REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 59 
The large quantity of fishery products landed at Boston and 
Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., by American fishing vessels 
is taken principally from fishing grounds lying off the coast of the 
United States. In the calendar year 1917, 62.47 per cent of the quan- 
tity and 67.72 per cent of the value of the catch landed by the Ameri- 
can fishing fleet at these ports were taken from these grounds; 4.91 
per cent of the quantity and 3.94 per cent of the value, consisting 
chiefly of herring, were taken from fishing banks off the coast of 
Newfoundland; and 382.61 per cent of the quantity and 28.32 per 
cent of the value were from grounds off the Canadian Provinces. 
The receipts of Newfoundland herring constituted 3.88 per cent 
of the quantity and 2.72 per cent of the value of the fishery products 
landed at these ports during the year. The 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. All fish caught by American fishing vessels off the Cana- 
dian Provinces were from offshore fishing grounds. The catch from 
each of these regions is given in detail in the following table: 
QUANTITY AND VALUE OF FISH LANDED BY AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS AT Bos- 
TON AND GLOUCESTER, MASS., AND PorRTLAND, Mer., IN 1917 FROM GROUNDS OFF 
THE COAST OF THE UNITED STATES, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND CANADIAN PROVINCES. 




Species. United States. Newfoundland. |Canadian Provinces. Total. 
Cod: Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. | Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
Fresh...... 25, 064,491 |$1, 210, 065 584, 278 | $18, 247 |24, 224,068 | $821,040 | 49, 872, 837 |$2, 049, 352 
Salted...... 8, 846 426 477, 160 24,390 | 6, 087, 685 296, 666 6,573, 691 321, 482 
Haddock: 
Mresit? 4 4 33, 810,941 | 1,675,131 97, 275 4,665 |19, 486, 646 831,995 | 53,394,742 | 2,511,787 
Salted= 2... - 140 3 4,885 165 154, 948 4,743 160, 093 4,984 
Hake: 
Fresh......| 6,673,922 302, 371 105, 286 2,883 | 1,060,347 33, 770 7, 839, 555 339, 061 
= belied aa 1,729 87 10, 645 318 62,717 1,956 75, 091 2,361 
‘olloe 
Fresh: «26s 13,740,878 | 554,496 5, 965 109 | 720,667 | 23,447 | 14,467,510 | 578,015 
Salted. pa 1,012 24 1,522 45 37, 748 1, 147 40, 282 1,216 
vUSK: 
POSH . ec 2,738, 876 96, 851 23,692 551 762, 830 21,033 | 3,525,398 118, 435 
Salted...... 3,500 71 5, 815 188 14, 590 420 23,90 679 
Halibut: 
Fresh...... 445, 753 66, 454 474, 391 49, 331 803, 556 99, 843 1, 723, 700 215, 628 
Palted fe} se- 2 eS ees sey 12,571 1,366 29,793 2, 238 42,364 3, 604 
Mackerel 
Fresh.....- QL G311450)|' W746-S75- 1 co.2 ee ee 2,200, 467 | 120,682 | 12,031,817 | 867,557 
a2 Sattedsso222|) 450264446 ||| 487-960; |sac2 2 aes basses 1,383,800 | 98,602 | 5,410,246 | 586,562 
erring 
Fresh...... 6,319, 808 70,736 | 487,946 | 15,484 9, 000 77 | 6,816,754 86, 297 
Sallede--oselscsoncace eos s-gostice se pera std (8 4 6-E83 Ga ee eee i pence Serle 6,321,810 212,317 
Swordfish: 
Fresh. .--<: T2024 6845) CIR SRS OAs | eee ss aed | ES eR 28, 834 3,923 | 1,973,518} 292,169 
Tilefish: 
Fresh...... 1,211, 450 7 os | ee mee) ee) oe Gs be ae a ae Pe es 1, 211, 450 44,743 
Miscellaneous: ¥ 
Fresh...... 3,775, 886 118, 333 2,024 41 147,913 6, 778 3, 925, 823 125,152 
|_| | | SE O_O 
Total... .|109, 599,712 | 5,662,872 | 8,615, 265 | 330,100 57, 215, 609 |2,368,360 |175, 430,586 | 8,361,332 

Cod.—In 1917 the fishing fleet landing fish at Boston, Gloucester, 
and Portland was not quite so large as in the previous year. There 
were 6 vessels employed in the salt bank fishery and 88 in the market 
fishery, landing their fares of cod and other ground fish at these ports. 
Large quantities of cod were also landed by vessels fishing on the 
shore grounds. The total quantity of cod landed during the year 
was 56,446,528 pounds, valued at $2,370,834, of which 49,872,837 
