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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  given 
  rise 
  to 
  the 
  opinion 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  that 
  the 
  fishery 
  has 
  been 
  

   a 
  faihire, 
  a 
  view 
  in 
  which 
  we 
  can 
  not 
  concur. 
  The 
  total 
  yield 
  for 
  

   the 
  year 
  is 
  the 
  true 
  criterion. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  noted 
  that 
  the 
  heaviest 
  

  

  Diagram 
  showing 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  of 
  haddock 
  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 
  five-year 
  periods. 
  

  

  catch 
  of 
  the 
  Boston 
  fleet 
  was 
  made 
  in 
  January, 
  February, 
  and 
  March, 
  

   when 
  Gloucester 
  vessels 
  made 
  a 
  monthly 
  average 
  of 
  four 
  trips 
  to 
  

  

  