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Georges Bank and South Channel contributed nearly half the catch, 

 Georges alone being credited with 5,250,000 pounds. La Have Bank, 

 Cashes Bank, Browns Bank, and Nantucket Shoals are also important 

 grounds. The quantity of cod landed in 1894 was 5,000,000 pounds 

 greater than in 1S93, the increase being shared by all the banks named. 



The quantity of hake brought to Boston was nearly 15,000,000 

 pounds, valued at $135,000. The South Channel yielded more hake 

 than any other grounds, although Georges, La Have, Cashes, and Mid- 

 dle banks and Jeffreys Ledge were also very productive grounds. The 

 receipts of hake were over 3,000,000 pounds larger than in 1893, the 

 increase being chiefly in the catch on La Have and South Channel. 



The cusk landed amounted to 5,840,000 pounds, with a market value 

 of $75,000. Cashes and La Have banks contributed more than any 

 other grounds. The catch iu 1894 was 1,600,000 pounds more than in 

 the previous year. Of pollock, 000,000 pounds, valued at $12,000, were 

 taken, principally on La Have, Cashes, and Jeffreys. The halibut 

 receipts were 1,009,000 pounds, worth $158,000; three-fourths of this 

 quantity came from Western, La Have, and Georges banks. 



The mackerel receipts at Boston in 1894 consisted of 855,000 pounds 

 of fresh fish and 1,335,000 pounds, or 6,075 barrels, of salt fish. The 

 grounds off Race Point and the Cape Shore yielded the principal part 

 of the fresh and salt fish, respectively. In 1893 the quantity of both 

 fresh and salted mackerel brought to Boston was less than in 1894. 



In the following table the receipts of the different fish from the 

 various fishing-grounds are shown : 



Summary hy fishing-grounds of certain fishery products landed at Boston, Mass., in 1894 

 hy American fishing vessels. 



