﻿SECTION 
  2 
  - 
  NEW 
  ENGLAND 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  Commercial 
  fishermen 
  operating 
  out 
  of 
  ports 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  (Maine, 
  New 
  Hamp- 
  

   shire, 
  Massachusetts, 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  and 
  Connecticut) 
  landed 
  531.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  

   shellfish 
  worth 
  $91.0 
  million--a 
  de.crease 
  of 
  37.0 
  million 
  pounds 
  (7 
  percent), 
  but 
  a 
  gain 
  of 
  $10.5 
  

   million 
  (13 
  percent) 
  compared 
  with 
  1969 
  . 
  Landings 
  of 
  otter 
  trawl-caught 
  industrial 
  fish, 
  haddock, 
  

   shrimp, 
  cod, 
  and 
  sea 
  herring 
  declined 
  sharply; 
  landings 
  of 
  ocean 
  perch, 
  pollock, 
  and 
  sea 
  scallop 
  

   meats 
  were 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  The 
  harvest 
  of 
  blackback 
  and 
  yellowtail 
  flounders, 
  white 
  

   hake, 
  and 
  soft 
  clam 
  meats 
  increased 
  substantially 
  compared 
  with 
  1969; 
  landings 
  of 
  alewives 
  , 
  scup, 
  

   whiting, 
  and 
  bluefin 
  tuna 
  gained 
  moderately. 
  Landings 
  of 
  most 
  other 
  species 
  were 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  With 
  few 
  exceptions, 
  exvessel 
  prices 
  for 
  fish 
  and 
  shellfish 
  increased 
  for 
  

   all 
  species. 
  Fishermen 
  were 
  paid 
  a 
  record 
  high 
  average 
  of 
  17.1 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  in 
  1970 
  — 
  compared 
  

   with 
  14.2 
  cents 
  in 
  1969. 
  Average 
  prices 
  per 
  pound 
  paid 
  for 
  haddock, 
  northern 
  lobsters, 
  shrimp, 
  

   and 
  sea 
  scallop 
  meats 
  had 
  the 
  sharpest 
  gain. 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  led 
  all 
  States 
  in 
  volume 
  with 
  286.9 
  million 
  pounds; 
  followed 
  by 
  Maine, 
  

   158.8 
  million; 
  and 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  79.4 
  million 
  pounds. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  landings 
  were 
  some- 
  

   what 
  greater 
  in 
  Massachusetts, 
  but 
  declined 
  in 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  and 
  Maine. 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  landings 
  

   were 
  down 
  9 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  because 
  of 
  smaller 
  landings 
  of 
  industrial 
  fish. 
  In 
  Maine 
  , 
  the 
  32.5 
  mil- 
  

   lion-pound 
  decrease 
  resulted 
  from 
  smaller 
  landings 
  of 
  sea 
  herring 
  (sardines) 
  , 
  shrimp, 
  ocean 
  perch, 
  

   and 
  whiting. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  landings 
  was 
  greater 
  for 
  all 
  New 
  England 
  States 
  except 
  Connecticut, 
  

   where 
  it 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  1969. 
  Massachusetts 
  led 
  all 
  States 
  in 
  value 
  of 
  landings 
  with 
  

   $47.0 
  million 
  (51 
  percent); 
  Maine 
  was 
  next 
  with 
  $30.7 
  million 
  (34 
  percent); 
  and 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  

   $10.9 
  million 
  (12 
  percent) 
  . 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  Connecticut 
  together 
  accounted 
  for 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   3 
  percent 
  . 
  

  

  Fishermen 
  and 
  vessels. 
  The 
  New 
  England 
  fisheries 
  had 
  22,218 
  fishermen 
  using 
  686 
  vessels 
  (5 
  

   net 
  tons 
  or 
  greater) 
  and 
  11,955 
  other 
  craft 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  9 
  vessels, 
  but 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  2,269 
  fish- 
  

   ermen 
  and 
  1,155 
  other 
  craft 
  compared 
  with 
  1969 
  . 
  

