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catches were limited to about 30,000 pounds by agreement among 

 vessel captains. Though the effect of such Umitations can not be 

 estimated accurately, there was a definite restriction of the fishery 

 during at least a 10-day period early in May. In June another 

 heavy run took place in the offing of Block Island and east to Nan- 

 tucket Shoals. This continued until July 5. Altogether dm'ing the 

 period between April 18 and July 5, 20,623,000 pounds of mackerel 

 were caught in the region south and west of Nantucket Shoals. 

 Of this amount, 19,459,000 pounds were caught by seiners and 

 1,164,000 pounds by netters. 



Mackerel appeared in the Gulf of Maine as early as June 1 , when a 

 number of small catches were made by netters saihng from Portland, 

 Me.; but the season did not begin in earnest until July 3, when seine 

 catches of some size were made off Chatham. The season for seiners 

 lasted until November 2, but never at any time was marked by very 

 good runs of fish. The netters continued to make small catches 

 until December 22, when the season finally closed. Altogether, the 

 seiners caught 20,228,000 pounds and the netters 649,000 pounds, a 

 total of 20,877,000 pounds for the Gulf of Maine. As remarked 

 above, there was Httle mackerel fishing on the Cape Shore. Only 

 three vessels made trips to these waters, but their catches were good, 

 on the average, totaHng 134,000 pounds. 



Mackerel fishery, 1927 



1 In thousands of pounds. 



FISHERIES OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES 



The latest statistical canvass made by this division of the fisheries 

 and fishery industries of New England (Maine, New Hampshire, 

 Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut) was for the calendar 

 year 1924, and complete statistics were published in the report of the 

 division of fishery industries for 1925 and in condensed form in Sta- 

 tistical Bulletin No. 703. During 1924 the fisheries and fishery 

 industries of New England gave employment to 24,513 persons, of 

 whom 15,983 were employed in fishing operations, 1,922 in the whole- 

 sale fishery trade, and 6,608 in the canning, salting, smoking, and 

 by-products industries. The yield of the fisheries aggregated 406,- 

 822,165 pounds, valued at $18,818,132, while the output of the can- 

 ning, salting, smoking, and by-products industries was valued at 

 $14,253,831. 



