CXXXVI REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Summary hy fiaMny-g rounds of certain fishery products landed at Boston, Mass., in 1896 

 1)1/ American fishing vessels — Continued. 



Following is a condensed comparative statement of the fishery prod- 

 ucts brought into Gloucester and Boston by American fishing vessels in 

 each of the four years ending 1896. Each important species is shown 

 separately, tlie weights representing the fish as they are landed from the 

 vessels, in a fresh or salted condition. The catch of cusk and hake 

 was much less in 1896 than in any of the other years; that of cod was 

 less than in 1894 or 1895, but more than in 1893; that of haddock was 

 markedly less than in the two preceding years and somewhat less than 

 in 1893. The yield of mackerel was larger in 1896 than in any of the 

 other years shown, and that of halibut and pollock i^resented no special 

 change. The aggregate catch in 1896 was nearly 12,000,000 pounds 

 less than in 1893, over 36,000,000 less than in 1894, and nearly 20,000,000 

 less than in 1895, with a corresponding decrease in values. 



Species. 



1896. 



Cod 



Cusk 



Haddock 



Hake 



Pollock 



Halibut 



Mackerel 



other fish 



Total 



Total value 



Pounds. 



54, 627, 104 

 9, 283, 370 



33, 908, 780 



19,991,600 

 3,614,626 

 9,792,911 

 9, 296, 220 

 1, 881, 837 



Pounds. 

 63, 590, 830 

 10, 645, 640 

 45,611,856 

 23, 343, 815 

 2, 181, 221 

 10,905,122 

 8,013,400 

 2, 824, 933 



Pounds. 

 67, 298, 639 

 5, 821, 320 

 41, G05, 786 

 15, 340, 770 



2, 478, 324 

 9, 722, 342 

 4, 5.HC, 724 



3, 585, 635 



142, 396, 448 



167,116,817 



150, 439, 540 



$4, 099, 847 



3, 897, 671 



$3, 551, 692 



Pounds. 

 59, 487, 659 



3, 627, 180 

 30, 167, 286 

 10, 544, 420 



2, 162, 682 

 10, 895, 147 

 11,619,532 



2, 169, 860 



130, 673, 766 



$3, 286, 898 



