EEPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



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Of the fishery products huided at Boston and Gloucester by Amer- 

 ican fishing vessels during the year, 64.53 per cent of the quantity 

 and 59.84 per cent of the value were from fishing grounds lying 

 off the coast of the United States. About 22 per cent of the quan- 

 tity and 26 per cent of the value were from fishing banks off the 

 coast of the Canadian Provinces, and 13.33 per cent of the quantity 

 and 13.81 per cent of the value were from grounds off the coast of 

 Newfoundland. A trip of halibut amounting to 141,483 pounds, 

 valued at $12,299, was taken off the coast of Greenland. The New- 

 foundland herring fishery furnished 10.61 per cent of the quantity 

 and 8.44 per cent of the value of the products of the vessel fisheries 

 of these ports. The catch from each of these fishing regions is 

 given by species in the following table : 



Quantity and Value of Fish Landed by American Fishing Vessels at 

 Boston and Gloucester, Mass , in 1910, from Grounds off the Coasts of 

 THE United States, Newfoundland, and Canadian Provinces. 



Species. 



United States. 



Newfoundland.! 



Canadian Provinces. 



Cod: 



Fresh. 



Salted. 

 Cusk: 



Haddock: 



Fresh . . . 



Salted... 

 Hake: 



Fresh . . . 



Salted... 

 Pollock: 



Fresh... 



Salted... 

 Halibut: 



Fresh... 



Salted... 

 Mackerel: 



Fresh . . . 



Salted... 

 Herring: 



Fresh... 



Salted... 

 Swordfish: 



Fresh . . . 

 Other fish: 



Fresh . . . 



Pounds. 

 27,318,384 

 3,575,687 



2,756,249 

 74,891 



44,863,140 

 149, 181 



16,604,022 

 19, 121 



412,300 

 5,800 



54, 159 

 1,559,381, 



Total.. 117,282,498 



Value. 



$799,877 

 127,047 



1,741 



,121,329 

 2,035 



257,864 

 265 



50,822 

 6,817 



6,155 

 95 



6,968 

 138,765 



Pounds. 



186, 235 



2,937,433 



3,865 

 7,090 



16,430 

 12,375 



4,581,250 

 14,702,308 



2.892,657 j 24,369,542 



Value. 

 $3,293 

 115,943 



62 

 120 



Pounds. 

 8,044,463 

 19,277,131 



1,744,162 

 108,628 



4,364,276 

 175,508 



3,138,394 

 157,243 



298,274 

 491,465 



1,562,590 

 60,969 



67,281 

 563,800 



142.463 

 265,740 



Value. 



$182,656 

 688,210 



28, 123 

 2,597 



103, 809 

 2,474 



44,547 

 2,537 



3,734 

 6,853 



134,709 

 4,142 



5,822 

 48,017 



Pounds. 

 35,549,082 

 25,790,251 



4,504,276 

 190,609 



49,227,416 

 340,559 



19,758,846 



18,807,969 

 815,710 



2,987,918 

 1.036,081 



582,800 

 609,600 



4,993,550 

 14, 720, 108 



54, 159 

 1,576,599 



Value. 

 $985, 826 

 931,200 



75,880 

 4,458 



1,225,1.38 

 4,775 



302,596 

 2,952 



280,421 

 11,357 



247,510 



88,215 



56,644 

 53,834 



148,618 

 265,940 



6,968 



141,009 



4,833,341 



' Includes 141,483 pounds of salted halibut from Greenland, valued at $12,299. 



MASSACHUSETTS FLATFISH FISHERY. 



In connection with the very extensive operations of the Bureau 

 addressed to the hatching of the American flatfish or winter flounder 

 {Pseudopleuronectes ameticaniis) at the stations at Gloucester and 

 Woods Hole, Mass., it is interesting to note the marked development 

 of the Massachusetts flatfish fishery and the great commercial impor- 

 tance the species has recently attained. 



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