114 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



The quantity and value of the receipts of other members of the cod 

 family are as follows: Cusk, 4,804,840 pounds, $03,508; haddock, 

 6,109,400 pounds, $44,149; hake, 8,480,715 pounds, $57,120; pollock, 

 1,258,621 pounds, $8,277, a total of 20,653,582 pounds and $173,000. 

 The principal part of the cusk and hake were taken on Cashes Bank, 

 of the haddock on Georges Bank, and of the pollock on the inshore 

 grounds. The total recei]>ts of these species in 1894 differed little from 

 those in 1893; the catch of cusk and pollock was somewhat less, that 

 of hake was about the same, while that of haddock Avas considerably 

 more, the increase amounting to nearly 3,500,000 pounds. 



Grand, Quereau, Western, and Georges banks contributed the princi- 

 pal part of the f-esh halibut landed in Gloucester, while Greenland and 

 Iceland grounds produced practically all of the salt halibut. The 

 receipts of fresh fish were 7,707,787 pounds, valued at $599,538, and of 

 salt fish 1,527,480 pounds, worth $91,898. As compared with 1893 

 these figures show an increase of 1,118,000 pounds of fresh halibut 

 and a decrease of 301,500 pounds of salt balibut. 



The Gloucester mackerel fishery in 1894 was a great disappointment. 

 The early fishing on the Cape Shore was reported to be tbe best ever 

 known, and many fishermen were led to believe that the mackerel had 

 returned in their former abundance and that the season would show 

 a very large catch. The subsequent fishing, however, was poor, and 

 the aggregate receipts were very much less than in the previous 

 year. 



Tbe fresh mackerel landed amounted to 80,662 pounds, valued at 

 $6,259, against 48,420 pounds, worth $3,205, in 1893. The quantity of 

 salt fish brought in was 28,705 barrels, having a value of $236,849, 

 against 38,335 barrels, valued at $500,082, in the preceding year. The 

 receipts from the different grounds in 1894 were as follows : Cape Shore, 

 19,763i barrels, $124,490; Gulf of St. Lawrence, 4,185 barrels, $58,822; 

 New England shore, 4,756|- barrels, $53,537. As compared with 1893, 

 there was an increased catch on the Cape Shore and in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence of 6,081 barrels and a^ decrease on the New England coast of 

 15,711 barrels. 



A detailed summary of the Gloucester receipts, specified by species 

 and fishing-grounds, is contained in the following table. In tbe case of 

 vessels that fished on more than one ground during a single trip, their 

 operations are credited to those grounds on which the bulk of the fish 

 were taken. 



