﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  CXXXV 
  

  

  The 
  quar.tity 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  by 
  American 
  

   fishing 
  vessels 
  in 
  1896 
  was 
  63,070,352 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,284,994. 
  

   Compared 
  with 
  1895, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  receipts 
  amounting- 
  to 
  

   10,731,711 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $61,079. 
  This 
  decrease 
  was 
  participated 
  in 
  

   by 
  every 
  important 
  fish 
  except 
  cod 
  and 
  mackerel. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  

   fares 
  of 
  fish 
  landed 
  was 
  4,187, 
  which 
  was 
  84 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows, 
  by 
  fishing-grounds, 
  the 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   each 
  species 
  landed: 
  

  

  Summari/ 
  by 
  fishimj-grounds 
  of 
  certain 
  fisherii 
  producia 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1896 
  

  

  iy 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels. 
  

  

  Fishing-grounds. 
  

  

  Hake. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Pollock. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Value. 
  

  

  Halibut. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  East 
  of 
  66° 
  W. 
  longitude 
  : 
  

  

  La 
  Have 
  Bank 
  

  

  Western 
  Bank 
  

  

  Cape 
  Shore 
  

  

  West 
  of 
  66° 
  W. 
  longitude 
  : 
  

  

  Browns 
  Bank 
  

  

  Georges 
  Bank 
  

  

  Cashes 
  Bank 
  

  

  Clark 
  Bank 
  

  

  Fippenies 
  Bank 
  

  

  Ipswich 
  Bay 
  

  

  Jeffreys 
  Leilge 
  

  

  MidilieBank 
  

  

  Race 
  Point 
  

  

  Off 
  Highland 
  Light 
  

  

  Off 
  Chatham 
  

  

  South 
  Channel 
  

  

  Nantucket 
  Shoals 
  

  

  General 
  shore 
  grounds. 
  . 
  

  

  319, 
  000 
  

   100, 
  000 
  

   141, 
  000 
  

  

  92, 
  200 
  

  

  547, 
  900 
  

  

  345, 
  000 
  

  

  5,000 
  

  

  41, 
  000 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  402, 
  900 
  

  

  566, 
  700 
  

  

  1,000 
  

  

  240. 
  600 
  

  

  90, 
  200 
  

  

  2. 
  848, 
  600 
  

  

  13, 
  0(10 
  

  

  778, 
  200 
  

  

  $2, 
  022 
  

  

  680 
  

  

  1,278 
  

  

  672 
  

  

  5,998 
  

  

  3,611 
  

  

  50 
  

  

  563 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  4,218 
  

  

  6,175 
  

  

  15 
  

  

  1,653 
  

  

  639 
  

  

  19, 
  106 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  5,476 
  

  

  53, 
  700 
  

  

  14, 
  500 
  

   28, 
  000 
  

  

  15, 
  000 
  

   45, 
  100 
  

   55, 
  300 
  

  

  $344 
  

   158 
  

   307 
  

  

  135 
  

   389 
  

   231 
  

  

  14, 
  000 
  

  

  1,000 
  

  

  126, 
  100 
  

  

  122, 
  200 
  

  

  70 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  951 
  

  

  930 
  

  

  160, 
  450 
  

   133, 
  270 
  

   44,700 
  

  

  113, 
  950 
  

   363, 
  825 
  

  

  4,500 
  

   22, 
  400 
  

  

  2,600 
  

  

  $16, 
  547 
  

   11, 
  687 
  

   3,880 
  

  

  9.376 
  

  

  30, 
  153 
  

  

  623 
  

  

  1,644 
  

  

  321 
  

  

  7,200 
  

   2,500 
  

  

  576 
  

   294 
  

  

  25, 
  700 
  

  

  19, 
  4t)0 
  

  

  202, 
  700 
  

  

  135, 
  500 
  

  

  294, 
  300 
  

  

  220 
  

  

  228 
  

  

  1,265 
  

  

  1,077 
  

  

  1,962 
  

  

  200 
  

   2.200 
  

  

  80, 
  950 
  

   1,500 
  

  

  12, 
  220 
  

  

  22 
  

  

  207 
  

  

  8,408 
  

  

  90 
  

   1,172 
  

  

  Total 
  I 
  f, 
  535, 
  300 
  

  

  52,251 
  1 
  1,152,500 
  

  

  8,272 
  

  

  952,465 
  85,000 
  

  

  