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  FISHERY. 
  

  

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  The 
  preceding 
  table 
  includes 
  practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  cod, 
  haddock, 
  

   and 
  hake 
  marketed 
  at 
  Boston 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  

   not 
  only, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  previously 
  shown, 
  do 
  the 
  otter 
  trawlers 
  catch 
  a 
  

   larger 
  proportion 
  of 
  the 
  small 
  fish 
  than 
  do 
  the 
  trawl 
  liners, 
  but 
  the 
  

   fish 
  marketed 
  are 
  smaller 
  in 
  the 
  cases 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  the 
  haddock, 
  

   although 
  the 
  reverse 
  is 
  true 
  in 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  hake. 
  The 
  regulations 
  

   of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  Fish 
  Exchange 
  at 
  Boston 
  prescribe 
  the 
  follow- 
  

   ing 
  weights 
  of 
  the 
  several 
  sizes 
  in 
  " 
  culls 
  " 
  of 
  these 
  three 
  species 
  : 
  

   Cod: 
  

  

  Large, 
  10 
  pounds 
  and 
  up. 
  

  

  Market, 
  over 
  2^ 
  pounds 
  to 
  10 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Scrod, 
  1 
  pound 
  to 
  2i 
  pounds, 
  inclusive. 
  

   Haddock 
  : 
  

  

  Large, 
  over 
  2^ 
  pounds. 
  

  

  Scrod, 
  1 
  pound 
  to 
  2^ 
  pounds, 
  inclusive. 
  

   Hake 
  : 
  

  

  Large, 
  6 
  pounds 
  and 
  over. 
  

  

  Medium, 
  over 
  2i 
  pounds 
  to 
  6 
  pounds. 
  

  

  We 
  have 
  at 
  hand 
  no 
  data 
  showing 
  the 
  average 
  weights 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  

   of 
  the 
  several 
  " 
  culls," 
  and 
  the 
  table 
  presented 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  interpreted 
  

   to 
  show 
  the 
  economic 
  loss 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  a 
  predominance 
  of 
  

   small 
  fishes, 
  even 
  though 
  they 
  be 
  marketed. 
  Moreover, 
  the 
  table 
  

   shows 
  the 
  catch 
  from 
  all 
  banks, 
  on 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  otter 
  trawlers 
  

   fished 
  but 
  little 
  or 
  not 
  at 
  all. 
  The 
  only 
  fishing 
  ground 
  for 
  which 
  

   there 
  are 
  sufficient 
  data 
  for 
  a 
  comparison 
  of 
  simultaneous 
  fishing 
  

   operations 
  by 
  both 
  methods 
  is 
  South 
  Channel, 
  and 
  the 
  observed 
  facts 
  

   in 
  respect 
  to 
  that 
  locality 
  are 
  presented 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table: 
  

  

  Percentages 
  by 
  Count 
  of 
  Culls 
  or 
  Sizes 
  or 
  Cod, 
  Haddock, 
  and 
  Hake 
  Mar- 
  

   keted 
  BY 
  Otter 
  Trawlers 
  and 
  Trawl 
  Liners, 
  Respectively, 
  Fishing 
  in 
  

   South 
  Channel 
  from 
  June 
  to 
  September, 
  1913. 
  

  

  This 
  table 
  differs 
  from 
  its 
  predecessor 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  percentages 
  

   are 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  number 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  mar- 
  

   keted, 
  and 
  the 
  loss 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  an 
  undue 
  pro- 
  

  

  