826 



U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Hake, with landings of 12,037,034 pounds, or 4 per cent of the total 

 fiosh-fish landings ranked fourth in importance, and increased 43 per 

 cent over the landings of the previous year. 



Flounders, a species which has been of increasing importance in the 

 trade during the last few years, ranked fifth in importance among the 

 fresh fish with landings of 10,787,765 pounds, or about 3 per cent of 

 the total landings of all fresh fish. This is an increase of 4 per cent 

 over 1928. 



Pollock, with landings of 10,561,970 pounds, or 3 per cent of the 

 total landings of fresh fish in 1929, ranked sixth in importance, and 

 increased 32 per cent over the previous year. 



The landings of all other varieties of fresh fish, amounting to about 

 5 per cent of the total, iocreased in 1929 over the respective amount 

 of the landings in 1928 except halibut. 



Among the salt fish, herring was the most important species, with 

 landings of 3,518,160 pounds. This was 72 per cent of the landings 

 of all salt fish, and was an increase of 149 per cent compared with the 

 landings of this species in 1928. 



MILLIONS OF POUNDS 



20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 IZO 130 140 ISO 160 170 180 191 



Figure 15.— Landings of fish by fishing vessels at the principal New England ports, 1929 



The landings of salt ground fish — cod, hake, pollock, cusk, and 

 halibut — amounted to 1,153,362 pounds, and consisted almost en- 

 tii-ely of salt cod. This amount w^as 24 per cent of the total landings 

 of salt fish at the three ports. The landings of the various species of 

 salt ground fish landed in 1929 varied but little from the amount 

 landed in 1928. 



Landings of salt mackerel amounted to 221,945 pounds, which was 

 4 per cent of the total landings of salt fish, and was an increase of 152 

 per cent compared with the landings of this species salted in 1928. 



Fishery hy months. — Over 50 per cent of the landings of fish at the 

 three ports were made during the five months from July to October, 

 inclusive. The total landings during the month of fluly were largest 

 and amounted to 38,200,136 ])ounds. Landings during September 

 were second largest, amounting to 37,494,064 pounds; and those 

 during August were third lai-gest, amounting to 30,141,458 pounds. 

 As a rule, landings during each of the warmer months were larger 

 than during the cooler months of the year. 



The following table gives the economic statistics obtained on the 

 landings of fishery products at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland 

 dining 1929, for vessels of 5 net tons and upward, as measured by 

 the Lnited States Customs Service. The w^eights of fresh and salted 

 fish given in this ta})le represent the weights as landed from the 



