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Portland, 1,509 trips, aggregating 18,358,824 pounds, valued at 

 $620,712. The total for the three ports amounted to 8,404 trips, 

 aggregating 216,869,265 pounds of fresh and salted fish, having a 

 value to the -fishermen of $8,115,570. In making these trips, includ- 

 ing the date of departure and date of arrival, the vessels were absent 

 from port 42,447 days. At Boston the trips landed occupied 27,762 

 days, at Gloucester 11,035 days, and at Portland 3,650 days. 



Compared with the previous year, there was an increase of 929 

 trips, or 12.43 per cent, in the total number landed at Boston, 

 Gloucester, and Portland, and an increase of 33,921,071 pounds, or 

 18.54 per cent, in quantity, and $1,122,618, or 16.05 per cent, in the 

 value of the products landed. There was considerable increase in 

 both the quantity and value of cod, haddock, and cusk, and a very 

 large increase in the quantity and value of the catch of mackerel. 

 There was a decrease in the catch of hake, halibut, herring, and 

 swordfish. The quantity of pollock taken increased slightly, but the 

 value decreased. The catch of cod increased 5,801,377 pounds, or 

 9.44 per cent, in quantity and $182,932, or 8.55 per cent, in value; 

 haddock increased 11,984,485 pounds, or 15 per cent, in quantity and 

 $439,136, or 19.02 per cent, in value; cusk increased 307,259 pounds, 

 or 9.02 per cent, in quantity and $16,483, or 24.20 per cent, in value; 

 and mackerel increased 16,452,351 pounds, or 168.61 per cent, in 

 quantity and $649,368, or 119.86 per cent, in value. The catch of 

 hake decreased 1,478,891 pounds, or 20.30 per cent, in quantity and 

 $12,435, or 6.68 per cent, in value; pollock increased 204,595 pounds, 

 or 4.02 per cent, in quantity and decreased $11,856, or 7.44 per cent, 

 in value; halibut decreased 861,044 pounds, or 19.47 per cent, in 

 quantity and $134,437, or 17.03 per cent, in value; and swordfish 

 decreased 496,236 pounds, or 24.52 per cent, in quantity and $63,908, 

 or 14.21 per cent, in value. The herring catch decreased 467,935 

 pounds, or 10.61 per cent, in quantity and $25,049, or 19.59 per cent, 

 in value. The Newfoundland herring catch decreased from 2,943,480 

 pounds, valued at $108,371 in 1924, to 2,400,336 pounds, valued at 

 $84,265 in 1925. In the various other species combined there was an 

 increase of 2,475,110 pounds, or 47.52 per cent, in quantity and 

 $82,384, or 36.90 per cent, in value. 



The catch of scrod cod landed at these ports decreased from 318,440 

 pounds, valued at $5,371, in 1924, to 227,698 pounds, valued at $3,539, 

 in 1925; and the catch of scrod haddock increased from 11,927,105 

 pounds, valued at $199,386, in 1924, to 14,571,900 pounds, valued at 

 $299,393, in 1925. The small quantity of these grades landed, as 

 compared with other grades of these species, is said to have been due 

 to the fact that the price was so low that the fishermen did not save 

 all that were caught. For several years there has been a decrease in 

 the catch of scrod cod but an increase in the catch of scrod haddock. 



The following tables present in detail, by fishing grounds and also 

 by months, the fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, 

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

 calendar year 1925. These include only the vessels of 5 net tons and 

 upward, as measured by the United States Customs Service. The 

 weights of fresh and salted fish given in these statistics represent the 

 fish as landed from the vessels, and the values are those received by 

 the fishermen. The grades, or sizes, given for certain species are 

 those recognized in the trade. 



