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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHEEIES 



DAYS ABSENCE 



In order to provide more accurate information on the fishing effort, 

 statistics on the number of days' absence from ports of vessels on 

 fishing trips were taken during 1924. The days' absence on each 

 trip was reckoned as including the date of departure and date of 

 arrival. Unfortunately, these data were not collected at Boston 

 during the entire month of January, 1924, and it was therefore im- 

 possible to incorporate them in the general tables on New England 

 vessel fisheries. They are presented by months, grounds, and ports 

 for all vessels, including otter trawlers, and for otter trawlers separ- 

 ately, in the following tables : 



Days' absence from port of fishing vessels landing fish at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., 1924 



