FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS, BOSTON, MASS. 



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IMPORTANT COMMERCIAL SPECIES. 



The sale of fresh and frozen fishery products in Boston proper is 

 made up in the main of cod, haddock, hahbut, mackerel, swordfish, 

 and lobsters. On the basis of quantity sale these six species con- 

 stitute approximately 80 per cent of the total amount of all fresh 

 and frozen fish sold in the city. In addition, a moderate demand 

 exists for alewives, butterfish, carp, flounders, salmon, smelts, 

 suckers, clams, crabs, and oysters. 



SPECIES IN MODERATE DEMAND. 



Some 54 species find a moderate demand in Boston. That these 

 fishes are not consumed in greater quantity the dealers explain by 

 the reasons shown in the following table : 



Species of fish for ichich there is a small sale, Boston, Mass. 



