﻿CXXXVI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Summary 
  by 
  fiahing-gronnds 
  of 
  certain 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1896 
  

   iy 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  condensed 
  comparative 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  prod- 
  

   ucts 
  brought 
  into 
  Gloucester 
  and 
  Boston 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  in 
  

   each 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  years 
  ending 
  1806. 
  Each 
  important 
  species 
  is 
  shown 
  

   separately, 
  the 
  weights 
  rei)resenting 
  the 
  fish 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  landed 
  from 
  the 
  

   vessels, 
  in 
  a 
  fresh 
  or 
  salted 
  condition. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  cusk 
  and 
  hake 
  

   was 
  much 
  less 
  in 
  1896 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  years; 
  that 
  of 
  cod 
  was 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  1894 
  or 
  1895, 
  but 
  more 
  than 
  in 
  1893; 
  that 
  of 
  haddock 
  was 
  

   markedly 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  two 
  preceding 
  years 
  and 
  somewhat 
  less 
  than 
  

   in 
  1893. 
  The 
  yield 
  of 
  mackerel 
  was 
  larger 
  in 
  1896 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  

   other 
  years 
  shown, 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  halibut 
  and 
  pollock 
  presented 
  no 
  special 
  

   change. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  in 
  1896 
  was 
  nearly 
  12,000,000 
  pounds 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  1893, 
  over 
  36,000,000 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1894, 
  and 
  nearly 
  20,000,000 
  

   less 
  than 
  in 
  1895, 
  with 
  a 
  corresponding 
  decrease 
  in 
  values. 
  

  

  