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VESSEL FISHERIES AT THE PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 5 

 ECONOMIC ASPECT 



The landings of fishery products at the three principal New England 

 ports (Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me.), by vessels 

 of 5 net tons and over, during 1931, amounted to 263,684,584 pounds 

 as landed, valued at $9,249,257. This is a decrease of 25 per cent 

 in the quantity of the catch as compared with 1930, and a decrease 

 of 28 per cent in the value of the catch. Of the total landings, 99 

 per cent consisted of fresh fish and 1 per cent of salted fish. The 

 landings at Boston accounted for the largest amount landed at the 

 three ports in 1931, accounting for 219,945,003 pounds, valued at 

 $7,906,494, or 84 per cent of the total quantity. This is a decrease 

 of 23 per cent in amount and 27 per cent in value as compared with 

 1930. Landings at Gloucester in 1931 amounted to 24,849,803 

 pounds, valued at $775,823, or 9 per cent of the total quantity. 

 This is a decrease of 48 per cent in amount and 42 per cent in value 

 as compared with the previous year. Landings at Portland amounted 

 to 18,889,778 pounds, valued at $566,940, or 7 per cent of the total 

 landings. This is an increase of 4 per cent in the quantity and less 

 than one-half of 1 per cent in the value as compared with 1930. 



Among the landings of fresh fish, haddock outranked other species 

 in volume landed, the amount of all sizes in 1931 being 132,845,465 

 pounds, or 51 per cent of the total fresh fish. This is 30 per cent 

 less than the amount landed in 1930. 



Landings by fishing vessels at principal Neiv England ports, 1931 

 BOSTON: By months 



5 With reference to the figures published in this section the reader should refer to that section in the latter 

 part of the book entitled "Statistical survey procedure," which gives in detail methods for collecting 

 statistics, compUation practices and conversion factors. This is most necessary for a complete under- 

 standing of the statistics presented herewith. 



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