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BIOLOGICAL ASPECT 



In 1934 the fishing fleet landing fares at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Maine^ and operating on the fishing banks of 

 the North Atlantic, numbered 393 steam, motor, and sail vessels of 

 5-net-ton capacity or greater as measured by the United States Cus- 

 toms Service. These vessels made 12,323 trips to the fishing grounds, 

 and were absent from port 52,441 days, or an average of 4.2 days per 

 trip. The catch of edible fish landed at the three ports amounted to 

 302,262,030 poimds when the salted fish had been converted to the 

 basis of fresh gutted or round fish as usually landed. This, however, 

 does not represent the entire catch of edible fish of these vessels, for 

 small quantities, estimated at not more than 5 percent of their total 

 catch, were landed at ports in New England other than these three, 

 at New York City and at ports in New Jersey. 



Otter trawls on all sizes of vessels accounted for 194,453,361 pounds, 

 or 64 percent of the total landings. Line trawls were next in impor- 

 tance, accounting for 55,214,633 pounds, or 18 percent of the total 

 landings. 



The catch taken on Sable Island Bank and landed at the three 

 ports amounted to 101,088,595 pounds, or 33 percent of the total; 

 that on shore grounds, 72,469,490 pounds, or 24 percent; Georges 

 Bank, 41,181,940 pounds, or 14 percent; Browns Bank, 28,461,481 

 pounds, or 9 percent; South Channel, 19,289,022 pounds, or 6 percent; 

 and Quereau Bank, 15,232,367 pounds, or 5 percent. No other bank 

 accounted for as much as 5,000,000 pourds in the landings at the 

 three ports. 



