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FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



The fishery products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and 

 Portland, Me., by fishing vessels each year are taken principally from 

 fishing grounds lying off the coast of the United States. In the 

 calendar year 1919, 71.72 per cent of the quantity and 70.64 per cent 

 of the value of the catch landed at these ports by American and 

 Canadian fishing vessels were taken from these grounds; 2.93 per 

 cent of the quantity and 4.61 per cent of the value, consisting largely 

 of herring, from fishing banks off the coast of Newfoundland, and 

 25.33 per cent of the quantity and 24.74 per cent of the value from 

 fishing grounds off the Canadian Provinces. Newfoundland herring 

 constituted 1.78 per cent of the quantity and 2.51 per cent of the 

 value of the fishery products landed at these ports during the year. 

 The herring were taken on the treaty coast of Newfoundland, and 

 the cod, haddock, hake, halibut, and other species from that region 

 were obtained from fishing banks on the high seas. All fish caught 

 by American fishing vessels off the coast of the Canadian Provinces 

 were from offshore fishing grounds. The catch from each of these 

 regions is given in detail in the following table : 



Quantity and Value op Fish Landed by American and Canadian Fishing 

 Vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., in 1919, 

 FROM Fishing Grounds Off the Coast of the United States, Newfound- 

 land, AND Canadian Provinces. 



Cod.— In 1919 the fishing fleet landing fish at Boston, Gloucester, 

 and Portland was about the same size as m the previous year. There 

 were 9 vessels in the salt-bank fishery and 1 1 1 in the market fishery 

 landing their fares of cod and other ground fish at these ports during 

 the year, while large quantities of cod were also landed by vessels 

 fishing on the shore groimds. The total catch of cod landed at these 

 ports during the year amounted to 65,374,420 pounds, valued at 



