FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES^ 1924 245 



increase in products at each of the three ports and in the value at 

 Gloucester but a decrease in value at Boston and Portland. The 

 increase in the number of trips at Boston was 10.90 per cent and at 

 Gloucester 36.61 per cent, with a decrease of 0.31 per cent at Port- 

 land. At Boston the increase in the products landed amounted to 

 5.44 per cent, with a decrease of 0.59 per cent in the value; at Glou- 

 cester there was an increase of 2.33 per cent in quantity and of 14.36 

 per cent in value, and at Portland an increase of 2.80 per cent in 

 quantity with a decrease of 22.19 per cent in value. Statistics of the 

 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 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 1924 

 numbered 343 sail, steam, and gasoline vessels, including 32 steam 

 trawlers. These vessels landed at Boston 3,735 trips, aggregating 

 130,966,256 pounds of fish, valued at $5,401,590; at Gloucester, 

 2,157 trips, aggregating 35,845,920 pounds, valued at $1,041,476; 

 and at Portland, 1,583 trips, aggregating 16,136,018 pounds, valued at 

 $549,886. The total for the three ports amounted to 7,475 trips, 

 aggregating 182,948,194 pounds of fresh and salted fish having a 

 value to the fishermen of $6,992,952. 



Compared with the previous year there was an increase of 940 trips, 

 or 14.38 per cent, in the total number landed at Boston, Gloucester, 

 and Portland, and an increase of 8,006,725 pounds, or 4.58 per cent, in 

 quantity, and a decrease of $58,202, or 0.83 per cent, in the value of 

 the products landed. There was a small decrease in both the quan- 

 tity and value of cod and an increase in the quantity with a decrease 

 in the value of haddock. Hake, pollock, cusk, and herring increased 

 in both quantity and value. Halibut decreased in both quantity 

 and value, while mackerel and swordfish decreased in Cjuantity but 

 increased in value. The catch of cod declined 1,206,521 pounds, or 

 1.92 per cent, in quantity and $45,835, or 2.10 per cent, in value, and 

 haddock increased 6,140,252 pounds, or 8.32 per cent, in quantity but 

 decreased $1 14,572, or 4.73 per cent, in value. Hake increased 946,834 

 pounds, or 14.94 per cent, in quantity and $43,734, or 30.72 per cent, 

 in value; pollock increased 280,952 pounds, or 5.85 per cent, in 

 quantity and $7,249, or 4.76 per cent, in value; and cusk increased 

 407,385 pounds, or 13.59 per cent, in quantity and $6,386, or 10.34 

 per cent, in value. The catch of halibut decreased 452,358 pounds, 

 or 9.28 per cent, in quantity and $133,045, or 14.44 per cent, in value. 

 The mackerel catch decreased 1,807,719 pounds, or 15.63 per cent, 

 in c|uantity and increased $54,147, or 11.10 per cent in value; and 

 swordfish decreased 432,003 pounds, or 17.59 per cent, in quantity 

 and increased $1,718, or 0.38 per cent, in value. The herring catch 

 increased 2,927,896 pounds, or 197.45 per cent, in quantity and 

 $83,349, or 187.22 per cent, in value. The Ne\vfoundland herring 

 catch increased from 1,219,200 pounds, valued at $40,861, in 1923, to 

 2,943,480 pounds, valued at $108,371, in 1924. In the various other 

 species combined there was an increase of 1,202,007 pounds, or 30 

 per cent, in quantity and $38,667, or 20.94 per cent, in value. 



