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  OTTEE-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  We 
  find, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  statistical 
  support 
  for 
  the 
  

   claim 
  that 
  the 
  haddock, 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  demersal 
  fish 
  on 
  Georges, 
  has 
  

  

  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  total 
  combined 
  catch 
  of 
  cod, 
  haddock, 
  and 
  hake, 
  in 
  hundredweights, 
  

   average 
  catch 
  per 
  trip 
  in 
  pounds, 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  trips 
  made 
  by 
  Gloucester 
  line 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank. 
  The 
  heavy 
  horizontal 
  lines 
  show 
  the 
  average 
  catch 
  for 
  five-year 
  

   periods. 
  

  

  shown 
  signs 
  of 
  overfishing 
  since 
  the 
  first 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  steam 
  trawler 
  

   in 
  1905. 
  

  

  