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at Portland 2,550 trips, aggregating 21,718,943 pounds, valued at 

 $689,441. The total for the three ports was 8,269 trips, aggregating 

 196,481,270 pounds of fresh and salted fish, having a value to the 

 fishermen of $7,548,383. 



The foregoing total includes 39 trips, 26 at Boston and 13 at Port- 

 land, landed by nine Canadian fishing vessels, comprising 3,296,147 

 pounds of fresh fish, valued at $106,261. Of this quantity, 1,191,845 

 pounds, valued at $53,653, were landed at Boston, and 2,104,302 

 pounds, valued at $52,608, at' Portland. There was a decrease of 12 

 vessels, 21 trips, and 2,306,602 pounds in quantity and $112,364 in the 

 value of the products as compared with the previous year's status of 

 this Canadian fishery. These fish were brought into our ports in ac- 

 cordance with an arrangement with the Canadian Government, as an 

 emergency war measure granting reciprocal privileges to fishing 

 vessels, by which Canadian fishing vessels were permitted to land 

 their fares at American ports direct from the fishing grounds. Cana- 

 dian fishing vessels began to utilize this privilege in April, 1918, and 

 the arrangement is still in operation. 



During the year 1919, 24 American fishing vessels made 29 trips 

 with 434,486 pounds of fish at Canadian ports on the Atlantic coast, 

 of which 8 trips by 8 vessels comprising 312,036 pounds were landed 

 at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Incidentally, it may be noted that under 

 the reciprocal arrangement 173 American fishing vessels landed 915 

 trips, amounting to 12,258,522 pounds, at Canadian ports on the 

 Pacific coast, of which 889 trips by 154 vessels, aggregating 10,804- 

 522 pounds, were discharged at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. 



Compared with the previous year, there was a de(^rease of 481 

 trips, or 5.49 per cent, in the total number landed by the fishing fleet 

 at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland, and of 9,019,883 pounds, or 

 4.38 per cent, in the quantity, and $2,983,165, or 28.32 per cent, in 

 the value of the fish landed. The only important species showing 

 an increase in catch over the previous year were haddock and halibut. 

 The catch of haddock increased 16,044,644 pounds, or 24.06 per cent, 

 in quantity, but decreased $405,338, or 12.66 per cent, in value, while 

 the yield of halibut increased 333,657 pounds, or 18.73 per cent, in 

 quantity and $84,911, or 28.09 per cent, in value. The production of 

 cod decreased 6,450,007 pounds, or 8.98 per cent, in quantity and 

 $1,034,024, or 28.58 per cent, in value; hake, 941,353 pounds, or 

 17.82 per cent, in quantity and $92,032, or 33.70 per cent, in value; 

 pollock, 7,808,653 pounds, or 29.39 per cent, in quantity and $581,570, 

 or 60.44 per cent, in value; cusk, 595,062 pounds, or 22.38 per cent, 

 in quantity and $40,862, or 39.65 per cent, in value; mackerel, 

 4,445,271 pounds, or 43.75 per cent, in quantit}^ and $641,682, or 

 53.97 per cent, in value; herring, 4,637,077 pounds, or 30.92 per 

 cent, in quantity and $220,894, or 47.94 per cent, in value; sword- 

 fish, 151,364 pounds, or 14.63 per cent, in quantity and $10,824, or 

 4.84 per cent, in value; tilefish, 265,910 pounds, or 88.80 per cent, 

 in quantity and $18,772, or 92.71 per cent, in value; and the various 

 other species combined, 103,487 pounds, or 2.44 per cent, in quantity 

 and $22,078, or 12.16 per cent, in value. The catch of Newfoundland 

 herring decreased 2,885,047 pounds, or 45.17 per cent, in quantity 

 and $142,090, or 42.81 per cent, in value. The quantity of tilefish 

 landed at Boston was very small, amounting to only 33,510 pounds, 



