REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



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More than 00 per cent of the quantity and nearly the same propor- 

 tion of the value of the fishery products landed at Boston and 

 Gloucester by the American fishing fleet during the year were caught 

 on fishing grounds lying off the coast of the United States. A little 

 over 28 per cent of the catch was from banks off the coast of the 

 Canadian Provinces and 11.25 per cent from grounds off the coast of 

 Newfoundland. The Newfoundland herring fishery furnished less 

 than 8 per rent of the fishery products landed at these ports. The 

 quantity and value of the catch from each of these fishing regions are 

 given by species in the following table: 



Quantity and Value of Frsn Landed by American Fishing Vessels at 

 Boston and Gloucester, Mass.. in 1909, from Grounds off the ('oasts of 

 the United States, Newfoundland, and Canadian Provin 



SHAD AND ALEWIFE FISHERIES. 



The canvass relating to the methods, apparatus, extent, and con- 

 dition of the shad and alewife fisheries of Chesapeake Bay and tribu- 

 taries, which was begun in the spring of 1909, was completed before 

 the close of that year, the work being done by the steamer Fish Hawk 

 and field agents. The fishing apparatus used in the capture of shad 

 and alewives was located on charts, and statistics of the catch for 

 the season of 1909 were obtained. The fishing apparatus included 

 3,832 pound nets, 12,708 gill nets, and a considerable number of 

 semes, fyke nets, and other appliances. The catch consisted of 

 2,924.018 shad, having a value to the fishermen of $785,739. and 

 128,618,249 alewives. with a value of $284,039. The shad were sold 



