FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1922. 



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Fish frozen in 1922, by geographical sections — Continued. 

 BY .«PECIES— Continued. 



* Figures show amount frozen after June 15, 1922. Prior to that date, this species was included in " Mis- 

 cellaneous frozen fish." 



NEW ENGLAND VESSEL FISHERIES. 



GENERAL STATISTICS. 



In the vessel fisheries at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., during 1922 there was a decrease in the number of 

 trips \vith an increase in the quantity and a decrease in the value 

 of the products as compared wntli 1921. The decrease in the num- 

 ber of trips at Boston was 6.01 per cent, at Gloucester 20.26 per 

 cent, and at Portland 12.26 per cent. At Boston there was an 

 increase in the products landed of 1.74 per cent in the quantity and 

 a decrease of 4.05 per cent in the value; at Gloucester, an increase 

 of 14.34 per cent in the quantity and a decrease of 11.61 per cent 

 in the value; and at Portland, an increase in the products landed 

 of 18.2 per cent in the quantity and 3.8 per cent in the value. 

 Statistics of these fisheries have been collected by the local agents 

 and published in monthly bulletins, showing by species and fishing 

 grounds the quantities and values of fishery products landed by 



