XXVIII EEPOBT OP THE COAJ.M IS^lO.XER OF FISHEEIES 



mon, 11.048,424 pounds: halibut, 10,211,251 pounds: whiting, 8,^64,- 

 G80 pounds: mackerel, 7,248,o81 pounds: herring 5,748,228 pounds; 

 and pike perch and pike or pickerel, 4,283,697 pounds. 



NEW EXtiLAXD VESSEL FISHERIES 



Statistics of the vessel fisheries at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., 

 and Portland, Me., were collected by the bureau's local agents and 

 published monthly. Tavo annual Inilletins were issued, one showing 

 the catch by fishing grounds and the other by months. 



The total landings of vessels at these ports during 1923 amounted 

 to 174,941,469 pounds, valued at $7,051,154, an increase over 1922 ox 

 0.4 per cent in amount and 29 per cent in value. The product was 

 caught by 9.5 per cent fewer vessels and on 2.9 per cent more trips 

 than in 1922. Of the total amount 71 per cent was landed at Boston, 

 while Gloucester received 20 and Portland 9 per cent. Compared 

 with previous years this registers a tendency of the landings to 

 be diverted from Gloucester and Portland to Boston. These fish 

 were taken cliiefly from fishing grounds oil' the coast of the United 

 States, about 77 per cent of them coming from these waters and 3 

 per cent and 20 per cent being taken from fishing banks off the 

 coasts of Newfoundland and the Canadian Provinces, respectively. 



The catch of cod and related fishes amounted to 150,557.106 

 pounds, valued at $4,963,602. Of these the haddock ranked first 

 in both quantity and value, with cod next. The combined catch of 

 these two species comprises 91 per cent of this category of fish. 

 The catch of halibut, amounting to 4,874,504 pounds valued at 

 $922,654, registers a decline in amount and an increase in value over 

 1922. 



The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the American fishing 

 fleet in 1923 was 121,982 barrels, as compared with 53,708 barrels in 

 1922, and of salted mackerel 18,864 barrels, as compai^d with 2,749 

 barrels in 1922. Of the total quantity in 1923 there were landed by 

 vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., 11,565,- 

 228 pounds, valued at $487,637. In 1924 the total catch of mackerel 

 up to July 3 was 38,916 barrels fresh and 860 barrels salted, com- 

 pared with 25,879 barrels fresh and 346 barrels salted for the same 

 period in 1923. 



nSTIERTES AT SEATTLE, VrASK. 



Statistics of the fish landed at Seattle, Wash., were collected by 

 the local agent and published as monthly and annual statistical bul- 

 letins, giving the quantity and value of fishery products landed by 

 fishing and collecting vessels during the vear at that port. In 1923 

 this fleet landed 27,625,068 pounds,' valued at $2,630,318. The catch 

 by fishing vessels, which consisted largely of halibut, amounted to 

 10,237,590 pounds, valued at $1,321,587. " This registers a decrease 

 in the catch at Seattle, which has been continuous since 1920, and is 

 due largely to the failing supply of halibut. The amount of this 

 fish landed in 1923 was 7,805,000 i)Ounds, as compared with the aver- 

 age for the previous seven years of 12,104,000 pounds. The fish 

 landed by collecting vessels amounted to 17,387,478 pounds, valued 

 at $1,308,731, showing an increase of about 2,000,000 pounds over last 



