COD STATISTICS TO 1926 743 
TABLE 7.—Canadian cod catch on the Atlantic seaboard, 1869-1910 






| | | 
| Calculated | | 7 | Calculated 
Year | Dried | ¥ steb.ce | weight as | Yoar Dried | hkl or | weight as 
gre / caught! || | ever caught 1 
he S a \|- ee 
\ 
Hundred- Hundred- || Calendar year | Hundred- 
weight | Pounds weight weight 
814, 041 3, 272, 171 2, 489, 897 || 1889._....__.. 904, 560 | 
| NSSSSsu2 ai Te 1, 050, 847 | 
| | 188 (acc cee oe OFS 00: |=eneoeesasn = | 
| ASG Eo C2 sei 1, 080, 716 
700,530 | 4,802,100 | 2,171,701 (ees 1, 077, 393 
670, 775 |. 1,459,695 | 2,033,637 |! 1884____-__-_- 1, 022, 389 
738, 637 1,208,100 | ~ 2,233,649 |) 1883_________. 1, 075, 121 
792, 881 | 510, 985 2, 386, 103 TSS 2s ee eee! 903, 030 
824, 756 | 504,500) 2,481,634 |) 1881_..._._._- 1, 075, 582 
997, 244 | bees OOlad2 || Lse0.. 22 2 2c 1, 092, 514 | 
f 9, 998, 998 |] 1879.________- 1, 067, 484 | 
2,676,840 | 1878 902, 496 
2, 781, 546 : 815, 068 
2, 128, 374 830, 860 
2, 375, 343 | 748, 788 
2) 390, 208 797, 891 
2, 410, 785 880, 842 
2, 804, 535 824, 438 
2, 665, 074 674, 602 | 
2, 694, 636 HOST eee | 1, 735, 269 
2, 546, 907 OS Spee ee ae 1, 540, 074 
2,573, 202 


1 Conversion factors: Dried X3; ‘‘fresh or green’’ X1.46. (See Table 5.) 

UNITED STATES 
The statistics for the cod catch of the United States are taken 
from the annual reports of the Commissioner of Fisheries. ‘These 
consist of two series: (1) Annual reports of the quantities of cod 
landed by vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, 
Me. (1891 to date); (2) the total cod catch by New England fisher- 
men for the years 1880, 1887, 1888, 1889, 1902, 1905, 1908, 1919, 
and 1924. The statistics, as published, represent the weight of cod 
as marketed by the fishermen, some of it salted and some fresh. The 
salt cod was converted to the equivalent of fresh cod by multiplying 
by two, thus reducing all items to a comparable basis. Having 
totals for only certain years, it was necessary to estimate the catches 
in intervening years. Using as a basis those years in which total 
statistics were available, it was possible to ascertain the amounts 
landed at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland by vessels, the amounts 
landed by vessels elsewhere, and the amounts taken in the shore 
fishery. Having annual statistics on the principal New England 
ports, which include the greater portion of the catch, it is necessary 
only to estimate the landings elsewhere by vessels and the catch of 
the shore fishery in the intervening years. Assuming that the 
trends of these fisheries were constant in the intervening years, the 
estimates were made and added to the landings at the principal ports. 
The resulting totals were then multiplied by the factor 1.25 to offset 
the loss in dressing, giving finally the totals shown in Table 8. 
Because they are estimates, these are only approximately correct. 
We believe they reflect the actual catch sufficiently well to be of 
value as used in this report. 
