FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 19 



53.97 per cent, in value: herring, 4,637,077 pounds, or 30.92 per cent, 

 in quantity and S220,894, or 47.94 per cent, in value; swordfish, 

 151,664 pounds, or 14.66 per cent, in quantity and S10,890, or 4.87 

 per cent, in value; tilefish, 265,910 pounds, or 88.80 per cent, in 

 quantity and .§18,772, or 92.71 per cent, in value; and the various 

 other species combined, 103,187 pounds, or 2.43 per cent, in quantity 

 and .$22,012, or 12.12 per cent, in value. The catch of Newfound- 

 land herring decreased 2,885,047 pounds, or 45.17 per cent, in 

 q^uantity and .S142,090, or 42.81 per cent, in value. The quantity of 

 tilefish landed at Boston was very small, amounting to only 33,510 

 pounds, valued at SI, 474, as compared with 299,420 pounds, valued 

 at .S20,246, the previous year. 



The following graphs present the quantities and values and average 

 price per pound of fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., by fisliing vessels, and also the number of 

 trips and the average quantity and value of fishery products per 

 trip for the years 1916 to 1919, inclusive. 



The following ta})les present in detail, by fishing grounds and by 

 months, the products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., by American and Canadian fishing vessels, for the 

 calendar year 1919. The weights of fresh and salted fish given in 

 these statistics reprasent the fish as landed from the vessels, and the 

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

 given for certain species are those recognized in the trade. 



