FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1926 385 
Swordfish—The catch of swordfish amounted to 2,441,679 pounds, 
valued at $492,629, all sold fresh. There were 40 vessels engaged 
in this fishery, or 1 less than in the previous year. There was an 
increase in the catch, as compared with the previous year, of 63.16 
per cent in quantity and 27.65 per cent in value. 
Flounders—The catch of flounders taken in the vessel fisheries 
amounted to 6,778,965 pounds, valued at $324,398, an increase over 
the previous year of 140,993 pounds, or 2.12 per cent, in quantity 
and of $48,611, or 17.63 per cent, in value. The catch taken by 
boats under 5 tons net tonnage is not included in these statistics. 
Herring—The catch of herring amounted to 1,580,850 pounds, 
valued at $39,400. Of this quantity 1,025,570 pounds, valued at 
$12,890, were taken off the coast of the United States and were 
landed fresh. The remainder, consisting of 240,000 pounds fresh, 
valued at $14,400, and 315,280 pounds salted, valued at $12,110, 
were Newfoundland herring. 

OTTER-TRAWL FISHERY 
In 1926 there were 667 trips landed at Boston, Gloucester, and 
Portland by 30 otter-trawl vessels, amounting to 61,175,851 pounds 
of fish having a value, as landed, of $2,004,333, or 25.66 per cent of 
the quantity and 22.13 per cent of the value of the total catch landed 
by fishing vessels at these ports during the year. In making these 
trips, including the date of departure and date of arrival, the vessels 
were absent from port 5,336 days. The catch included cod, 5,203,911 
pounds, valued at $190,296; haddock, 52,405,653 pounds, valued at 
$1,619,326; hake, 894,885 pounds, valued at $34,607; pollock, 1,099,- 
741 pounds, valued at $37,572; cusk, 23,997 pounds, valued at $1,685; 
halibut, 68,144 pounds, valued at $17,953; and other species 1,479,520 
pounds, valued at $102,894. In these statistics the small quantities 
of salted fish landed (such as cod, haddock, hake, pollock, and cusk) 
have been reduced to the basis of weights of fresh fish. Otter trawls 
catch chiefly haddock, and in 1926 their catch amounted to 55.71 
per cent of the quantity and 52.53 per cent of the value of the entire 
catch of this species landed by fishing vessels at these ports. The 
otter-trawl catch was taken from Western Bank, Georges Bank, 
South Channel, Nantucket Shoals, off Highland Light, and off 
Chatham. Over 73 per cent of the quantity and nearly 79 per cent 
of the value were from South Channel. Compared with 1925, there 
was an increase of one vessel and 60 trips in the otter-trawl fishery, 
There was also an increase of 6,569,933 pounds, or 12.03 per cent, in 
the quantity and $321,565, or 19.11 per cent, in the value of the 
fish landed. 
The following tables give the catch landed by steam otter trawlers 
at these ports in 1926, by fishing grounds and by months, and also 
the catch of cod, haddock, and hake landed by them in various years. 



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