30 U. S. BUKEAU OF FISHERIES. 



American fishing vessels during the year at these ports. Two 

 annual bulletins have been issued, one showing the catch by months 

 and the other by fishing grounds. 



The fishing fleet at these ports during the calendar year 1922 

 numbered 338 sail, steam, and gasoline screw vessels, including 28 

 steam trawlers. These vessels landed at Boston 2,893 trips, aggre- 

 gating 106,190,403 pounds of fish, valued at $4,020,105; at Glou- 

 cester, 1,653 trips, aggregating 37,751,223 pounds, valued at 

 S813,353; and at Portland, 1,803 trips, aggregating 15,933,765 

 pounds, valued at $632,474. The total for the three ports amounted 

 to 6,349 trips, aggregating 159,875,391 pounds of fresh and salted 

 fish, having a value to the fishermen of $5,465,932. 



Compared with the previous year there was a decrease of 857 

 trips, or 11.89 per cent, in the total number landed at Boston, 

 Gloucester, and JPortland, and an increase of 9,010,285 pounds, or 

 5.97 per cent, in the quantity, with a decrease of $256,697, or 4.48 

 per cent, in the value of the products landed. There was an increase 

 in the quantity of all the important species except pollock and 

 halibut, and a decrease in the value of all except hake, herring,, and 

 swordfish. The catch of cod increased 1,665,151 pounds, or 3.11 

 per cent, in quantity and decreased $95,488, or 5.51 per cent, in 

 value; haddock increased 2,783,289 pounds, or 4.12 per cent, in 

 c[uantity and decreased $236,770, or 11.57 per cent, in value; cusk 

 increased 149,035 pounds, or 7.10 per cent, in quantity and decreased 

 $3,277, or 8.66 per cent, in value; and mackerel increased 1,342,567 

 pounds, or 39.67 per cent, in quantity and decreased $59,127, or 

 17.61 per cent, in value. Hake increased 838,139 pounds, or 18.47 

 per cent, in quantity and $1,728, or 15.76 per cent, in value; herring, 

 30,814 pounds, or 1.10 per cent, in quantity and $40,747, or 100.84 

 per cent, in value; and swordfish, 1,684,103 pounds, or 105.41 per 

 cent, in quantity and $128,610, or 40.39 per cent, in value. Pollock 

 decreased 1,847,926 pounds, or 26.60 per cent, in quantity and 

 $46,636, or 28.32 per cent, in value, and halibut, 41,879 pounds, or 

 0.73 per cent in quantity and $19,017, or 2.36 per cent, in value. 

 The catch of Newfoundland herring increased from 551,400 pounds, 

 valued at $19,584, in 1921, to 2,302,420 pounds, valued at $76,855, 

 in 1922. In the various other species combined there was an 

 increase of 2,406,992 pounds, or 77.73 per cent, in quantity and of 

 $32,533, or 23.90 per cent, in value. 



The catch of scrod cod landed at these ports decreased from 

 1,150,577 pounds, valued at $10,844, in 1921, to 815,371 pounds, 

 valued at $9,200, in 1922, and the catch of scrod haddock increased 

 from 30,562 pounds, valued at $535, in 1921, to 253,283 pounds, 

 valued at $4,261, in 1922. The small quantity of these grades 

 landed, as compared with other grades of these species, is said to be 

 due to the fact that the price is so low that the fishermen do not 

 save all that are caught. 



The following tables present in detail, by fishing grounds and al- o 

 by months, the fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., by American fishing vessels for the cal- 

 endar year 1922. The weights of fresh and salted fish given in these 

 statistics represent the fish as landed from the vessels, and the 

 values are those received by the fishermen. The grades, or sizes, 

 given for certain species are those recognized in the trade. 



