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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



The principal source of supply for the large quantities of fish landed 

 by American fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., is the fishing grounds lying off the coast of the United 

 States. In the calendar year 1916, 72.10 per cent of the quantity and 

 72.96 per cent of the value of the catch landed by the American fishing 

 fleet at these three ports were taken from these grounds. Of the 

 remainder, 9.06 per cent of the quantity and 9.34 per cent of the value 

 were taken from fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland, 18.80 

 per cent of the quantity and 17.61 per cent of the value from grounds 

 off the Canadian Provinces, and less than 1 per cent of both the 

 quantity and value from the coast of Labrador. Herring from New- 

 foundland constituted 6.06 per cent of the quantity and 5.10 per cent 

 of the value of the fishery products landed at these ports during the 

 year. The herring were taken on the treaty coasts of Newfoundland, 

 but cod and other species from that region were obtained chiefly from 

 fishing banks on the high seas. AU fish caught by American fishing 

 vessels off the Canadian Provinces were from offshore fishing grounds. 

 The catch for each of these regions is given in detail in the following 

 table: 



Quantity and Value op Fish Landed by American Fishing Vessels at Boston 

 AND Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., in 1916, from Grounds off the 

 Coast of the United States, Newfoundland, and Canadian Provinces. 



Species. 



United States. 



Newfoundlaad.o Canadian Provinces. 



Cod: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Haddock: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Hake: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Pollock: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Cusk: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Halibut: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Mackerel: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Herring: 



Fresh 



Salted 



Swordflsh: 



Fresh 



Tilefish: 



Fresh 



Miscellaneous: 



Fresh 



Pounds. 



22,358,873 



603, 219 



10,520,206 

 5,356 



15,125,113 

 57,295 



,428,815 

 26,349 



9, 740, 800 

 4,433,718 



7,360,705 



1,647,908 

 873, 142 



Total 133,984,490 4 



Value. 



5869, 105 



29,724 



374,361 

 1,133 



92,539 

 378 



117,509 

 26 



579, 076 

 377, 848 



Pounds. 



827,672 



3,021,449 



265,974 

 64,290 



51,765 

 7, 545 



1,084,749 

 66,649 



4,049,011 

 7,223,224 



217,867 

 24,295 



Value. 

 $21,114 

 129, 726 



1,504 

 2,534 



4,403 

 1,349 



107,110 

 6,212 



Pounds. 

 12, 806, 544 

 4,004,775 



10,422,393 



2,242,911 

 73, 562 



1,535,947 

 17, 876 



1,090,831 

 641,000 



142,659 

 183,344 



115,4 



601,547 



34,937,41? 



Value. 

 8328,350 

 178,863 



267,306 

 1,091 



7,144 

 517 



152,456 

 2,272 



48,463 

 43, 901 



Pounds. 

 35, 993, 089 

 7,629,473 



60,371,496 

 184,296 



13,029,091 

 143, 208 



, 016, 527 

 51,770 



10, 831, 631 

 5,074,718 



11,410,016 

 7,223,224 



1,772,312 



873, 142 



6,157,997 



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Value. 

 $1,218,569 

 338,313 



334,296 

 2,944 



381,578 

 2,038 



377,075 

 8,510 



627,539 

 421,749 



183,344 



238,279 



24,295 



134, 945 

 2 



3,906 



a Includes 13,210 pounds of salted cod, valued at $576, and 42,975 pounds of salted halibut, valued at 

 $4,449, from the Labrador coast. 



Cod. — In 1916 there were 19 vessels employed in the salt bank 

 fishery and 96 in the market fishery landing their fares at Boston, 

 Gloucester, and Portland. Considerable quantities of cod were 

 brought in also by vessels operating on the shore grounds. The total 



