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  OTTER- 
  TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  when 
  three 
  more 
  entered 
  the 
  fishery, 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  sudden 
  full 
  in 
  the 
  

   quantity, 
  though 
  a 
  slight 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  landed. 
  

   In 
  1914 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  quantity 
  of 
  fish 
  was 
  taken 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  

   year. 
  

  

  This 
  may 
  be 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  operation 
  of 
  any 
  one 
  or 
  several 
  of 
  

   a 
  number 
  of 
  factors, 
  among 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  the 
  condition 
  

   of 
  the 
  markets 
  for 
  fish 
  and 
  labor, 
  the 
  weather, 
  the 
  natural 
  irregu- 
  

   larities 
  of 
  the 
  migrations 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  themselves 
  or 
  an 
  actual 
  de- 
  

   crease 
  in 
  the 
  fishes 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  or 
  to 
  natural 
  causes. 
  That 
  the 
  

   falling 
  off 
  in 
  quantity 
  was 
  not 
  due 
  to 
  a 
  decrease 
  in 
  demand 
  is 
  indi- 
  

   cated 
  by 
  the 
  considerably 
  higher 
  price 
  per 
  pound 
  brought 
  by 
  the 
  

   fish 
  in 
  1913 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  preceding 
  year. 
  

  

  That 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  there 
  has 
  been 
  a 
  deficiency 
  of 
  fishermen 
  to 
  

   man 
  the 
  schooners 
  in 
  the 
  line 
  fishery 
  is 
  well 
  known. 
  This 
  is 
  due 
  

   partly 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  gill 
  netting 
  in 
  the 
  fishery 
  for 
  cod 
  and 
  

   haddock, 
  which 
  withdrew 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  men 
  from 
  the 
  line 
  fisheries, 
  

   and 
  partly 
  to 
  the 
  migration 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  to 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  coast. 
  Also, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  schooners 
  have 
  been 
  sold 
  to 
  persons 
  

   in 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  and 
  elsewhere, 
  and 
  this, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  paucity 
  

   of 
  men, 
  has 
  reduced 
  the 
  activity 
  of 
  the 
  line 
  fishery. 
  From 
  1908 
  to 
  

   1914 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  trips 
  of 
  line-caught 
  fish 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  fell 
  

   from 
  4,493 
  to 
  3,089, 
  a 
  reduction 
  of 
  31 
  per 
  cent. 
  To 
  eliminate 
  this 
  

   factor 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  and 
  to 
  reduce 
  the 
  catch 
  to 
  a 
  basis 
  of 
  a 
  unit 
  

   of 
  effort 
  expended 
  in 
  making 
  it, 
  tables 
  and 
  diagrams 
  showing 
  the 
  

   fish 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  for 
  a 
  period 
  of 
  years 
  are 
  presented. 
  

  

  Quantities 
  of 
  Cod, 
  Haddock, 
  and 
  Hake 
  Taken 
  on 
  all 
  Banks 
  by 
  American 
  

   Line 
  Vessels 
  Landing 
  Their 
  Catch 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  1S91 
  to 
  

   1914, 
  Inclusive. 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  1891 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   1892 
  o 
  . 
  

   1893... 
  

   1894... 
  

   1895... 
  

   1896.. 
  

   1897.. 
  

   1S98.. 
  

   1899 
  . 
  . 
  

   1900.. 
  

   1901 
  . 
  . 
  

   1902.. 
  

   1903.. 
  

   1904 
  . 
  . 
  

   1905.. 
  

  

  1906 
  a 
  

  

  1907 
  o 
  

   1908. 
  . 
  

   1909.. 
  

   1910.. 
  

   1911.. 
  

   1912.. 
  

   1913.. 
  

   1914.. 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   trips. 
  

