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gating 12,981,503 pounds, valued at $630,108. The total for the 
three ports amounted to 7,606 trips, aggregating 178,280,701 pounds 
of fresh and salted fish, having a value to the fishermen of $8,227,013. 
This total includes 54 trips, 43 at Boston, 1 at Gloucester, and 10 at 
Portland, landed by 18 Canadian fishing vessels, amounting to 
2,588,218 pounds of fish, valued at $119,028. Of this quantity, 
1,308,774 pounds, valued at $62,147, were landed at Boston; 271,580 
pounds, valued at $13,606, at Gloucester; and 1,007,864 pounds, 
valued at $43,275, at Portland. There was an increase of 9 vessels 
and 15 trips, but a decrease of 707,929 pounds in the quantity of 
fish fended: with an increase of $12,767 in the value, as compared 
with the previous year. These fish were landed in accordance with 
an arrangement with the Canadian Government as an emergency 
war measure granting reciprocal privileges to fishing vessels, by 
which Canadian fishing vessels were permitted to land their fares at 
American ports direct from the fishing grounds. Canadian vessels 
began to utilize this privilege in April, 1918, and the arrangement is 
still in operation. 
Compared with the previous year there was a decrease of 663 
trips, or 8.01 per cent, in the total number landed by the fishing 
fleet at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland, and of 18,200,569 pounds, 
or 9.26 per cent, in the quantity, with an increase of $678,630, or 
8.99 per cent, in the value of the products landed. The only im- 
portant species showing an increase in both quantity and value 
were nalithnt mackerel, and swordfish. The catch of halibut in- 
creased 1,674,669 pounds, or 79.19 per cent, in quantity, and $354,630, 
or 91.59 per cent, in value; the mackerel catch increased 1,580,525 
pounds, or 27.66 per cent, in quantity, and $215,852, or 39.44 per 
cent, in value; and the catch of swordfish increased 1,648,942 pounds, 
or 186.80 per cent, in quantity, and $281,834, or 132.71 per cent, in 
value. The catch of cod decreased 3,108,838 pounds, or 4.75 per 
cent, in quantity, but increased $54,456, or 2.10 per cent, in value; 
haddock decreased 7,436,708 pounds, or 8.99 per cent, in quantity, 
and $53,886, or 1.92 per cent, in value; pollock, 10,191,066 pounds, 
or 54.34 per cent, in quantity, and $118,387, or 31.11 per cent, in 
value; cusk, 208,459 pounds, or 10.10 per cent, in quantity, and 
$14,099, or 22.67 per cent, in value; and herring, 3,361,901 pounds, 
or 32.45 per cent, in quantity, and $73,487, or 30.64 per cent, in 
value. The catch of hake increased 381,880 pounds, or 8.80 per 
cent, in quantity, but decreased $27,177, or 15.01 per cent, in value. 
The catch of Newfoundland herring decreased 404,753 pounds, or 
11.55 per cent, in quantity, and $79,626, or 41.95 per cent, in value. 
There were no tilefish landed at Boston during the year. In the 
various other species combined there was an increase of 853,897 
pounds, or 20.66 per cent, in quantity, and of $60,368, or 37.85 per 
cent, in value. 
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 1920. 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. 
