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Medium large trawlers are referred to by some in the fisheries as 

 "draggers." These vessels made 1,064 trips to 12 main fishing grounds 

 and were absent from port 6,673 days, or an average of 6.3 days per 

 trip. Their catches aggregated 32,423,005 pounds, or about 10 per 

 cent of the total landings by vessels at the three ports. Of this, 

 haddock constituted 82 per cent, flounders 9 per cent, and cod 6 per 

 cent. Only minor quantities of other species were taken by medium 

 otter trawlers. Of the total catch, 63 per cent were taken on Georges 

 Bank, and 28 per cent on South Channel. Only minor quantities 

 were taken on the other grounds where this type of vessel fished. 



Otter trawls, small vessels. — A fishery with otter trawls was also 

 prosecuted by 96 vessels of 5 to 20 net tons, inclusive, in 1929. Small 

 otter trawlers are referred to by some in the fisheries as "flounder 

 draggers." These vessels made 850 trips to nine main fishing grounds, 

 and were absent from port 3,040 days, or an average of 3.6 days per 

 trip. Their catches aggregated 8,212,090 pounds, or about 3 per cent 

 of the total landings by vessels at the three ports. Of this amount, 

 52 per cent consisted of haddock, and 38 per cent of flounders. Of the 

 total catch, 43 per cent were taken on banks along the shore, 31 per 

 cent on Georges Bank, and 15 per cent on South Channel. 



V-D trawls (otter trawls), large vessels. — A fishery with V-D otter 

 trawls was prosecuted by 26 vessels of 91 net tons and over in 1929. 

 These vessels made 305 trips to four main fishing grounds, and were 

 absent fromjport 2,362 days, or an average of 7.7 days per trip. 

 Their catches aggregated 26,847,877 pounds, or 8 per cent of the total 

 landings by vessels at the three ports. Of this amount, 86 per cent 

 consisted of haddock, and 8 per cent of cod. Of the total catch, 61 

 per cent were taken on Georges Bank and 32 per cent on South Channel . 



V-D trawls (otter trawls), medium vessels. — A fishery with V-D otter 

 trawls was prosecuted by 41 vessels of 21 to 90 net tons, inclusive, in 

 1929. These vessels made 695 trips to eight main fishing grounds, and 

 were absent from port 4,991 days, or an average of 7.2 days per trip. 

 Their catches amounted to 28,253,826 pounds, or, about 9 per cent of 

 the total landings by vessels at the three ports. Of this amount, 89 

 per cent consisted of haddock, and 5 per cent consisted of cod. The 

 remainder was made up chiefly of flounders, hake, and pollock. Of 

 the total catch, 60 per cent were made on Georges Bank, and 36 per 

 cent on South Channel. Only very minor quantities were taken on 

 the other banks where these vessels fished, 



V-D trawls (otter trawls), small vessels. — A fishery with V-D otter 

 trawls was prosecuted by 3 vessels of 5 to 20 net tons, inclusive, in 1929. 

 These vessels made nine trips to four main fishing grounds, and were 

 absent from port 60 days, or an average of 6.7 days per trip. Their 

 catch aggregated 220,758 pounds, and consisted almost entirely of 

 haddock, and were taken mainly on Georges Bank, 



Sink gill nets. — A fishery with sink gifl nets was prosecuted by 49 

 vessels in 1929. These made 3,318 trips to four main fishing grounds, 

 and were absent from port 3,487 days, or an average of about 1 

 day per trip. The catch amounted to 13,073,990 pounds, or 4 per 

 cent of the total landings by vessels at the three ports. Of this amoimt 

 45 per cent consisted of pollock, 38 per cent of cod, and 9 per cent of 

 haddock. Only minor quantities of other species were taken with this 

 type of gear. Of the total catch, 92 per cent were made on those 

 grounds near the shore. 