  

  Cod. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  4,119 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   4,043 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  Pounds, 
  

   16,655,200 
  8,220 
  

  

  Haddock. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   33,860,197 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   2,997 
  

  

  Hake. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   12,347,730 
  

  

  AU 
  kinds. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   15, 
  261 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   62,863,127 
  

  

  3,826 
  

   4,537 
  

   4,271 
  

   4,187 
  

   4,085 
  

   3,491 
  

   3,866 
  

   3,731 
  

   3,403 
  

   3,981 
  

   3,818 
  

   4,056 
  

   4,280 
  

  

  4,201 
  

   4,780 
  

   4,674 
  

   4,836 
  

   5,196 
  

   4,263 
  

   5,091 
  

   4,748 
  

   4,963 
  

   5,836 
  

   5,600 
  

   4,605 
  

   5,811 
  

  

  16,075,290 
  

   21,687,330 
  

   19,905,150 
  

   20,251,160 
  

   21,229,700 
  

   14,882,500 
  

   19, 
  684, 
  550 
  

   17,717,650 
  

   16, 
  892, 
  450 
  

   23,233,900 
  

   21,381,350 
  

   18,678,525 
  

   24,872,200 
  

  

  8,162 
  

   8,706 
  

   8,475 
  

   6,904 
  

   6,700 
  

   6,235 
  

   6,504 
  

   7,567 
  

   7,267 
  

   8,575 
  

   9,747 
  

   10,087 
  

   12,313 
  

  

  31,229,350 
  

   39,502,450 
  

   36,199,900 
  

   28,909,200 
  

   27,614,750 
  

   21,769,300 
  

   25,145,160 
  

   28,235,850 
  

   24,731,350 
  

   34,138,850 
  

   37,216,200 
  

   40,916,300 
  

   52,700,650 
  

  

  3,029 
  

   3,275 
  

   2,457 
  

   1,560 
  

   1,613 
  

   2,114 
  

   2,196 
  

   1,853 
  

   2,191 
  

   2,065 
  

   2,519 
  

   2,775 
  

   2,223 
  

  

  11,590,400 
  

   14,863,100 
  

   10,497,400 
  

   6,535,300 
  

   6,590,500 
  

   7,382,430 
  

   8,489,800 
  

   6,917,100 
  

   7,457,850 
  

   8,223,850 
  

   9, 
  617, 
  750 
  

   11,258,100 
  

   9,516,500 
  

  

  15,393 
  

   16,762 
  

   15,608 
  

   13,302 
  

   13,570 
  

   12,613 
  

   13, 
  791 
  

   14,170 
  

   14,423 
  

   16,477 
  

   17, 
  866 
  

   17,468 
  

   20,347 
  

  

  58,895,040 
  

   76, 
  052, 
  880 
  

   66, 
  662, 
  450 
  

   55, 
  695, 
  660 
  

   55,431,950 
  

   44,034,230 
  

   53,319,510 
  

   52, 
  870, 
  600 
  

   49,081,650 
  

   65, 
  596, 
  600 
  

   08, 
  215, 
  300 
  

   70,852,925 
  

   87,089,350 
  

  

  4,493 
  

   4,740 
  

   4,487 
  

   3,793 
  

   3,381 
  

   3,250 
  

   3,089 
  

  

  119,400 
  

   678,900 
  

   777,210 
  

   139,800 
  

   460, 
  350 
  

   127,912 
  

   163,129 
  

  

  8,518 
  

   7,756 
  

   9,364 
  

   10,630 
  

   11,774 
  

   10,313 
  

   10,349 
  

  

  38,272,500 
  

   36,766,255 
  

   42,016,820 
  

   40,320,200 
  

   39,810,500 
  

   33, 
  519, 
  .547 
  

   31,970,866 
  

  

  2,764 
  

   2,404 
  

   3,644 
  

   2,949 
  

   3,335 
  

   3,046 
  

   2,327 
  

  

  12,419,500 
  

   11,395,000 
  

   16,353,100 
  

   11,186,225 
  

   11,276,050 
  

   9,900,945 
  

   7,190,065 
  

  

  17,540 
  

   15,578 
  

   18,753 
  

   19,152 
  

  

  21,457 
  

   18,937 
  

   19, 
  204 
  

  

  811,400 
  

   840,150 
  

   147,130 
  

   646, 
  225 
  

   546, 
  900 
  

   54S, 
  404 
  

   324,060 
  

  

  a 
  Data 
  not 
  available. 
  

  

  