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than in the previous year, and 98 in the market fishery, or 13 less than 

 in the previous year. These vessels landed their fares of cod and 

 other ground fish at these ports during the year, and large quantities 

 were also landed by vessels fishing on the shore grounds. The catch 

 of cod landed at these ports during the year was 53,515,014 pounds, 

 valued at $1,730,767, of which 48,106,246 pounds, valued at 

 $1,513,457, were fresh, and 5,408,768 pounds, valued at $217,310, 

 were salted. Cod ranked second in both quantity and value among 

 the various species landed. 



The catch of haddock for the year ranked first in both quantity and 

 value, exceeding that of cod by 13,897,695 pounds and $315,403. 

 The quantity of haddock landed at those ports by fishing vessels 

 during the year amounted to 67,412,709 pounds, valued at $2,046,170, 

 all of which was fresh except 15,290 pounds salted, valued at $182. 

 These fish were taken chiefly on Browns Bank, Georges Bank, South 

 Channel, off Chatham, and shore grounds, and the greater part of the 

 catch, or 55,241,726 pounds, valued at $1,731,356, was landed at 

 Boston. 



iiakp:. 



The catch of hake amounted to 4,536,108 pounds, valued at 

 $109,603, all landed fresh except 42,233 pounds salted, valued at 

 $765. More than half of the catch was landed at Boston. The 

 yield of this species has been comparatively small in recent years. 



The catch of pollock amounted to 6,945,011 pounds, valued at 

 $164,642, all landed fresh except 51,992 pounds, valued at $913, 

 salted. The greater part of the catch of this species was taken from 

 Browns Bank, Georges Bank, Jeffreys Ledge, vSouth Channel, and 

 shore grounds, and about one-half of the product was landed at 

 Gloucester. 



CUSK. 



The catch of cusk was 2,098,415 pounds, valued at $37,829, all 

 landed fresh except 38,433 pounds, valued at $781, salted. There 

 was an increase in the catch of cusk of 243,676 pounds in quantity 

 but a decrease of $10,241 in value as compared with the previous 

 year. 



HALIBUT. 



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 of 1,876,698 pounds in quantity and of 

 $61,253 in value as compared with the previous year. The catch 

 was the largest 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. 



MACKEREL. 



The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the American fishing 

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



