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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1939 
MACKEREL FISHERY OF THE ATLANTIC COAST’ 
The mackerel season of 1938 extended from March 26, 1938, to 
January 24, 1939. One hundred and two vessels landed 29,844,100 
pounds, an increase of 113 percent as compared with corresponding 
landings of the preceding year. 
In this analysis, vessels include United States craft of 5 net tons 
capacity or over. Most of them are registered in Massachusetts. 
Purse seiners are classed as “regular” or ‘irregular’? on the basis of 
their effort throughout the whole mackerel season. Regular seiners 
fished in all three major areas, and were active for more than two- 
thirds the duration of the Gulf of Maine fishery. Irregular seiners 
did not fish in the southern area, or ceased seining activity for 3 
months or more during the time of the Gulf of Maine fishery. Vessels 
using purse seines may change gear and crew and engage in netting 
for a portion of the season, and during this time they are classed as 
netters. Allowance for such duplication has been made in’ the 
summary ‘Operating Units and Catch.” 
Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast, 1938 } 
CATCH: BY AREAS IN 5-DAY PERIODS 











. Nova 
Block Island (area | Gulf of Maine (area . 
ee Scr X XI west of Nan- |X XII north of Nan- pate 
Date tucket Shoals ) tucket Shoals) XxXI Total 
Seiners | Netters| Seiners | Netters | Seiners | Netters | Seiners 
SPRING 
Pounds |Pounds| Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds | Pounds 
INE OES) ee UO)" | ee Se See es See ee ee eee eee |e ee EPs ee 11, 800 
JA 5. ee aS) Jp cads =a ss en ee eee |e ee ee eae 36, 900 
PST eT ee ee ee Pea EU) lence ance been ae eae Pe al os ies) oe ie Nee 26, 600 
S\roe Us (eee es ee TU EEO D |) hb soFh al pees ee el ps A | a | Ghee ad 47, 200 
PAT LO —20 ee ce 284s OOO ML SGHO OOM zeerse == oe oS ES 8 ee Eee ee 441, 100 
LO yd ee es OTST O00 IT R46 RADO (nae War SH e8 oe yo a ate ee ee elie 960, 400 
FAYE? 26-00 2 = eee 1, 003, 100 $525 UN) || <a Se RS aR (a Sem S| | Se | ee 1, 011, 200 
Wi a 1, 261, 700 | 57, 300 SORGOO 5 Peers eee | Sle ees | Re | eee eee 1, 358, 600 
WEN AGE (ee Ree Sok oe See 2,060,000 | 51,800 | 102,000 (711 10 ee Se ee | Se ee ee 2, 223, 500 
ay ll—lpte ee 460, 300 |106, 600 435, 200 i Fes 0 |e reef aed | |e a 1, 016, 400 
AVIA Vi 1G-a0id s! Seo Teo. 365, 300 | 20,900 544, 500 5; SOG AES ee te HOO We eS 937, 100 
Wise 21=25 oe eel ee 118, 600 | 12, 400 |1, 380, 400 BD OO0 Mee 2 ee ee ee 1, 515, 200 
TU, OU eee te ee | ee 1, 300 S24 GO0 I eaten | tee eee |e ee 60, 000 986, 200 
TotiG EG? Sees Gee ee Se ee 351, 400 5, 600 8, 700 200 29, 700 395, 600 
Tune GG eaeta eR el ee er Ee 1, 700 9, 000 600 54, 900 8,400 | 250, 100 324, 700 
neg — Bee ee ae | ee | ee oe = || 3 mee | ee aoe 1, 391, 200 2, 900 16,700 | 1,410, 800 
AEE edt fee”, bene ae SEE A LR at | ee en ee eee Oe eee 1, 222, 200 2 Z0N | Bee 1, 224, 400 
TEE) BAO See ee eee eee en eee eee 345, 800 3; 4008/2 349, 200 
SEE CIS ae oe Beek eR a | DR ae er ee Pe ee 110, 200 100) | 225 ee 110, 300 
SUMMER 
Ao RAAT, teh Bes Ak | i Oe, SE el |e Oa | (a 1, BSEe00! |e  eekeecea ee see 1, 384, 300 
Tb Ga = eee See: ee ee he Bee || Se ee eee OT 900) [Ee eee ea Eee 401, 900 
TPE Teh ee ee ee ee ee eee eee 214.000) |e eae a ee ae 277, 600 
TTT RTT GE | OE ee a AE | a PP) UR S| eae ee ee Fe W033) U0 ses ee a er aes 1, 033, 500 
Sago —on sue tee ot gue Ue ee Se ee Ro 2s UO OU | ee eee | eee , 209, 000 
TTA PPS) i at BE eet le ey ce On nel A |S a | rai BY S(O) Jai eo ae 374, 700 
PATS ap LC ee ene ee | eee ee en | geen eee ses)! eas 5835000) 3. 26s) st] ee ees 583, 000 
JQ T EE Cl (ERE eR Sie ON es Re ee ed en ee ee 164000) |= ata 164, 500 
Jats 3 WS Gy ee es 8 A hee) ES 0 ee ee eee Cee 163,400) | Sess | Sea 163, 400 
iperce asl 6-20 ene Sea eT ee) dees) | 7 ae ab. = |_-- 4-2 == 556; 000 | R22. ss | ees 555, 900 



1 Includes the catch made during the mackerel season, which extended from Mar. 26, 1938, to Jan. 24, 1939. 
7 This section, prepared by J. R. Webster of the Division of Scientific Inquiry, includes landings at Cape 
May, Wildwood, and Atlantic City, N. J.; New York City, N. Y.; Newport and Block Island, R. I.; New 
Bedford, Woods Hole, Nantucket, Provincetown, Plymouth, Scituate, Boston, and Gloucester, Mass.; 
Portland, Rockland, New Harbor, Vinal Haven, Boothbay, and Monhegan, Maine, by purse seine vessels 
or “‘seiners” and drift-gill-net vessels or ‘“‘netters.’’ It does not include incidental catches by other vessels 
such as menhaden steamers, otter trawlers, line trawlers, etc., or by traps. The figures will differ somewhat 
rom seer published elsewhere in this document, due to different methods of collecting and tabulating 
e material. 
