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in quantity and increased $1,103, or 0.25 per cent, in value. The 

 herring catch decreased 1,161,514 pounds, or 43.92 per cent, in 

 quantity and $36,636, or 45.14 per cent, in value. The Newfound- 

 land herring catch decreased from 2,302,420 pounds, valued at 

 $76,855 in 1922, to 1,219,300 pounds, valued at $40,861 in 1923. 

 In the various other species combined there was a decrease of 

 1,497,076 pounds, or 27.20 per cent, in quantity and an increase of 

 $15,986, or 9.48 per cent, in value. 



The catch of scrod cod landed at these ports decreased from 

 815,371 pounds, valued at $9,200, in 1922, to 414,659 pounds, valued 

 at $6,447, in 1923, and the catch of scrod haddock mcreased from 

 253,283 pounds, valued at $4,261, in 1922, to 4,845,695 pounds, 

 valued at $94,481, in 1923. The small quantity of these grades 

 landed, as compared with other grades of these species, is said to be 

 due to the fact that the price is so low that the fishermen do not 

 save all that are caught. 



The following tables present in detail, by fishing grounds and also 

 by months, the fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, 

 Mass., and Portland, Me., by American fishing vessels for the cal- 

 endar year 1923. The weights of fresh and salted fish given in these 

 statistics represent the fish as landed from the vessels, and the values 

 are those received by the fishermen. The grades, or sizes, given for 

 certain species are those recognized in the trade. 



Statement, by fishing, grounds, of quantities and values of certain fishery products 

 landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., by American fishing 

 vessels during the calendar year 1923 



