REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLVII 



The following table shows, by months, the quantity and value of fish 

 landed at Boston and Gloucester during the year 1898, and is chiefly 

 interesting as showing the regularity with which the great fishery 

 based on halibut and species of the cod family is conducted during the 

 different seasons of the year: 



statement hy months of quantities and values of certain fishery products landed at Boston 

 and Gloucester by American fishiny vessels during 1898, 



Months. 



J Cod, fresh. Cod, salted. 



No. or 



trips. Pounds. I Value. Pounds. Value. 



Haddock, fresh. 



Months. 



Boston : 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



September 



October 



November 



December 



Total 



Gloucester : 



January 



February 



March 



April 



May 



June 



July 



August 



•September 



October 



November 



December 



Total 



Grand total 



Hake, fresh. 



Pounds. Value. 



291,300 

 416, 430 

 304, 000 

 333, 200 

 190, 700 

 503, 100 

 393, 100 

 474, 000 

 828, 400 

 1,817,700 

 1,401,300 

 429, 200 



7, 382, 430 



326, 000 



225, 000 



259, 717 



474, 170 



1, 045, 234 



1,913,437 



1, 929, 894 



748, 394 



1,173,197 



1, 223, 638 



665, 286 



153, 976 



10, 137, 943 



17, 520, 373 



$3, 233 

 5,891 

 3,942 

 3,810 

 1,905 

 4, 932 

 3,063 

 4,326 

 8, 231 



11,851 

 9,627 

 9,724 



70, 535 



3,139 

 2,355 

 2,633 

 4,213 

 8,619 

 14, 383 

 10, 452 

 3,765 

 7,799 

 8,974 

 4,708 

 3,171 



74, 211 



144, 746 



Pollock, fresh. 



Pounds. Value. 



33, 500 



25, 500 



36, 000 



84, 300 



377, 700 



188, 000 



62, 900 



128, 000 



143, 100 



168, 600 



147, 000 



17, 500 



Halibut, fresh. 



Pounds. Value 



1,412,100 



60, 369 



58, 550 



556, 428 



208, 712 



104, 622 



32, 869 

 80, 581 



892, 151 

 1, 044, 019 



33, 838 



3, 072, 139 



4, 484, 239 



$688 



479 



550 



619 



1,053 



1,021 



421 



1,207 



1,699 



1,338 



1,385 



295 



5,125 

 19, 100 

 139, 700 

 l-(9, 900 

 170, 100 

 83, 200 

 78, 300 

 22, 780 

 22, 060 

 24, 500 

 11,850 

 41, 970 



$721 

 2,068 

 9,480 

 14, 128 

 12, 423 

 5,285 

 5,567 

 1,849 

 3,019 

 3,623 

 1,591 

 5,379 



Halibut, salted. 



Pounds. Value 



11,655 ! 768,586 ! 65,133 



516 



374 



3,432 



1,372 



541 



182 



485 



5,348 



5,895 



383 



18, 528 



30, 183 



545, 891 

 657, 995 

 970, 293 

 601, 199 

 505, 135 

 577, 952 

 1, 147, 138 

 944 528 

 766, 548 

 392, 156 

 359, 831 

 143, 765 



7, 612, 431 



8, 381, 016 



40, 696 

 47, 771 

 55, 142 

 44, 825 

 31,055 

 22, 893 

 49, 106 

 47, 741 

 35, 037 

 31,220 

 30, 619 

 13, 159 



250, 000 



250, 000 



449, 264 



7,000 

 48, 630 



8,465 

 1, 652, 000 



4,600 

 26, 570 



1,747,165 



|7, 650 



245 

 1,755 

 286 

 52, 940 

 146 

 963 



56, 335 



514,397 j 1,997,165 63,985 



