﻿OTTER- 
  TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  35 
  

  

  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  catch 
  per 
  trip 
  by 
  American 
  line 
  vessels 
  fishing 
  on 
  all 
  grounds 
  except 
  

   Georges 
  Bank, 
  South 
  Channel, 
  and 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals. 
  

  

  Quantity 
  of 
  Cod, 
  Haddock, 
  and 
  Hake 
  Taken 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  South 
  Chan- 
  

   nel, 
  AND 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals, 
  by 
  American 
  Line 
  Vessels 
  Landing 
  Their 
  

   Catch 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  1S91 
  to 
  1914, 
  Inclusive. 
  

  

  Year. 
  

  

  Num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  

   trips. 
  

  

  Cod. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Haddock. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Hake. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  All 
  kinds. 
  

  

  Per 
  

   trip. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  1891. 
  

   1893 
  a 
  

   1894- 
  

   1895. 
  

   1896. 
  . 
  

   1897. 
  

   1898. 
  . 
  

   1899. 
  . 
  

   1900.. 
  

   1901. 
  

   1902. 
  , 
  

   1903., 
  

   1904. 
  . 
  

   1905. 
  

   1906. 
  

   1907. 
  

   1908. 
  

   1909. 
  

   1910. 
  

   1911. 
  

   1912. 
  

   1913. 
  

   1914. 
  

  

  1,210 
  

   1,240 
  

   1,407 
  

   1,457 
  

   1,496 
  

   1,301 
  

  

  946 
  

   1,178 
  

   1,191 
  

  

  899 
  

   1,461 
  

   1,399 
  

   1,595 
  

   1,902 
  

   1,901 
  

   1,674 
  

   1,505 
  

   1,367 
  

   1,361 
  

  

  987 
  

   1,172 
  

   1,008 
  

  

  941 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   6,&35 
  

   6, 
  738 
  

   7,685 
  

   7,813 
  

   8,388 
  

   9,597 
  

   8,702 
  

   8, 
  655 
  

   7,457 
  

   8,641 
  

   8,992 
  

   8,003 
  

   7,145 
  

   9,475 
  

   10, 
  150 
  

   11,256 
  

   11,936 
  

   10, 
  952 
  

   11,213 
  

   9,467 
  

   10,005 
  

   9,248 
  

   6,602 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   8,271,000 
  

   8,355,600 
  

   10,813,900 
  

   11,384,400 
  

   12,549,900 
  

   12,486,600 
  

   8, 
  232, 
  600 
  

   10, 
  196, 
  200 
  

   8, 
  882, 
  OOO 
  

   7, 
  768, 
  600 
  

   13, 
  138, 
  300 
  

   11,196,600 
  

   11,397,300 
  

   18,022,200 
  

   19, 
  296, 
  800 
  

   18,843,500 
  

   17,964,400 
  

   14,972,400 
  

   15,261,110 
  

   9,344,250 
  

   11,726,400 
  

   9,322,264 
  

   6,213,312 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   15, 
  881 
  

   15,324 
  

   17,415 
  

   15, 
  566 
  

   12, 
  095 
  

   12,941 
  

   13, 
  498 
  

   13, 
  892 
  

   14, 
  S69 
  

   15, 
  309 
  

   15, 
  199 
  

   15,845 
  

   17,674 
  

   19, 
  795 
  

   17,565 
  

   12,966 
  

   14,881 
  

   12, 
  188 
  

   17, 
  940 
  

   25, 
  679 
  

   21,630 
  

   16,328 
  

   19,230 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   19,21(i,200 
  

   19, 
  002, 
  600 
  

   24,503,100 
  

   22,681,000 
  

   18, 
  095, 
  300 
  

   16, 
  836, 
  700 
  

   12, 
  769, 
  150 
  

   16, 
  365, 
  700 
  

   17,709,200 
  

   13, 
  763, 
  000 
  

   22, 
  207, 
  000 
  

   22, 
  167, 
  700 
  

   28, 
  190, 
  600 
  

   37,651,200 
  

   33,392,000 
  

   21, 
  706, 
  600 
  

   22,397,100 
  

   16,661,100 
  

   24,417,270 
  

   25,346,000 
  

   25,351,200 
  

   16,459,116 
  

   18, 
  095, 
  059 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   442 
  

   3,121 
  

   4,086 
  

   3,366 
  

   2,339 
  

   2,470 
  

   3,943 
  

   3,722 
  

   3,147 
  

   3,109 
  

   3,364 
  

   3,834 
  

   3,635 
  

   2,439 
  

   2,113 
  

   2,271 
  

   4,164 
  

   2,787 
  

   3,123 
  

   4, 
  034 
  

   4,072 
  

   2,935 
  

   1,344 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

   535, 
  125 
  

   3,870,400 
  

   5, 
  749, 
  900 
  

   4, 
  904, 
  400 
  

   3,499,700 
  

   3,214,500 
  

   3, 
  730, 
  200 
  

   4,384,000 
  

   3, 
  748, 
  600 
  

   2,849, 
  100 
  

   4,915,900 
  

   5,364,700 
  

   5, 
  798, 
  200 
  

   4,639,400 
  

   4,018,600 
  

   3,801,900 
  

   6, 
  268, 
  000 
  

   3,810,400 
  

   4, 
  250, 
  800 
  

   3,982, 
  100 
  

   4,773,400 
  

   2,9.59,419 
  

   1,265,314 
  

  

  Pounds 
  

   23, 
  158 
  

   25,184 
  

   29, 
  187 
  

   26, 
  746 
  

   22, 
  S24 
  

   2,'), 
  00!) 
  

   26, 
  143 
  

   20, 
  270 
  

  

  25, 
  474 
  

   27, 
  119 
  

   27, 
  557 
  

   27,683 
  

   28, 
  454 
  

   31, 
  709 
  

   29, 
  830 
  

  

  26, 
  494 
  

   30,983 
  

   25, 
  928 
  

   32, 
  277 
  

   39, 
  181 
  

   35, 
  709 
  

   28,512 
  

   27, 
  177 
  

  

  Pounds. 
  

  

  28, 
  022, 
  325 
  

  

  31,228,000 
  

  

  41,066,900 
  

  

  38, 
  969, 
  800 
  

  

  34,144,900 
  

  

  32,537,800 
  

  

  24,731,950 
  

  

  30, 
  946, 
  500 
  

  

  30, 
  339, 
  800 
  

  

  24,380,700 
  

  

  40,261,200 
  

  

  38,729,000 
  

  

  45,386,100 
  

  

  00,312,800 
  

  

  56, 
  707, 
  400 
  

  

  44,352,000 
  

  

  46, 
  629, 
  500 
  

  

  35,443,900 
  

  

  43,929,180 
  

  

  38,672,350 
  

  

  41,851,000 
  

  

  28, 
  740, 
  799 
  

  

  25,573,685 
  

  

  a 
  Data 
  not 
  available 
  for 
  1892. 
  

  

  Referring 
  to 
  the 
  table 
  showing 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  line 
  fishing 
  on 
  

   Georges 
  Bank, 
  South 
  Channel, 
  and 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals, 
  a 
  different 
  

  

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