REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 59 
Nearly three-fourths of the fish landed by American fishing ves- 
sels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., in 1914, or 72.81 per cent of the 
quantity and 68.92 per cent of the value, were from fishing grounds 
lying directly off the coast of the United States; 9.03 per cent of the 
quantity and 9.94 per cent of the value from fishing banks off the 
coast of Newfoundland; 17.70 per cent of the quantity and 20.37 
per cent of the value from grounds off the Canadian Provinces; and 
less than 1 per cent of both quantity and value from the coast of 
Labrador. Newfoundland herring constituted 5.57 per cent of the 
quantity and 4.68 per cent of the value of the products landed by the 
fishing fleet at these ports during the year. The herring were taken 
on the treaty coast of Newfoundland, but cod and other species from 
that region were obtained chiefly from fishing banks on the high seas. 
All the fish caught by American fishing vessels off the Canadian 
Provinces were from offshore fishing grounds. The catch from each 
of these fishing regions is given in detail in the following table: 
QUANTITY AND VALUE or FisH LANDED BY AMERICAN FISHING VESSELS AT Bos- 
TON’ AND GLOUCESTER, MASs., IN 1914, FROM GROUNDS OFF THE COAST OF THE 
Unirep States, NEWFOUNDLAND, AND CANADIAN PROVINCES. 
Species. United States. Newfoundland.¢ Canadian Provinces. Total. 
Cod: Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. Pounds. Value. 
Fresh... ..| 28,393, 489 | $745, 180 61,230 | $1,327] 7,625,154 | $171,401 | 36,079,873 | $917,908 
Ht cealneee 1, 904, 018 81,066 | 5,127,241 187, 631 4, 418,493 172,811 | 11, 449, 752 441, 508 
addock: 
Fresh. ...| 52,031,478 |1, 239, 554 565 9 | 5,566,563 | 138,506 | 57,598,606 | 1,378,069 
Salted... 76, 534 1,523 14, 580 291 64, 458 1,273 155, 522 3, 087 
e: 
Fresh....} 8,420,818 175, 726 159, 825 2,140 | 3,950,295 60,419 | 12, 5380, 938 238, 285 
Salted... 17,378 340 69, 440 | 1,337 135, 215 2,541 222, 033 4,218 
Pollock: 
Fresh. ...| 12,016,993 | 192,336 |.......22.2.|2-...0---- 226, 553 3,186 | 12,243,546 | 195, 522 
Salted. eo] 01508389 3, 022 9,225 183 49, 569 1,009 211,177 4,214 
sk: 
Fresh....| 3,252,118 | 56,534 4, 800 81} 2,490,135 | 42,932 | 5,747,053 99, 547 
Salted... 31, 325 902 3,902 113 76, 710 2,217 111, 937 3, 232 
Halibut: 
Fresh....| 641,699 | 70, 703 682,789 | 48,673 | 1,738,512 | 126,901 | 3,063,000] 246,277 
Salted... 1,330 127 231,431 | 22,813 83, 824 7,138 316, 585 30, 073 
Mackerel: 
Fresh....| 3,531,471 UGG a7 64 | ees a ae ace 448, 924 35,740 | 3,980,395 196, 301 
a Balted.02 lol, 76b, 265 | 104 doe Ch oe les 953,200 | 54,272 | 2,708,455 | 158,424 
erring: 
Rrestiss |. 14740700) || #16; 643) || 3, 43bs983" | 01, 942) lat see ecole oe nsec 4,910,083 | 118, 585 
Salted... 3, 200 80 | 5,624,764 | 103,805 210, 800 4,743 | 5,838,764 | 108,628 
Swordfish: 
ORTESHES 21)! #868, 2641| 21109, 8001). 1 425.28 Usaha 631,580 | 68,369 | 1,499,844 | 177,669 
Miscellaneous 
Fresh....| 3,811,568 PLS08 seat ener | elses ac ce 110,089 2,176 | 3,921,657 73, 483 
Total. ...|118, 384,021 |3,029,056 | 15,425,125 | 470,345 | 28,780,074 | 895,629 |162, 589,220 | 4,395, 030 
@ includes 741,197 pounds of salted cod, valued at $33,470, from the Labrador coast. 
THE GROUND-FISH FISHERIES. 
Cod—tIn 1914 there were landed at Boston and Gloucester 47,- 
529,625 pounds of cod, of which 36,079,873 pounds were fresh and 
11,449,752 pounds salted, valued at $1,329,416; an increase of 6,902,642 
pounds of fresh over the amount landed in 1913, but a decrease of 
4,237,830 pounds in the quantity of the salted product, and a decrease 
of $245,459 in the total value. 
Vessels using hand lines baited with cockles, fishing on Nantucket 
Shoals and South Channel, in 1914 had the best year for cod, it is 
