92 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
The fish landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., by American 
fishing vessels are taken principally from fishing grounds lying off the 
coast of the United States. In 1915, 71.78 per cent of the quantity 
and 70.74 per cent of the value of the catch landed by the American 
fishing fleet at these ports were obtamed from these grounds. Of the 
remainder, 9.41 per cent of the quantity and 9.70 per cent of the 
ralue were taken from fishing bani off the coast of Newfoundland, 
18.73 per cent of the quantity and 19.35 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. Newfoundland 
herring constituted 6.58 per cent of the quantity and 5.39 per cent 
of the value of the 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. All the fish caught by American fishing ves- 
sels off the Canadian Provinces were from offshore fishing grounds. 
The catch from each of these fishing regions is given in detail in the 
following table: . 
QuANTITY AND VALUE or Fish LANDED BY AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS AT Boston 
AND GLOUCESTER, MAss., IN 1915, FRom GROUNDS OFF THE COAST OF THE UNITED 
Srates, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND CANADIAN PROVINCES. 
Species. United States. Newfoundland.e | Canadian Provinces. Total. 
a 
Cod: Pounds. Value. Pounds. | Value.| Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
Fresh. ....- 23, 695,413 | $689, 361 484,815 | $9,962 | 9,907,896 | $189,529 | 34,088,124 | $888, 852 
ae 1,876,888 | 71,419 | 3,009,390 |105,146 | 6,081,495 | 207,543 | 10,967,773 | 384, 108 
Haddock: 
i resht= 2-4 51, 712, 661 |1, 185, 386 100 1] 6,100,289 | 120,065 | 57,813,050 | 1,305,452 
salted aoe 69, 675 1, 235 14,075 246 46, 844 880 130, 594 2,361 
Hake: 
Fresh....-- 11,248,569 | 232,237 54, 860 704 | 3,285,886 | 44,529 | 14,589,315 | 277,470 
= A cae L eee 24,713 428 91,200} 1,450 184,712 3, 129 300, 625 5, 007 
ollock: 
Fresh....-- 12,762,282 | 246,213 665 12 198, 366 2,963 | 12,961,313 | 249, 188 
= Bolted... ..: 180, 005 3, 113 7, 865 138 46,770 819 234, 640 4,070 
Jusk: 
Fresh. ..... 4,550,491 | 71,946 3, 345 | 52 | 1,681,965 | 24,005 | 6,235, 801 96, 003 
mie Zoa2 41, 146 1,012 5, 387 133 48, 410 1, 202 94, 943 2,347 
ibut: ; 
Hresh: =..<.= | 699, 496 84,225 | 1,149,408 | 84,014 |] 1,735,271 | 133,548 | 3,584,175 301, 787 
Salted.....-| 305 21 145,665 | 11,304 140,540 | 10, 184 286, 510 21, 509 
Mackerel: 
resi. 23% 655345400) | S270 8) enn minms iene nian 810, 174 61,238 | 7,344,574 383, 016 
Salted ioe eo! 12, GGS8;485 0 POU, O80 | eens season eee ae 905, 343 40,077 | 3,573, 828 231, 063 
Herring 
Fresh.....- 1977562072 20°381, |) 2.3685 150) (681045: | se se eae ae te Seen 4, 345,770 89,326 
Galtedul.t.|sactenc steed |e ceeetee $:930' 800: |186;'7835| Cease we * 3 | Rema te 8,930,800 | 186,783 
Swordfish: 
Hresh)... << 1,307,317 145, 155 | 868 68 930, 782 76,336 | 2,238, 967 221, 559 
Miscellaneous: 
Fresh...... 3,830,532 | 87,084 2,000 30 41, 644 866 | 3,874,176 87, 980 
SAOds ssc cd sce seme aseoaeececesres | 750 SO fais stare Arak os | estate mises 750 36 
Total... .|123, 179, 998 |3,351,980 | 16, 269, 343 |469, 024 | 32, 146,387 | 916, 913 |171, 595,728 | 4,737,917 
a Includes 17,975 pounds of salted cod, valued at $617, and 102,151 pounds of salted halibut, valued at 
$8,673, from the Labrador coast. 
Cod.—In 1915 there were 33 vessels employed in the salt-bank 
fishery and 102 in the market fishery landing their fares at Boston and 
Gloucester. Considerable cod was landed also by vessels operating 
on shore grounds. There were landed at these ports 45,055,897 
pounds of fresh and salted cod, 34,088,124 pounds of the former and 
10,967,773 pounds of the latter, valued at $1,272,960, against 
47,529,625 pounds in 1914, of which 36,079,873 pounds were fresh and 
