FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1938 307 
BIOLOGICAL ASPECT 
In 1937 the fishing fleet landing fares at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., 
and Portland, Maine, and operating on the fishing banks of the North 
Atlantic, numbered 373 steam, motor, and sail vessels of 5 net tons 
capacity or greater, as measured by the ‘United States Customs Service. 
The catch of edible fish landed at the three ports amounted to 389,- 
228,243 pounds when the salted fish had been converted to the basis 
of fresh gutted or round fish as usually landed. This, however, does 
not represent the entire catch of edible fish of these vessels, for land- 
ings were also made at ports in New England other than these three, 
at New York City, and at more southern ports in connection with the 
southern winter trawl and mackerel fisheries. 
Otter trawls on all sizes of vessels accounted for 316,631,906 pounds, 
or 81 percent of the total landings. Line trawls were next in impor- 
tance, accounting for 44,006,603 pounds, or 11 percent of the total 
landings. 
The catch taken off New England and landed at the three ports 
amounted to 237,283,835 pounds, or 61 percent of the total; that off 
Nova Scotia 146,965,720 pounds, or 38 percent; off the east coast of 
Newfoundland 3,818,780 pounds, or 1 percent; and that off the Middle 
Atlantic States 1,159,908 pounds, or less than one-half of 1 percent. 
