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Haddock.—The catch of haddock for the year ranked second to 
that of cod, the total catch amounting to 66,671,541 pounds, valued 
at $3,199,276, all of which was landed fresh except 68,492 pounds, 
valued at $3,501. The greater part of the catch was taken on 
Georges Bank and in South Channel. 
Hake.—The yield of hake has fallen off very much in the past few 
years. In 1918 the catch amounted to 5,280,829 pounds, valued at 
$273,085, all landed fresh except 34,967 pounds, salted, valued at 
$1,443. There was a decline of 2,633,817 pounds, or over 33 per 
cent, in quantity, and $68,300, or 20 per cent, in value as compared 
with the previous year. In 1916 over 13,000,000 pounds of hake 
were landed at these ports, and in 1910 the receipts at Boston and 
Gloucester were nearly 20,000,000 pounds. 
Pollock.—The pollock catch was much larger than usual, the 
uantity landed amounting to 26,560,620 pounds, valued at $962,085, 
al landed fresh except 53,258 pounds, salted, valued at $2,092. 
Ousk.—The quantity of cusk landed was small as compared with 
recent previous years, amounting to only 2,658,260 pounds, valued 
at $103,031, of which 13,940 pounds, valued at $593, were salted. 
The catch of this species is usually from upwards of three million to 
upwards of six million pounds, 
Halibut.—The yield of halibut was 1,781,004 pounds, valued at 
$302,280, which was all landed fresh except 10,931 pounds, salted, 
valued at $1,240. There was an increase in quantity over the 
previous year of less than 1 per cent, but an increase in value of 37.88 
per cent. 
Mackerel.—The total catch of fresh mackerel taken by the American 
fishing fleet in 1918 was 69,314 barrels, compared with 111,932 
barrels the previous year, a decrease of 42,618 barrels. The output 
of salted mackerel was 13,030 barrels, as compared with 32,162 
barrels the previous year, a decrease of 19,132 barrels. The quantity 
of mackerel landed at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland by the fishing 
fleet during the year was 10,158,467 pounds, valued at $1,188,924, of 
which 7,582,414 pounds, valued at $853,639, were fresh, and 2,576,053 
pounds, valued at $335,285, were salted. This quantity includes 
29,152 pounds of fresh mackerel, valued at $2,423, from the Cape 
Shore, landed by Canadian vessels. 
The southern mackerel fleet numbered about 35 sail of seiners and 
125 sail of netters. The seimers had a light catch, and reported 
considerable quantities of mackerel, but that they were wild, chasing 
live feed, and therefore hard to catch. They did not school much at 
night, but mostly during the day. The first seiner arrived at New 
York on May 6 with 13,000 large and medium mackerel, which were 
sold at 18 to 20 cents per pound. These fish were taken in 34 fathoms 
of water. The netters did not land as many mackerel as the previous 
year, but, owing to the higher prices received, they did well financially. 
he mackerel landed by the southern fleet this year were all large 
and medium fish and sold at 13 to 20 cents per pound, according to 
market conditions. 
The Cape Shore fleet numbered 38 vessels, being a little larger 
than the previous year. No vessel made more than one trip. A 
large body of fish was reported and all the vessels returned with good 
catches. The catch taken on the Cape Shore amounted to 1,689,000 
pounds of fresh mackerel and 7,558 barrels salted, compared with 
2,229,900 pounds fresh and 7,131 barrels salted the previous year. 
