14 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



$7G5. More than half of the catch was landed at Boston. The catch 

 of pollock amounted to 0,945,011 pounds, A^ahied at $164,642, all 

 landed fresh except 51,992 pounds salted, valued at $913. The catcli 

 of cusk was 2,098,415 pounds, valued at $37,829, all landed fresh 

 except 38,433 pounds salted, valued at $781. The catch of halibut 

 was 5,666,028 pounds, valued at $803,074, all landed fresh except 

 48,431 pounds salted, valued at $7,076. There was an increase in 

 the halibut catch of 1,876,698 pounds in quantity and $61,253 in 

 value as compared Avith the previous year. The catch was the lartr- 

 est taken in the past six years. The quantity landed at Boston was 

 3,808,468 pounds, valued at $556,592; at Gloucester, 433,361 pounds, 

 valued at $46,510; and at Portland, 1,424,199 pounds, valued at 

 $199,972. The catch of swordfish was 1,597,645 pounds, valued at 

 $318,406 ; and of flounders, 2,604,657 pounds, valued at $111,956. The 

 catch of herring amounted to 2,613,540 pounds, valued at $40,407. 

 Of this quantity, 2,062,140 pounds, valued at $20,823, were taken off 

 the coast of the United States and landed fresh ; and the remainder, 

 including 200,000 pounds fresh, frozen, valued at $10,000, and 

 351,400 pounds salted, valued at $9,584, were Newfoundland herring. 



The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the American fishing 

 fleet in 1921 was 40,323 barrels, compared with 79,799 barrels in 1920, 

 a decrease of 39,476 barrels. The total catch of salted mackerel 

 was 3,242 barrels, compared with 4,897 barrels in 1920, a decrease 

 of 1,655 barrels. The quantity of mackerel landed at Boston, Glou- 

 cester, and Portland bv the fishing fleet in 1921 was 3,384,180 pounds, 

 valued at $335,626, of which 2,734,680 pounds, valued at $290,164, 

 were fresh, and 649,500 pounds, valued at $45,462, were salted. 



In 1922 the total catch of mackerel up to July 1 was 25.000 barrels 

 fresh and 2,344 barrels salted, compared with 33,632 barrels fresh 

 and 3,143 barrels salted for the same period in 1921. In the south- 

 ern mackerel fishery both the purse-seine vessels and the gill-net 

 vessels had a poor season. The weather was favorable for fishing, 

 but the mackerel were not abundant. The fish landed were prac- 

 tically all of large and medium size and sold from 9 to 30 cents per 

 pound, according to market conditions. The first mackerel landed 

 sold at 60 cents per pound. The southern mackerel fleet was about 

 the same size as in the previous year. The Cape Shore fleet was 

 larger than last year but less successful. The first arrival was on 

 May 25 and consisted of large and medium fish, which sold at 18.6 

 cents per pound. On June 2, fresh mackerel sold at 64 cents per 

 pound from the vessel, the lowest price since 1919. Cape Shore 

 salted mackerel sold from $12 to $13 per barrel, 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT SEATTLE, W\\SH. 



Statistics of the vessel fisheries at Seattle, Wash., have been col- 

 lected by the local agent and published as monthly and annual sta- 

 tistical bulletins, giving the quantity and value of fishery products 

 landed by American fishing and collecting vessels during the year at 

 that port. 



The fishing fleet at Seattle, in 1921, landed 866 trips, amounting to 

 13,666,700 pounds of fish, having a value to the fishermen of $1,423,- 

 303, from fishing grounds along the coast from Oregon to Portlock 



