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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Landings by fishing vessels at principal New England ports, 1930 — Continued 



BY PORTS 

 [Expressed in thousands of pounds; that is, 000 omitted] 



Note.— Prior to 1916, Portland landings are lacking. 



BIOLOGICAL ASPECT 



The fishing grounds of the North Atlantic, extending from Flemish 

 Cap in 40° 06' west longitude and 47° north latitude for a distance of 

 about 2,000 miles to New York, provide an almost continuous extent 

 of most productive fishing grounds. Fishing vessels landing fares at 

 Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., make their catches 

 on certain of these grounds. 



In 1930 the fishing fleet landing fares at these three New England 

 ports, and operating on the above-mentioned banks, numbered 441 

 steam, motor, and sail vessels, of over 5 net tons, as measured by the 

 United States Customs Service. These made 12,494 trips to the 

 fishing grounds, and were absent from port 61,461 days, or on the aver- 

 age about 4.9 days per trip. This is 0.2 of a day longer than the aver- 

 age length of a trip in 1929. Their catches of edible fish landed at the 

 three ports amounted to 353,554,965 pounds when the salted fish had 

 been converted to the basis of fresh gutted or round fish as landed. 

 This does not represent the entire catch of edible fish of these vessels, 

 for small quantities estimated at not more than 5 per cent of their 

 total catch, were landed at ports in New England, other than these 

 three, at New York City, and at ports in New Jersey. 



