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VESSEL FISHERIES AT PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 



Due to the importance of the ports of Boston and Gloucester, Mass., 

 and Portland, Mame, as landing points for fishery products, detailed 

 monthly statistics are collected for these landings which are published 

 in the following sections. 



ECONOMIC ASPECT 



The landings of fishery products at the three principal New England 

 ports (Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine), hj ves- 

 sels of 5 net tons capacity or more, during 1936, amounted to 414,767,- 

 145 pounds as landed, valued at $11,143,545. This is an increase of 

 11 percent in the quantity of the catch as compared with 1935, and an 

 increase of 24 percent in the value of the catch. The landings at 

 Boston accounted for 339,224,764 pounds, valued at $9,588,115 or 82 

 percent of the total volume; the landings at Gloucester amounted to 

 59,413,534 pounds, valued at $1,171,681, or 14 percent of the total; 

 and the landings at Portland amounted to 16,128,847 pounds, valued 

 at $383,749, or 4 percent of the total. 



Among the landings of fresh fish, haddock far outranked other 

 species in volume landed. Landings of all sizes in 1936 amounted 

 to 143,878,750 pounds, or 35 percent of the total fresh fish. 



