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per cent of the value from fishing grounds off the Canadian Prov- 

 inces. There was some falling off in the percentage of products from 

 grounds off' the United States, with a small increase in that from 

 grounds off Newfoundland and the Canadian Provinces compared 

 with the previous year. Newfoundland herring constituted 1.44 per 

 cent of the quantity and 1.40 per cent of the value of the fishery 

 products landed at these ports during the year. The herring were 

 taken from the treaty coast of Newfoundland and the cod, haddock, 

 luike, halibut, and other species of that region were obtained from 

 fishing banks on the high seas. All fish caught by American fishing 

 vessels off' the coast of the Canadian Provinces were from offshore 

 fishing grounds. 



Haddock ranked first in both quantity and value in the vessel fish- 

 eries at these ports in 1922, the catch amounting to 70,195,998 pounds, 

 valued at $1,809,400, all landed fresh except 131,385 pounds salted, 

 valued at $2,736. The catch of cod was 55,180,165 pounds, valued at 

 $1,635,279, including 5,006,170 pounds salted, valued at $188,552. 

 The catch of hake was 5,374,247 pounds, valued at $111,331, all landed 

 fresh except 32,910 pounds salted, valued at $555. The greater part of 

 the catch was landed at Boston. The catch of pollock was 5,097,085 

 pounds, valued at $118,006, all landed fresh except 49,300 pounds 

 salted, valued at $938. The catch of cusk was 2,247,450 pounds, valued 

 at $34,552, all landed fresh except 53,435 pounds salted, valued at 

 $1 ,204. The catch of halibut was 5,624,149 pounds, valued at $784,057, 

 all landed fresh except 15,706 pounds salted, valued at $915. There 

 was a small decrease in the catch of halibut in both quantity and value 

 as compai'ed with the previous year. The quantity landed at Boston 

 was 3,948,456 pounds, valued at $550,735 ; at Gloucester, 58,058 pounds, 

 valued at $7,696; and at Portland, 1,617,635 pounds, valued at 

 $225,626. The catch of swordfish was 3,281,748 pounds, valued at 

 $447,016 ; and of flounders, 3,281,327 pounds, valued at $134,749. The 

 catch of herring amounted to 2,644,354 pounds, valued at $81,154. 

 Of this quantity, 341,934 pounds, valued at $4,299, were taken off 

 the coast of the United States and landed fresh, and the remainder, 

 including 410,000 pounds fresh, frozen, valued at $20,500, and 

 1.892,420 pounds salted, valued at $56,355, were Newfoundland her- 

 ring. 



The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the American fishing 

 fleet in 1922 was 53,703 barrels, compared with 40,323 barrels in 1921, 

 an inci-ease of 13.380 barrels. The total catch of salted mackerel was 

 2,749 barrels, compared with 3,242 barrels in 1921, a decrease of 493 

 barrels. The quantity of mackerel landed at Boston, Gloucester, and 

 Portland by the fishing fleet in 1922 was 4,726,747 pounds, valued at 

 $276,499, of which 4.266,367 pounds, valued at $239,111, were fresh 

 and 460,380 pounds, valued at $37,388, were salted. 



In 1923 the total catch of mackerel up to July 1 was 22,866 barrels 

 fresh and 217 barrels salted, compared with 25,090 barrels fresh and 

 2,344 barrels salted for the same period in 1922. The southern mack- 

 erel fleet numbered about 25 purse-seine vessels and 136 gill-net ves- 

 sels. Both seiners and netters had poor success on account of windy 

 weather and scarcity of fish during the spring months. The first 

 catch was landed at Norfolk April 9, consisting of 300 pounds of 

 large mackerel, which sold at 75 cents per pound in New York. This 



