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  KEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Approximately 
  two-thirds 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  

   and 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  or 
  

   68.29 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  64.20 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value, 
  were 
  

   from 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  lying 
  directly 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  

   11.67 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  11.63 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  from 
  

   grounds 
  off 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Newfoundland; 
  19.53 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  

   and 
  22.S9percentof 
  the 
  value 
  from 
  grounds 
  off 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Provinces; 
  

   and 
  less 
  than 
  1 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  1.27 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  

   from 
  the 
  coasts 
  of 
  Greenland 
  and 
  Labrador. 
  Newfoundland 
  herring 
  

   constituted 
  8.49 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  7.26 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  of 
  these 
  ports. 
  Tlie 
  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. 
  The 
  fish 
  caught 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  off 
  the 
  Canadian 
  

   Provinces 
  were 
  all 
  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 
  Boston 
  

   AND 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  in 
  1912, 
  from 
  Grounds 
  off 
  the 
  Coasts 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  Newfoundland, 
  and 
  Canadian 
  Provinces. 
  

  

  a 
  Includes 
  13,885 
  poundsof 
  salted 
  halibut, 
  valued 
  at 
  $1,389, 
  from 
  Greenland; 
  and 
  498,640 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  

   cod, 
  valued 
  at 
  $20,468; 
  and 
  389,052 
  pounds 
  of 
  salted 
  halibut, 
  valued 
  at 
  $38,906, 
  from 
  the 
  Labrador 
  coast. 
  

  

  The 
  mackerel 
  fishery 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  unsuccessful. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  

   mackerel 
  in 
  New 
  England 
  in 
  1912 
  amounted 
  to 
  31,861 
  barrels 
  fresh 
  

   and 
  8,267 
  barrels 
  salted, 
  as 
  against 
  43,541 
  barrels 
  fresh 
  and 
  6,633 
  

   barrels 
  salted 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  The 
  quantity 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  

  

  