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In addition to those above mentioned, statistics on the fisheries of 

 Connecticut are available for the years 1925 and 1926. These were 

 collected by a representative of the State of Connecticut and were 

 published in detail in the report of the division of fishery industries 

 for 1926. 



Annual statistics are collected on the vessel fisheries that center at 

 Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me. A discussion of 

 those for the year 1927 follows. 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 



Landings of fishery products by American fishing vessels at Boston 

 and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me. (the principal New England 

 ports), during 1927 amounted to 263,849,573 pounds, valued at 

 $9,404,511, and exceeded the amount landed for any year for which 

 statistics are available, while the value of the products was greater 

 than for any year except 1918. 



Continuing the steady increase since 1920, the landings at Boston 

 in 1927 amounted to 194,940,789 pounds, or 74 per cent of the total, 

 and were valued at $7,371,542. This is an increase over 1926 of 17 

 per cent in amount and 5 per cent in value. Landings at Gloucester 

 amounted to 52,522,540 pounds, or 20 per cent of the total, and were 

 valued at $1,493,935. Gloucester landings decreased 4 per cent in 

 amount and increased slightly in value, compared to a year ago. 

 Landings at Gloucester have become rather less durmg late years, 

 due chiefly to fewer landings of salt fish. Landings at Portland 

 amounted to 16,356,244 pounds, valued at $539,034, which was 6 per 

 cent of the total landings for 1927 and is a slight increase in amount 

 but a decrease in value compared with a year ago. 



Species landed. — Among the fresh fish, haddock was by far the most 

 important. The landings of this species amounted to 128,542,583 

 pounds, or 50 per cent of the total fresh fish, which is an increase over 

 1926 of 37 per cent. The larger landings of haddock are due in a 

 large measure to the use of this species for filleting purposes. Of the 

 total haddock landed, 74 per cent were taken from the South Channel 

 and the remainder chiefly from Browns Bank, Georges Bank, and 

 the shore grounds. 



Cod, of next importance, formerly was the most important species 

 landed, when they were used mainly in the salt-fish trade. The 

 landings of fresh cod in 1927 amounted to 61,367,445 pounds, or 24 

 per cent of the total amount of fresh fish landed, and represent a 

 decrease of 17 per cent from those for 1926. Cod were taken mainly 

 on Georges Bank, South Channel, Browns Bank, Western Bank^ and 

 the shore grounds. 



The landings of fresh mackerel at Boston, Gloucester, and Port- 

 land amounted to 31,354,236 pounds, or 12 per cent of the total fresh 

 fish, a decrease of 11 per cent from 1926. 



Flounders ranked fourth in importance among the fresh fish with 

 landings of 8,359,131 pounds, an increase of 23 per cent over a year 

 ago. Inclusion of flounders landed by vessels of under 5 net tons 

 would increase this amount considerably. Formerly, flounders 

 ranked as one of the unimportant species of fish landed at New Eng- 

 land ports, and prior to 1913 statistics on the landings of this fish 

 were not separated from the miscellaneous fish. In 1913, the land- 



