434 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Imports of fishery products entered for coiisumption, 1926 and 1927 — Continued 



Items 



Nonedible fishery products— Continued. 



Sponges pounds- - 



From Cuba do 



From Philippine Islands do 



Manufactures of, not specially provided 



for pounds- - 



From Cuba do 



From Philippine Islands do 



Total do 



Agar-agar do 



Ambergris do 



Cuttlefish bone do 



Fish for purposes other than human consump- 

 tion pounds. - 



Fishskins, raw or salted ..do 



Fish sounds, crude, dried, or salted for pre- 

 servation only pounds. - 



Sea grass, eelgrass, and seaweed, dyed or man- 

 ufactured 



Whalebone, unmanufactured pounds.. 



Whalebone, manufactures of do 



Total 



Total nonedible fishery products- 

 Grand total 



Quantity 

 244, 540 

 700, 831 

 1,130 



704 



2,631 



53 



465, 832 



134 



264, 471 



3, 851, 060 

 367, 643 



116, 654 



5,148 

 173 



Value 

 $243, 437 

 664, 804 

 3,514 



645 



3,904 



138 



Quantity 

 174, 770 

 628, 154 

 3,170 



3,014 

 2,348 



916, 442 



320, 559 

 14, 551 

 31, 250 



72, 967 

 11,715 



31,218 



43, 891 



3,878 



471 



383, 250 



491 



281, 261 



1, 226, 163 

 435, 723 



58, 210 



3,441 

 231 



530, 500 



17, 576, 807 



50, 094, 786 



Value 

 $242, 390 

 818, 927 

 7,580 



3,303 



3,198 



1, 075, 398 



243, 168 

 95, 412 

 36, 510 



29, 182 

 19, 864 



8, 835 ■ 



34, 470 



1,761 



248 



469, 450 



20, 779, 366 



55, 633, 612 



COD FISHERY ON THE EAST COAST OF NORTH AMERICA 



The fishery for cod on the east coast of North America is probably 

 our most international fishery, five nations participating in it. 

 Named in order of the size of their catches, these are Newfoundland, 

 France, Canada, the United States, and Portugal, During the last 

 30 years the total annual catch of cod by these nations averaged 

 over 1,000,000,000 pounds. There have been fluctuations over this 

 period, but on the whole the catch appears to have neither increased 

 nor decreased. 



The full report on this fishery, which was compiled by the bureau's 

 representative on the North American Committee on Atlantic Fishery 

 Investigations, is published as Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 

 1034. This may be purchased from the superintendent of Documents, 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, for 5 cents. 



MACKEREL FISHERY ON THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED 



STATES 



The 1927 mackerel fishery was marked by unusually heavy runs in 

 the south, a slack summer in the Gulf of Maine, and very Httle 

 activity on Cape Shore. There were 211 vessels in the fishery at one 

 time or another during the year though very few fished regularly 

 throughout the season. The total catch * amounted to 41,634,000 

 pounds. Of this amount 39,821,000 pounds were caught by seiners, 

 and 1,813,000 pounds by drift netters. The season opened in the 

 south on April 18, when first catches were made by both netters and 

 seiners. Then followed a very heavy run from south of the Delaware 

 Capes, which glutted the New York market and caused mackerel to 

 move at very low prices. So great was the glut that at certain times 



< Figures on the miscellaneous shore fisheries are not included herein. 



