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$2,583,181, of which 4,723,259 pounds, valued at $250,767, were 

 salted. Cod ranked second in importance among the various species 

 landed. 



Haddock. — The catch of haddock for the year ranked first in both 

 quantity and value, being considerably larger than that of cod. The 

 quantity of haddock landed at these ports bv fishing vessels during 

 the year amounted to 82,716,185 pounds, valued at $2,793,938, all of 

 which was landed fresh except 155,162 pounds, valued at $6,240. 

 The greater part of the catcfi was taken on Georges Bank and in 

 South Channel. 



Hake. — The catch of hake amounted to 4,339,476 pounds, valued 

 at $181,053, all landed fresh except 39,520 pounds salted, valued at 

 $1,284. There was a decline of 941,353 pounds, or 17.82 per cent, 

 in the quantity and .S92,032, or 33.70 per cent, in the value as com- 

 pared with the previous vear. The vield of this species has fallen 

 off very much in the past few years. In 1916 over 13,000,000 pounds 

 of hake were landed at these ports, and in 1910 the receipts at Boston 

 and Gloucester were nearly 20,000,000 pounds. 



Pollock. — The catch of pollock amounted to 18,751,967 pounds, 

 valued at $380,515, all landed fresh except 55,616 pounds salted, 

 valued at $1,415. There was a falling off in the catch of this species 

 of 7,808,653 pounds in quantity and $581,570 in value as compared 

 with the previous year. 



CusK. — ^The quantity of cusk landed was only 2,063,198 pounds, 

 valued at $62,169, of which 37,962 pounds, valued at $1,658, were 

 salted. The >neld of this species was 595,062 pounds less in quantity 

 and $40,862 less in value than in the previous year. 



Halibut. — The catch of halibut amounted to 2,114,661 pounds, 

 valued at $387,191. all landed fresh except 14,600 pounds salted, 

 valued at $2,090. Tliere was an increiise in the catch of halibut of 

 333,657 pounds in quantity and $84,911 in value as compared with 

 the previous year. 



^LvcKEREL. — ^The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the 

 American fishing fleet in 1919 was 53,992 barrels, compared with 

 69,314 barrels in 1918, a decrease of 15,322 barrels. The total catch 

 of salted mackerel was 7,007 barrels, compared with 13,030 barrels 

 the previous year, a decrease of 6,023 barrels. The quantity of 

 mackerel landed at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland by the fishing 

 fleet during the year was 5,713,196 pounds, valued at $547,242, of 

 whicli 4,314,770 pounds, valued at $427,104, were fresh and 1,398,426 

 pounds, valued at $120,138, were salted. These were all landed by 

 American fishing vessels. 



Mackerel were reported schooling in southern waters the latter 

 part of Ai>ril, and prospects for mackerel fishing appeared to be good; 

 nut the mackerel seiners were delayed in sailing !)}' a strike of the 

 crews with regard to the pay of engineers. The first seiners arrived 

 at New York with fares of mackerel April 25, one vessel landing 

 32,000 pounds and another 18,000 pounds. These fish weighed 

 from 1 ^ to 3 pounds, although most of them did not exceed 2 pounds, 

 and sold for 25 cents per pound. The southern mackerel fleet 

 numbered 30 sail of seiners and 150 sail of netters. Both the seiners 

 anfl the netters had a comparatively good season. The best stock 

 made by a seiner was $13,232, the crew sharing $330 each. The 

 mackerel landed by the southern fleet were mostly large and medium 



