Table I-2A 



Comparison of Average Landings and Average 

 Prices. Leading Groundfish Species 1947-1949 versus 1955-1957 



(Landings in Thousands of Pounds) 



Percent caiange 



(L) - Large. 



Source: Tables I-l and 1-2. 



Table 1-3 



Geographical Concentration, New England 

 Fishing Industry in Leading Ports , 1957 



Groundfish as percent of 

 All Fish and Shellfish 

 Pounds DoUars 



45.2 



32.2 



46.0 



30.3 



1^/ Data for Cumberland County. 

 11 Data for Knox County. 



Source: Massachusetts ports - Fishery Statistics of the United States, 1957 . 

 Statistical Digest No. 44-, United States Department of the Interior, 

 Washington 25, D.C. , p. 106; Maine ports - M aine Landings. 1957 . 

 C.F.S. No. 1779, Fish and Wildlife Service, Branch of Commercial 

 Fisheries, Washington 25, D.C, p. 1, 



98 



