BUREAU OF FISHERIES XV 
TRADE IN FROZEN FISH 
The holdings of frozen fish in 1926 were somewhat less during the 
first seven months and considerably more during the last five months 
of the year than in the previous year, varying between 16,154,902 
pounds in April to 75,034,255 pounds in November. The average 
monthly holdings during the year amounted to 45,906,276 pounds, an 
increase of 4.13 per cent, as compared with the average monthly hold- 
ing in 1925, and was above the five-year average by ‘L711 per cent. 
NEW ENGLAND VESSEL FISHERIES 
Statistics of the New England vessel fisheries at Boston and Glou- 
cester, Mass., and Portland, “Me. , collected by the bureau’s local agents, 
have been published monthly. Two annual bulletins were issued— 
one showing the catch by fishing grounds and the other by months. 
The total landings by vessels at these ports in 1926 was the largest on 
record, amounting to 238,426,223 pounds of fish, having a value to 
the fishermen of $9,068,573. This was an increase over 1925 of 9.94 
per cent in the quantity and 11.74 per cent in the value of the 
products. 
The principal species, in the order of their value, were haddock, 
94,060,734 pounds, valued at $3,082,924; cod, 78,218 703 pounds, valued 
at $2,647,479; mackerel, 36,232,655 pounds, valued at $1,406,485; hali- 
but, 3,480,957 pounds, valued at $671,150; swordfish, 2,441,679 
pounds, valued at $492,629; and flounders, 6,778,965 pounds, valued 
at $324,398. Compared with the previous year, there was consid- 
erable increase in both the quantity and value of cod and haddock and 
a large increase in the quantity and value of the catch of mackerel and 
swordfish. 
The total catch of mackerel by the American fishing fleet in 1926 
was 304,490 barrels ee and 5,380 barrels salted, an increase over 
the previous year of 100,529 barrels fresh and a decrease of 7,062 
barrels salted. 
FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, WASH. 
In 1926 the quantity and value of fishery products landed at 
Seattle by fishing and collecting vessels was 32,418,430 pounds, 
valued at $3,598, +41. 
The catch by fishing vessels, which consisted largely of halibut, 
amounted to 13,371,610 ‘pounds, valued at $1,896,677. Compared with 
the previous year, this is an increase: of 2.9 per cent in quantity and 
19 per cent in value of the products landed. The fish landed by col- 
lecting vessels amounted to 19,046,820 pounds, valued at $1,702,064, 
an increase of 9.5 per cent in quantity and 25 per cent in value. 
SHAD AND ALEWIFE FISHERIES OF THE POTOMAC RIVER 
In 1926 the shad fishery yielded 336,662 shad that weighed 1,034,206 
pounds, valued at $217,461 to the fishermen. This is an increase over 
1925 of 65 per cent in number, 48 per cent in weight, and 33 per cent 
in value. While the catch is not large, compared with many of the 
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