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Pollock, with landings fresh of 13,976,971 pounds, or about 4 per 

 cent of the total landings of fresh fish in 1930, ranked sixth in im- 

 portance, and increased 32 per cent over the previous year. 



The landings of all other important varieties of fresh fish, amount- 

 ing to a little over 4 per cent of the total, increased in 1930 over the 

 respective amounts of their landings in 1929 except halibut and 

 swordfish. 



Among the salted fish, cod was the most important species, with 

 landings of 2,087,021 pounds. This is 55 per cent of the total land- 

 ings of all salted fish, and an increase of 86 per cent compared with 

 the landings of this species in 1929. 



The landings of salted herring, which usually has been the most 

 important salted fish landed by volume during late years, amounted 

 to 1,563,576 pounds, or 42 per cent of the total. This is a decrease 

 of 56 per cent compared with the landings of this species in 1929. 



The landings of salted hake, pollock, cusk, and halibut amounted 

 to 30,837 pounds, and consisted mainly of salted cusk. This amount 



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Figure 14. — Landings of fish by fishing vessels at the principal New England ports, 1930 



was 1 per cent of the total landings of salted fish at the three ports. 

 Of this group only the landings of salted hake show a decrease com- 

 pared with 1929. The landings of salted mackerel amounted to 

 78,895 pounds, or 2 per cent of the total landings of salted fish. 

 This is a decrease of 64 per cent compared with the landings of this 

 species salted in 1929. 



Fishery by months. — During the first six months of the year the 

 landings at the three ports were only slightly more than the landings 

 during the latter six months. As a general rule the landings during 

 the warmer months were larger than during the cooler months of the 

 year. The total landings during the month of July were largest, and 

 amounted to 40,978,410 pounds. Landings during September were 

 second largest with 37,773,835 pounds, and those during April were 

 third largest, amounting to 34,022,632 pounds. The smallest land- 

 ings were made during December, and they amounted to 16,976,307 

 pounds. On an average slightly over 29,000,000 pounds were landed 

 monthly. 



The following table gives the economic statistics obtained on the 

 landings of fishery products at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland 

 during 1930, for vessels of 5 net tons and upward, as measured by 

 the United States Customs Service. The weights of fresh and salted 



