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  FISHERY. 
  

  

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  The 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  haddock 
  per 
  voyage 
  of 
  liners 
  in 
  1914 
  

   can 
  not 
  be 
  ascribed 
  to 
  an 
  increased 
  catch 
  of 
  scrod, 
  for 
  very 
  few 
  of 
  

   the 
  latter 
  were 
  taken, 
  and 
  the 
  data 
  show 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  

   liners 
  even 
  when 
  the 
  small 
  fish 
  are 
  present 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  and 
  are 
  

   taken 
  by 
  the 
  trawlers 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  ground. 
  An 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  cod 
  in 
  hundredweights, 
  average 
  catch 
  per 
  trip 
  in 
  

   pounds, 
  and 
  number 
  of 
  trips 
  made 
  by 
  Gloucester 
  line 
  fishermen 
  on 
  Georges 
  Bank. 
  The 
  

   heavy 
  horizontal 
  lines 
  show 
  the 
  average 
  catch 
  for 
  flve-year 
  periods. 
  

  

  monthly 
  returns 
  of 
  this 
  fishery 
  shows 
  that 
  about 
  80 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  

   haddock 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  August 
  and 
  September, 
  when 
  the 
  average 
  

   per 
  trip 
  was 
  nearly 
  40,000 
  pounds, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  of 
  

   nearly 
  21,000 
  pounds 
  for 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  average 
  for 
  the 
  remaining 
  

   months 
  was 
  therefore 
  comparatively 
  low, 
  and 
  this 
  doubtless 
  has 
  

  

  