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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



The principal source of supply for the large quantities of fish landed 

 by American fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., is the fishing grounds lying off the coast of the United 

 States. In the calendar year 1916, 72.10 per cent of the quantity and 

 72.96 per cent of the value of the catch landed by the American fishing 

 fleet at these three ports were taken from these grounds. Of the 

 remainder, 9.06 per cent of the quantity and 9.34 per cent of the value 

 were taken from fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland, 18.80 

 per cent of the quantity and 17.61 per cent of the value from grounds 

 off the Canadian Provinces, and less than 1 per cent of both the 

 quantity and value from the coast of Labrador. Herring from New- 

 foundland constituted 6.06 per cent of the quantity and 5.10 per cent 

 of the value of the fishery products landed at these ports during the 

 year. Tlie herring were taken on the treaty coasts of Newfoundland, 

 but cod and other species from that region were obtained chiefly from 

 fishing banks on the high seas. AU fish caught by American fishing 

 vessels off the Canadian Provinces were from offshore fishing grounds. 

 The catch for each of these regions is given in detail in the following 

 table : 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed by American Fishing Vessels at Boston 

 AND Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., in 1916, from Grounds off the 

 Coast of the United States, Newfoundland, and Canadian Provinces. 



a Includes 13,210 pounds of salted cod, valued at $576, and 42,975 pounds of salted halibut, valued at 

 $4,449, from the Labrador coast. 



Cod. — In 1916 there were 19 vessels employed in the salt bank 

 fishery and 96 in the market fishery landing their fares at Boston, 

 Gloucester, and Portland. Considerable quantities of cod were 

 brought in also by vessels operating on the shore grounds. The total 



