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Summary by fishing -grounds of certain fishery products landed at Boston, Mass., in 1893 

 by American fishing vessels — Continued. 



The receipts of fish at Gloucester iu 1893, landed from American 

 fishing vessels, consisted of 29,478,000 pounds of fresh and 45,322,000 

 pounds of salt fish, valued at $2,503,000. Over 38,500,000 pounds, or 

 more than half the total receipts, consisted of fresh and salt cod, the 

 salt cod amounting to about 3-4,000,000 pounds. The value of the cod 

 at first hands was $1,145,000. The next important fish was halibut, 

 of which 8,418,000 pounds, worth $650,000, were landed. Hake were 

 taken in about the same quantities as halibut, but their value was 

 much less; 8,400,000 pounds, valued at $59,000, are shown in the sta- 

 tistics. Of mackerel, 7,715,420 pounds, with a value of $503,887, were 

 received. The most prominent fishing-grounds visited by the Glouces- 

 ter vessels are the Grand Banks; here over 19,000,000 pounds of fish, 

 having a value of $572,000, were caught. Georges Bank yielded more 

 than 14,100,000 pounds, valued at $492,000. The details are shown in 

 the following table, compiled from statistics furnished during the year, 

 by Capt. S. J. Martin. 



