FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1925 231 



Comparison of amounts of fish frozen in 1925 irith those frozen, in 1924 



Group 



1925 



Increase 



(+)or 



decrease 



(-) 



Salmon (all species) 



Halibut (all trade sizes) 



Whiting 



Mackerel (except Spanish).. 



Cisco (all species) 



Herring, sea (including alewives and blueflns) 



Pike perches and pike or pickerel 



Squid 



Cod, haddock, hake, pollock 



Sableflsh (black cod) 



Shellfish 



Lake trout 



Whitefish 



Squeteagues or "sea trout" 



Butterflsh (all trade sizes) 



Croakers 



Flounders . 



Scup (porgies) 



Sturgeon and spoonbill cat 



Bluefish (all trade sizes) 



Shad and shad roe 



Smelt, eulachon, etc 



Catfish . 



Suckers 



Miscellaneous ... _. 



Total . 



Pounds 



12,153,515 



12, 041, 155 



10, 152, 799 



8, 948, 297 



5, 581, 273 



5, 264, 269 



5, 233, 655 



3, 015, 393 



2,781,419 



2,619,046 



2, 456, 618 



2, 055, 781 



1, 856, 998 



1, 647, 427 



1, 519, 648 



1, 221, 488 



1,123,407 



899, 528 



604, 109 



569, 303 



351, 247 



350, 680 



271, 579 



70, 999 



8,375,435 



Pounds 



14, 309, 666 



14, 650, 787 



7, 528, 339 



5, 457, 676 



13,195,023 



8, 695, 698 



3, 200, 624 



3, 352, 552 



1,862,163 



2, 291, 306 



2, 269, 045 



2, 313, 784 



1, 776, 045 



648, 069 



1,131,622 



804, 570 



808, 756 



332, 103 



787, 722 



412, 337 



839, 974 



483, 960 



415,025 



79. 168 



8, 827, 325 



Per cent 

 -15.1 

 -17.8 

 +34.9 

 +64 

 -57.7 

 -39.5 

 +63.5 

 -10.1 

 +49. 4 

 +14.3 



. +8,3 

 -11.2 

 +4.6 



+154. 2 

 +34.3 

 +51.8 

 +38.9 



+170.9 

 -23.3 

 +38'. 1 

 -58.2 

 -27.5 

 -34.6 

 -10.3 

 -5i 1 



91, 165, 068 



97, 324, 144 



-6.3 



NEW ENGLAND VESSEL FISHERIES 

 GENERAL STATISTICS 



The vessel fisheries centering at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., were more productive in 1925 in the quantity of prod- 

 ucts than for any previous year for which statistics are available, 

 and the value of the products was greater than for any year since 

 1918. There was an increase over 1924 of 12.43 per cent in the 

 number of trips and of 18.54 per cent in the quantity and 16.05 per 

 cent in the value of the products; The increase in the number of 

 trips was at Boston and Gloucester, but there was an increase in the 

 quantity and value of the products at each of the three ports. The 

 increase in the number of trips at Boston was 17.91 per cent and at 

 Gloucester 15.48 per cent, with a decrease at Portland of 4.66 per 

 cent. The increase in products landed at Boston w T as 13.80 per cent 

 in quantity and 13.01 per cent in value; at Gloucester, 88501 per 

 cent in quantity and 33.52 per cent in value; and at Portland, V\.~i* 

 per cent in quantity and 12.88 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 quan- 

 tities and value of fishery products landed by American fishing 

 vessels during the year at these ports. Two annual bulletins were 

 issued, one showing the catch by months and the other by fishing 

 grounds. 



The fishing fleet at these ports during the calendar year 1925 

 numbered 347 sail, steam, and gasoline vessels, including 29 steam 

 trawlers. These vessels landed at Boston 4,404 trips, aggregating 

 149,038,498 pounds of fish, valued at $6,104,278; at Gloucester. 2.491 

 trips, aggregating 49,471,943 pounds, valued at $l,:V.M).r>sO: and at 

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