TABLE 8 »~-Ground fish landin p is from Goorg:os Ba rJc by small and largo mash 



Boston t rawlers for regulated periods oomparod v/ith sama periods 

 ' in tho pravious yea.r« 



Oct. -Dec. 



Group A (Small mesh) \f 



Group B (Largo mosh) zf 



Group A (Small mosh) Zj 



Group B (Larg* mosh) 4^ 



Apr » -Juno 



Group A (Small mosh) Zj 



Group B (Largo mosh) 4/ 



Landinp;5 of HaddoOiC 



Pounds per ti'ip 



1952 ^ 1953 % change 



Landings of Groundfish 

 Pounds par trip 

 1952 1953 % change 



60,900 47,700 -21.7 75,200 67,300 -10.5 



54,800 49,600 -9.5 75,400 75,500 /O.l 



1953 1954 % chango 1953 1954 % ohango 



66,500 56,500 -13.7 



74,300 63,700 -14.3 



1953 1954 % ohango 



66.2 102.8 /55.3 



62.5 82.5 /32.0 



83,500 85,400 /^.S 

 96,000 101,000 /5.2 

 1953 1954 % ohango 



80,3 113.5 /41.3 

 78,6 97.3 /23.8 



l/ Eight largo ottor trawlers lioonsod to fish with small mosh from Juno to 

 Dooombor, 1953i Arli ngton , Atlantic , Toxas , Thomas A. Whalon , Weymouth , 

 and William J. O^'S'TTon . 



2/ Six large ottor trawlers lioonsod to fish with small mosh from January to 

 Juno, 1954 t Bay , B onnie , Bonnie Lou , Mlohigan , Racer , and Winohostor. 



3/ 32 largo ottor trawlers using regulation gear. 



4/ 34 large otter trawlers using regulation gear. 



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