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The catch of herring amounted to 1,482,840 pounds, valued at 

 $44,518. Of this quantity 263,540 pounds, valued at $3,657, were 

 taken off the coast of the United States and landed fresh, and the 

 remainder, consisting of 1,219,300 poupds salted, valued at $40,861, 

 were Newfoundland herring. 



OTTER-TRAWL FISHERY 



In 1923 there were 665 trips landed at Boston, Gloucester, and 

 PortUmd by 33 otter-trawl vessels, amounting to 54,298,289 pounds 

 of fish, valued at $1,696,321, or 31.03 per cent of the quantity and 

 24.05 per cent of the value of the total catch landed by fishing vessels 

 at these ports during the year. The catch included cod, 14,961,590 

 pounds, valued at $485,799; haddock, 35,527,297 pounds, valued at 

 $1,011,810; hake, 471,660 pounds, valued at $12,280; pollock, 

 1,229,361 pounds, valued at $43,312; cusk, 13,195 pounds, valued 

 at $402; halibut, 148,668 pounds, valued at $34,829; mackerel, 

 59,500 pounds, valued at $5,205; and other species, 1,887,018 

 pounds, valued at $102,684. The catch by otter trawls consists 

 principally of haddock, which in 1923 amounted to 48.16 per cent of 

 the quantity and 41.75 per cent of the value of the entire catch of 

 this species landed. The catch by otter trawls was taken chiefly 

 from Western Bank, Georges Bank, and South Channel. 



The following tables give, by fishing grounds and by months, the 

 catch landed by otter trawlers at these ports in 1923, and also the 

 catch of cod, haddock, and hake landed by them in various years : 



FishiTij products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., hy 



otter trawlers in 1923 



Cod 



Haddock 



Hake 



BY FISHING GROUNDS 



East of 66° W. Longitude 



Western Bank. 

 Cape Shore 



West of 66° W. Longitude 



Browns Bank 



Georges Bank 



Middle Bank 



South Channel 



Nantucket Shoals. 

 Off Chatham 



TotaL 



BY MONTHS 



January 



February-. 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July -- 



August 



September. 



October 



November. 

 December.. 



Total - 



Pounds 

 7, 83fi, 102 



51,380 



4, 348, 143 



4,280 



2, 594, 460 



115,120 



12, 105 



14,961,590 



666,115 

 1,526,985 

 1,073,020 

 1, 195, 008 

 1, 690, 995 

 1,094,050 

 1,363.190 

 1,295,180 



941,916 

 1,582,540 

 1, 755, 103 



777, 488 



Value 

 $218, 512 



Pounds 

 10, 321, 517 



Value 

 $215, 246 



Pounds 

 33, 615 



1,129 



164,113 



193 



97, 394 



3,991 



467 



485^; 



40,706 

 76,400 

 39, .=582 

 33,402 

 38,044 

 24, 639 

 30,803 

 30, 455 

 24, 517 

 52,418 

 57, 562 

 37, 271 



444, 425 



9, 295, 985 



17,200 



14, 162, 865 



1.198,075 



87,230 



35, 527, 297 



14, 961, 590 i 485, 799 



2,112,180 

 2, 764, 410 

 3, 883, 785 

 4, 021, 635 

 3, 472. 410 

 2.915,445 

 2, 614, 515 

 2, 402, 699 

 2, 135, 183 

 2, 850, 655 

 2, 893, 500 

 3,460,880 



12,693 



321.240 



494 



42;}, 388 



34, 532 



4,217 



49,886 



8,100 



352, 679 



24, 810 

 2,570 



1,011,810 471,660 



122,111 

 154, 997 

 129,481 

 91,031 

 91,032 

 55, 138 

 47, 032 

 36, 983 

 33, 538 

 63,848 

 81,999 

 104. 620 



21, 454 

 6,251 

 16, 270 

 37, 405 

 6,210 

 28,995 

 21, 155 

 32. 870 

 .54,690 

 71, 140 

 86, 745 

 88, 475 



Value 



.$484 



1,581 

 81 



9,785 



308 



41 



12,280 



1,816 

 397 



1,085 



1,817 

 181 

 702 

 284 

 383 

 945 



1,1.58 

 965 



2,547 



35,527,297 1,011,810 471,660 12,280 



