FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1935 145 



VESSEL FISHERIES AT PRINCIPAL NEW ENGLAND PORTS 



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

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

 monthly statistics are collected for these landings which are pubhshed 

 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), by vessels 

 of 5 net tons capacity or more, during 1934 amounted to 299,915,821 

 pounds as landed, valued at $7,882,397. Of the total landings, 99 

 percent consisted of fresh fish and 1 percent salted fish. The landmgs 

 at Boston accounted for 243,692,588 pounds, valued at $6,731,364, 

 or 82 percent of the total volume ; the landings at Gloucester amounted 

 to 40,130,189 pounds, valued at $755,699, or 13 percent of the total; 

 and the landings at Portland amounted to 16,093,044 pounds, valued 

 at $395,334, or 5 percent of the total. 



Among the landings of fresh fish, haddock far outranked other 

 species in volume landed, the landings of all sizes in 1934 amounted to 

 127,763,681 pounds, or 43 percent of the total fresh fish. 



