60 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 
pounds, valued at $2,049,352, were fresh, and 6,573,691 pounds, valued 
at $321,482, were salted. 
Haddock.—The catch of haddock during the year was smaller than 
that of cod in quantity, but greater in value. There was a decrease 
in the catch as compared with the previous year of 7,000,957 pounds, 
or 11.56 per cent, in quantity, but an increase of $755,027, or 42.85 
per cent, in the value. The total quantity landed during the year 
was 58,554,835 pounds, valued at $2,516,702, all of which were fresh 
except 160,093 pounds, salted, valued at $4,915. 
Hake.—The yield of hake for the year was 7,914,646 pounds, valued 
at $341,385, all landed fresh except 75,091 pounds, salted, valued at 
$2,361. The catch declined 5,257,653 pounds, or 39.91 per cent, in 
quantity, but showed an increased of a little more than 1 per cent in 
value. 
Pollock.—The pollock catch was nearly twice as large as that of 
hake, the quantity landed amounting to 14,507,792 pounds, valued at 
$579,268. This product was all fresh, with the exception of 40,282 
pounds, salted, valued at $1,216. The catch was about 7 per cent less 
than that of the previous year in quantity, but increased 51 per cent 
in value. 
Cusk.—The catch of cusk was 3,549,303 pounds, valued at $119,114, 
of which 23,905 pounds, valued at $679, were salted. There was a 
decrease of 41.51 per cent in the quantity of cusk landed, but the 
value was only slightly less than that of the previous year. 
Halibut.—The yield of halibut was 1,766,064 pounds, valued at 
$219,232. This quantity included 42,364 pounds of salted halibut, 
valued at $3,604. There was a decline in the output of halibut, as 
compared with the previous year of 48.93 per cent in quantity and 
43.14 per cent in value. 
Mackerel.—The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the Ameri- 
can fishing fleet in 1917 amounted to 111,932 barrels, compared with 
102,420 barrels the previous year, an increase of 9,512 barrels. The 
output of salted mackerel was 32,162 barrels, as compared with 
32,066 barrels the previous year, an increase of 96 barrels. The 
quantity of mackerel landed at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland 
during the year was 17,442,063 pounds, valued at $1,454,119, of 
which 12,031,817 pounds, valued at $867,557, were fresh, and 5,410,246 
pounds, valued at $586,562, were salted. 
In 1918, up to June 30, the catch of fresh mackerel amounted to 
27,992 barrels and of salted mackerel to 7,937 barrels, as compared 
with 38,947 barrels fresh and 7,131 barrels salted the previous year. 
The southern mackerel fleet numbered about 35 sail of seiners and 
125 sail of netters. The seiners had a light catch, and reported con- 
siderable quantities of mackerel, but that they were wild, chasing 
live feed, and therefore hard to catch. They did not school much at 
night, but only during the day. The first seiner arrived at New 
York on May 6 with 13,000 large and medium mackerel, which were 
sold at 18 to 20 cents per pound. These fish were taken in 34 fathoms 
of water. The netters did not land as many mackerel as the previous 
year, but, owing to the higher prices received, they did well finan- 
cially. The mackerel landed by the southern fleet this year were 
all large and medium fish and sold at 13 to 20 cents per pound, 
