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smoked products included 2,111,206 pounds of herrino;, valued at 

 $189,653; 471,205 pounds of finnan haddie, valued at $67,105 ; and 

 42,338 pounds of iilewives, valued at $2,925; a total of 2,624,744 

 pounds, valued at $259.6S3. Compared with 1919, there has l)een a 

 decrease in the smoked-fish products prepared in the State of 41 per 

 tent in quantity and 50 per cent in value. 



NEW ENGLAND \'ESSEL FISHERIES. 



The hureau, throujih its local a<rents, has collected detailed sta- 

 tistics of the vessel fisheries at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., which have been published in monthly and annual 

 statistical bulletins. Two annual bulletins have been issued, one 

 showinfr the catch by months, the other by fishin^^ o:rounds. There 

 was a decrease in the number of trips and also in the quantity and 

 value of the products landed at these ports during the year as com- 

 pared with the previous year. At Portland there was a small in- 

 crease in the number of trips and in the quantity of products landed, 

 but a decrease in the value. 



The fishin<r fleet at these ports durinfj the calendar year 1921 num- 

 bered 398 sail, steam, and gasoline screw vessels, including 23 Ameri- 

 can and 3 Canadian steam trawlers. These vessels landed at Boston 

 3,078 trips, aggregating 104,368,629 pounds of fish, valued at $4,190,- 

 135; at Gloucester. 2,073 trips, aggregating 33,016,166 pounds, valued 

 at $920,250; and at Portland 2,055 trips, aggregating 13,480,311 

 jwunds, valued at $612,244. The total for the three ports amounted 

 to 7,206 trips, aggregating 150,865,106 pounds' of fresh and salted 

 fish, having a value to the fishermen of $5,722,629. 



The foregoing total includes 72 trips, 49 at Boston, 7 at Gloucester, 

 and 16 at Portland, landed bv 22 Canadian fishing vessels, amounting 

 to 4.222,319 pounds of fish,' valued at $12.7,549. Of this quantity, 

 1.849.702 pounds, valued at $65,388, were landed at Boston; 239,209 

 pounds, valued at $8,409, at Gloucester; and 2,133,408 pounds, valued 

 at $53,752, at Portland. There Avas an increase of 4 vessels and 18 

 trips, and of 1,634,101 pounds in quantity and $8,521 in value of fish 

 landed as compared with the previous year. These fish were landed 

 in accordance with an arrangement with the Canadian Government 

 as an emergency war measure granting reciprocal privileges to fish- 

 ing vessels, by which Canadian fishing vessels were permitted to land 

 their fares at American ports direct from the fishing grounds. 

 Canadian vessels began to utilize this privilege in April, 1918, and 

 the arrangement was canceled to take effect July 15, 1921, but a 

 number of trips were admitted after that date, the last one being 

 landed in September, 



C()mi)ared with the previous year, there was a decrease of 400 

 trips, or 5.25 per cent, in the total number landed by the fishing fleet 

 at Boston, (rloucester, and Portland, and of 27,415,595 pounds, or 

 15.37 per cent, in quantity and of $2,504,384, or 30.44 per cent, in the 

 value of the products landed. The only important species showing 

 an increase in both quantity and value was halibut. The catch of 

 halibut increased 1.876,698 pounds, or 49.52 per cent, in quantity 

 and $61,253, or 8.25 per cent, in value. The catch of cusk increased 

 243,676 pounds, or 13.13 per cent, in quantity but decreased $10,241, 



