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at these ports. Two annual bulletins have been issued, one showing 

 the catch by months and the other by fishing grounds. 



The fishing fleet at these ports during the calendar year 1921 

 numbered 398 sail, steam, and gasoline screw vessels, including 23 

 American 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, aggregatmg 13,- 

 480,311 pounds, 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. This 

 total includes 72 trips — 49 at Boston, 7 at Gloucester, and 16 at 

 Portland — landed by 22 Canadian fishing vessels, amounting to 

 4,222,319 pounds of fish, valued at $127,549. 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 was an increase of 4 vessels 

 and 18 trips and of 1,634,101 pounds in the quantity and $8,521 in 

 the value of fish landed as compared with the previous year. These 

 fish were landed in accordance with an arrangement with the Cana- 

 dian Government as an emergency war measure granting reciprocal 

 privileges to fishing 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. 



Compared 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, Gloucester, and Portland and of 27,415,595 pounds, 

 or 15.37 per cent, in the 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 m both quantity and value was hahbut. 

 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, or 21.30 per cent, in value. There was a decrease 

 in both quantity and value of the catch of all the other more impor- 

 tant species. The catch of cod decreased 8,750,568 pounds, or 14.05 

 per cent, in quantity and $906,870, or 34.38 per cent, in value; 

 haddock, 7,866,768 pounds, or 10.45 per cent, in quantity and 

 $693,882, or 25.32 per cent, in value; hake, 185,248 pounds, or 3.92 

 per cent, in quantity and $44,273, or 28.77 per cent, in value; pollock, 

 1,615,890 pounds, or 18.87 per cent, in quantity and $97,486, or 

 37.19 per cent, in value; mackerel, 3,909,541 pounds, or 53.60 per 

 cent, in quantity and $427,468, or 56.01 per cent, in value; herring, 

 4,384,444 pounds, or 62.65 per cent, in quantity and $125,894, or 

 75.70 per cent, in value; and swordfish, 934,024 pounds, or 36.89 

 per cent, in quantity and $175,796, or 35.57 per cent, in value. 

 The catch of Newfoundland herring declined from 3,097,024 pounds, 

 valued at $110,157, in 1920, to 551,400 pounds, valued at $19,584, in 

 1921. In the various other species combined there was a decrease 

 of 1,889,486 pounds, or 37.89 per cent, in quantity and of $83,727, 

 or 38.08 per cent, in value. 



