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cent, in value; and miscellaneous products, 309,709 pounds, or 7.88 
per cent, in quantity, and $56,390, or 45.05 per cent, in value. There 
was also a considerable decrease in the catches of a number of species. 
The catch of hake decreased 2,633,817 pounds, or 33.27 per cent, in 
quantity, and $68,300, or 20 per cent, in value; cusk, 891,043 pounds, 
or 25.10 per cent, in quantity, and $16,083, or 13.50 per cent, in value; 
mackerel, 7,283,596 pounds, or 41.75 per cent, in quantity, and 
$265,195, or 18.23 per cent, in value; swordfish, 937,427 pounds, or 
47.60 per cent, in quantity, and $68,977, or 23.60 per cent, in value. 
The Newfoundland herring catch fell off 422,932 pounds, or 6.21 per 
cent, in quantity, but increased $104,072, or 45.68 per cent, in value. 
The quantity of tilefish landed at Boston during the year declined 
from 1,211,450 pounds, valued at $44,743 in 1917, to 299,420 pounds, 
valued at $20,246 in 1918. 
The following tables present in detail, by fishing grounds and by 
months, the products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 
Portland, Me., by American and Canadian fishing vessels, for the 
calendar year 1918. The weights of fresh and salted fish given in 
these statistics represent the fish as landed from the vessels, and the 
values are those received by the fishermen. The grades, or sizes, 
given for certain species are those recognized in the trade. 
