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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



OTTER-TRAWL FISHERY 



In 1925 there were 607 trips landed at Boston, Gloucester, and 

 Portland by 29 otter-trawl vessels, amounting to 54,605,918 pounds of 

 fish, valued at $1,682,768, or 25.18 per cent of the quantity and 20.74 

 per cent of the value of the total catch landed by fishing vessels at 

 these ports during the year. In making these trips (including the 

 date of departure and date of arrival) the vessels were absent from 

 port 5,059 days. The catch included cod, 7,309,930 pounds, valued at 

 $260,133; haddock, 44,034,281 pounds, valued at $1,238,577; hake, 

 711,212 pounds, valued at $25,898; pollock, 1,179,347 pounds, valued 

 at $43,832; cusk, 12,010 pounds, valued at $828; halibut, 84,619 

 pounds, valued at $19,626 ; and other species, 1,274,519 pounds, valued 

 at $93,874. Otter trawls catch chiefly haddock, and in 1925 their 

 catch amounted to 47.92 per cent of the quantity and 45.08 per cent 

 of the value of the entire catch of this species landed by fishing ves- 

 sels at these ports. The otter-trawl catch was taken chiefly from 

 Western Bank, Georges Bank, South Channel, and Nantucket Shoals. 



Compared with 1924, there was a decrease of 3 vessels in the otter- 

 trawl fishery but an increase of 64 trips. There was an increase, also, 

 of 7,902,883 pounds, or 16.92 per cent, in the quantity, and $355,037, 

 or 26.74 per cent, in the value of fish landed. 



The following tables give the catch landed by otter trawlers at 

 these ports in 1925, by fishing grounds and by months, and also the 

 catch of cod, haddock, and hake landed by them in various years. 



Fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me. r 

 by otter trawlers in 1925 



[Salt fish have been reduced to the basis of weights of fresh fish] 



