REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. Te 
97,899,487 pounds of fish, valued at $2,911,314, and at Gloucester 
3,472 trips, aggregating 73,696,241 pounds, valued at $1,826,603. 
The total for the two ports was 7,244 trips, aggregating 171,595,728 
pounds of fresh and salted fish, having a value to the fishermen of 
$4,737,917. Compared with the previous year there was a decrease 
of 354 trips, but an increased production amounting to 9,006,508 
pounds in quantity and $342,887 in value. There was a small de- 
crease in the catch of cod, but an increase in that of practically all the 
other important species. ‘The value of haddock and cusk was slightly 
less than that of the previous year. The halibut product increased 
491,100 pounds in quantity and $46,946 in value. The mackerel 
catch increased 6,688,850 pounds, or over 63 per cent, in quantity, 
and $259,354, or 73 per cent, in value. There was some decrease in 
the take of Newfoundland herring, but an increase in the value. 
Swordfish increased 739,123 pounds in quantity and $43,890 in value. 
The following tables present in detail (1) by fishing grounds and 
(2) by months the products of the vessel fisheries of Boston and 
Gloucester during the calendar year 1915. 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 
one or sizes, given for certain species are those recognized in the 
trade. 
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