  

  Processed 
  products. 
  The 
  value 
  of 
  processed 
  seafood 
  items 
  was 
  $246.5 
  million--an 
  increase 
  of 
  

   $20 
  .6 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969 
  . 
  Massachusetts 
  led 
  in 
  production 
  with 
  products 
  valued 
  at 
  $175.8 
  

   million, 
  followed 
  by 
  Maine 
  with 
  $48.9 
  million; 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  $16.9 
  million; 
  Rhode 
  Island, 
  $4.7 
  

   million; 
  and 
  Connecticut, 
  $223,000. 
  The 
  five 
  States 
  had 
  8,960 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  537 
  whole- 
  

   saling 
  and 
  processing 
  plants. 
  

  

  Vessel 
  construction. 
  In 
  1970, 
  five 
  newly 
  constructed 
  vessels 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  fleet 
  

   and 
  two 
  more 
  vessels 
  were 
  purchased 
  fromoutside 
  the 
  region. 
  In 
  addition, 
  the 
  135-foot 
  steel 
  stern 
  

   trawler, 
  Tremont 
  . 
  a 
  sistership 
  to 
  the 
  Old 
  Colony 
  , 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  Wisconsin 
  to 
  operate 
  out 
  of 
  Bos- 
  

   ton 
  for 
  groundfish 
  and 
  flounders. 
  The 
  Tremont 
  and 
  the 
  Old 
  Colony 
  were 
  the 
  newest, 
  most 
  modern, 
  

   and 
  most 
  efficient 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  groundfish 
  fishery. 
  Six 
  vessels 
  were 
  lost 
  at 
  sea, 
  and 
  ISvessels 
  

   changed 
  ownership. 
  

  

  Labor 
  . 
  Two 
  ports 
  had 
  labor 
  troubles. 
  In 
  New 
  Bedford, 
  Mass., 
  two 
  labor 
  disputes 
  were 
  settled 
  

   quickly. 
  One 
  ended 
  without 
  loss 
  of 
  time 
  when 
  a 
  contract 
  that 
  included 
  fringe 
  benefits 
  for 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  was 
  negotiated 
  between 
  fishermen 
  and 
  vessel 
  owners. 
  The 
  other 
  dispute 
  was 
  between 
  plant 
  

   owners 
  and 
  workers 
  unloading 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  . 
  It 
  led 
  to 
  a 
  1-day 
  tieup 
  that 
  ended 
  quickly 
  when 
  the 
  

   workers 
  receivec^ 
  higher 
  wages. 
  In 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  workers 
  had 
  an 
  8-week 
  dispute 
  with 
  a 
  

   stevedoring 
  firm. 
  The 
  firm 
  had 
  imports 
  to 
  unload 
  and 
  finally 
  diverted 
  considerable 
  tonnage 
  to 
  Ports- 
  

   mouth, 
  N.H. 
  In 
  another 
  dispute, 
  shore 
  plant 
  workers 
  in 
  Gloucester 
  were 
  idle 
  for 
  3 
  weeks 
  because 
  

   of 
  a 
  disagreement 
  with 
  management 
  over 
  a 
  new 
  contract. 
  

  

  Groundfish. 
  Landings 
  of 
  six 
  groundfish 
  species 
  (cod, 
  cusk 
  , 
  haddock, 
  ocean 
  perch, 
  pollock 
  , 
  and 
  

   white 
  hake) 
  were 
  149 
  . 
  million 
  pounds 
  — 
  22.7 
  million 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  Despite 
  sharply 
  decreased 
  

   landings, 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $15.5 
  million 
  was 
  just 
  slightly 
  less 
  than 
  the 
  $15.6 
  million 
  fishermen 
  re- 
  

   ceived 
  in 
  1969. 
  Compared 
  with 
  1969, 
  landings 
  of 
  only 
  two 
  species 
  improved--cusk 
  and 
  white 
  hake. 
  

   The 
  production 
  of 
  ocean 
  perch 
  (55.3 
  million 
  pounds) 
  and 
  pollock 
  (8.8 
  million) 
  was 
  just 
  slightly 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  1969. 
  Cod 
  landings, 
  however, 
  declined 
  sharply 
  from 
  56.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  in 
  1969 
  to 
  

   52.7 
  million 
  in 
  1970. 
  

  

  