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  FISHERY. 
  

  

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  Percentage 
  of 
  Marketable 
  and 
  Unmarketable 
  Species 
  of 
  Fishes 
  Taken 
  by 
  

   Certain 
  Otter 
  Trawlers, 
  etc. 
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  Continued. 
  

  

  1 
  Less 
  than 
  0.1 
  per 
  cent. 
  

  

  An 
  analysis 
  of 
  this 
  table 
  shows 
  considerable 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  

   catches 
  made 
  by 
  otter 
  trawls 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank 
  and 
  South 
  Channel 
  

   during 
  the 
  same 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  former 
  ground 
  produced 
  

   a 
  large 
  proportion 
  of 
  merchantable 
  species 
  of 
  fishes 
  and 
  a 
  corre- 
  

   spondingly 
  small 
  proportion 
  of 
  immature 
  individuals. 
  Again, 
  con- 
  

   sidering 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock, 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  that 
  the 
  former 
  ground 
  

   relatively 
  to 
  the 
  entire 
  catch 
  produced 
  3.7 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  marketable 
  

   size 
  and 
  2 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  immature 
  fish 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  45.5 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  

   21.9 
  per 
  cent 
  respectively 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  sizes. 
  In 
  other 
  words, 
  35 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  all 
  cod 
  and 
  33 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  all 
  haddock 
  were 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  

   market. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  South 
  Channel 
  fishery, 
  3.7 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  whole 
  catch 
  con- 
  

   sisted 
  of 
  marketable 
  cod 
  and 
  30.9 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  marketable 
  haddock, 
  

   while 
  the 
  young 
  of 
  these 
  species 
  constituted 
  2.7 
  per 
  cent 
  and 
  22.4 
  per 
  

   cent, 
  respectively. 
  In 
  the 
  line 
  fishery 
  in 
  South 
  Channel, 
  7.8 
  per 
  cent 
  

   of 
  the 
  whole 
  catch 
  consisted 
  of 
  marketable 
  cod 
  and 
  41.1 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  

   marketable 
  haddock, 
  and 
  there 
  were 
  practically 
  no 
  young 
  of 
  these 
  

   species. 
  While 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock 
  taken 
  on 
  lines 
  were 
  

   marketable, 
  but 
  67 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  58 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  had- 
  

   dock 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  otter 
  trawls 
  were 
  saved, 
  the 
  remaining 
  33 
  per 
  cent 
  

   and 
  42 
  per 
  cent 
  respectively 
  being 
  too 
  small 
  to 
  sell. 
  Summarizing, 
  

   while 
  the 
  otter 
  trawls 
  were 
  considerably 
  less 
  destructive 
  to 
  the 
  young 
  

   of 
  marketable 
  fishes 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank 
  than 
  in 
  South 
  Channel, 
  they 
  

   were 
  in 
  both 
  cases 
  incomparably 
  more 
  destructive 
  than 
  the 
  lines 
  

   fished 
  in 
  South 
  Channel 
  or 
  on 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  grounds 
  collectively. 
  

  

  The 
  young 
  fish 
  not 
  large 
  enough 
  to 
  market 
  are 
  thrown 
  overboard 
  

   from 
  the 
  vessels 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  otter 
  trawlers 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  dories 
  

   in 
  the 
  line 
  fishery. 
  The 
  testimony 
  of 
  the 
  observers 
  on 
  the 
  vessels 
  is 
  

   that 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  percentage 
  or 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  immature 
  fishes 
  

   of 
  marketable 
  species 
  are 
  dead 
  when 
  thrown 
  over 
  from 
  the 
  steamers, 
  

  

  