 considered neg- 

 ligible. 3 



Rhode Island. 



1940. Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1941. 

 Statistical Digest No. 7. Total production for 

 the year. 



1941. Monthly landings compiled from daily ship- 

 ments into New York City as reported by the 

 New York Fishery Market News Service. 



1942. Current Fishery Statistics No. 164. Total 

 production for the year. Proportion by month 

 estimated from daily reports of New York Fish- 

 ery Market News Service. 



1943-1949. Monthly landings compiled from daily 

 reports of the New York Fishery Market News 

 Service. The total production reported for 1942 

 was 3.505 times the daily shipments to New 

 York City. This factor was used to estimate the 

 total landings for 1943 to 1949. Earlier years 

 were not adjusted because processing facilities 

 were not built until 1943. 



3 Diversion of landings to smaller ports commenced after price 

 controls were applied in 1943. 



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