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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  As 
  regards 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  on 
  which 
  this 
  large 
  industry 
  

   depends, 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  67.52 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  

   65.45 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  lying 
  

   directly 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  United 
  States; 
  13.28 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  and 
  13.5 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  from 
  fishing 
  banks 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Newfoundland; 
  18.55 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  q^uantity 
  and 
  19.75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   the 
  value 
  from 
  grounds 
  off 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Provinces; 
  and 
  less 
  than 
  

   1 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  1.28 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  from 
  the 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Labrador. 
  Newfoundland 
  herring 
  constituted 
  7.06 
  per 
  cent 
  

   of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  4.21 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  fisheries 
  of 
  these 
  ports. 
  The 
  herring 
  were 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  treaty 
  

   coast 
  of 
  Newfoundland, 
  but 
  cod 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  from 
  that 
  region 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  chiefly 
  from 
  fishing 
  banlvs 
  on 
  the 
  high 
  seas. 
  The 
  fish 
  

   caught 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  off 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Provinces 
  were 
  

   all 
  from 
  ofl'shore 
  fishing 
  grounds. 
  The 
  catch 
  from 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  

   fishing 
  regions 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  detail 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Quantity 
  and 
  Value 
  op 
  Fish 
  Landed 
  by 
  American 
  Fishing 
  Vessels 
  at 
  Boston 
  

   AND 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1913, 
  from 
  Grounds 
  off 
  the 
  Coasts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  Newfoundland, 
  and 
  Canadian 
  Provinces. 
  

  

  o 
  Includes 
  599,113 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  cod, 
  valued 
  at 
  $21,558; 
  438,637 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  halibut, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   $42,547; 
  and 
  1,400 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  herring, 
  valued 
  at 
  $35, 
  from 
  the 
  Labrador 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  interesting 
  and 
  uncertain 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  vessel 
  

   fisheries 
  is 
  the 
  mackerel. 
  The 
  catch 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  

   failure 
  since 
  1886, 
  for 
  in 
  no 
  year 
  since 
  then 
  has 
  the 
  yield 
  even 
  approxi- 
  

   mated 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  years. 
  In 
  1913 
  there 
  was 
  some 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  amounted 
  to 
  48,126 
  bar- 
  

   rels 
  sold 
  fresh 
  and 
  7,809 
  barrels 
  salted. 
  The 
  southern 
  fishery 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1914 
  was 
  comparatively 
  successful; 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  June 
  30 
  there 
  

  

  