44 REPORT OF. THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
inquiries of the local agents, and the data collected have been pub- 
lished in monthly and annual bulletins showing by species and fish- 
ing grounds the quantities and values of the products landed. This 
series of bulletins affords an invaluable basis for determining the 
condition and trend of the New England high-sea fisheries. 
In 1914 the fleet landing fish at these two ports numbered 393 
sail, steam, and gasoline-screw vessels. The number of trips landed 
at Boston was 3,389, aggregating 92,344,192 pounds of fish, valued 
at $2,618,987, and at Gloucester 4,209 trips, aggregating 70,245,028 
pounds, valued at $1,781,045; a total for beth ports of 7,598 trips 
and 162,589,220 pounds of fish, valued at $4,395,030. Compared with 
1913, there was a decrease of 1,231 trips, an increase of 372,434 
pounds, and a decrease of $587,987. There was an increase in the 
yield of cod and haddock, with a decrease in value, and a decrease 
in both the quantity and value of both hake and pollock. The catch 
of cusk was not quite so large as in the previous year, but there was 
a slight increase in the value. The halibut product fell off 1,908,569 
pounds in quantity and $183,454 in value. The mackerel catch in- 
creased 1,012,848 pounds in quantity and $7,657 in value. Both 
herring and swordfish showed a decrease. The Newfoundland her- 
ring fishery fell off 2,393,979 pounds in quantity and $4,101 in value; 
the frozen-herring catch was nearly double that of the year previous, 
but there was a large decrease in salted herring. 
The following tables show in detail (1) by fishing grounds and (2) 
by months the yield of the vessel fisheries out of Boston and Glouces- - 
ter during the calendar year 1914. The weights of fresh and salted 
fish given in the tables represent the fish as landed from the vessels, 
and the values are those received by the fishermen. The grades or 
sizes given for certain species are those recognized in the trade. 
