﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  59 
  

  

  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  2,496,620 
  pounds 
  fresh, 
  vaUied 
  at 
  $148,496, 
  and 
  

   143,000 
  pounds 
  salted, 
  valued 
  at 
  $9,442; 
  and 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  163,620 
  

   pounds 
  fresh, 
  valued 
  at 
  $9,390, 
  and 
  1,405,000 
  pounds 
  salted, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  SlOl 
  ,010. 
  In 
  1913 
  to 
  July 
  1 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  fresh 
  mackerel 
  was 
  22,837 
  

   barrels 
  and 
  of 
  salted 
  mackerel 
  1,523 
  barrels, 
  the 
  quantity 
  of 
  fresh 
  

   mackerel 
  being 
  about 
  double 
  that 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  period 
  in 
  1912. 
  The 
  

   mackerel 
  fishery 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  grounds 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1913 
  was 
  a 
  

   failure 
  owing 
  to 
  scarcity 
  of 
  fish. 
  The 
  dogfish, 
  however, 
  were 
  not 
  so 
  

   troublesome 
  to 
  the 
  netters 
  as 
  in 
  recent 
  previous 
  years. 
  The 
  catch 
  on 
  

   the 
  Cape 
  Shore 
  was 
  quite 
  successful, 
  although 
  the 
  fleet 
  was 
  late 
  in 
  

   getting 
  to 
  that 
  ground. 
  

  

  The 
  Newfoundland 
  herring 
  fishery, 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1912-13, 
  

   was 
  engaged 
  in 
  by 
  42 
  American 
  vessels, 
  6 
  of 
  which 
  made 
  second 
  trips. 
  

   The 
  catch 
  amounted 
  to 
  47,184 
  barrels, 
  or 
  10,511,468 
  pounds, 
  of 
  

   salted 
  herring, 
  and 
  10,609 
  barrels, 
  or 
  2,652,308 
  pounds, 
  of 
  frozen 
  

   herring. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  Bay 
  of 
  Islands 
  and 
  Bonne 
  Bay, 
  

   22 
  trips 
  being 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  26 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  locality. 
  There 
  

   was 
  a 
  large 
  decrease 
  in 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  both 
  salted 
  and 
  frozen 
  herring 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  season. 
  

  

  An 
  event 
  of 
  great 
  importance 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  fisheries 
  and 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  

   wide 
  extent 
  of 
  territory 
  contributing 
  to 
  and 
  supplied 
  by 
  the 
  fishing 
  in- 
  

   dustry 
  of 
  Boston 
  is 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  fish 
  wharf 
  at 
  South 
  

   Boston. 
  No 
  expense 
  has 
  been 
  spared 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  the 
  best 
  equipped 
  

   dock 
  for 
  handling 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  The 
  wharf 
  f 
  acihties 
  will 
  

   be 
  extensive, 
  affording 
  accommodations 
  for 
  40 
  vessels 
  to 
  discharge 
  

   fish 
  at 
  one 
  time, 
  and 
  by 
  lying 
  two 
  abreast, 
  as 
  is 
  frequently 
  done 
  at 
  T 
  

   Wharf, 
  80 
  vessels 
  can 
  discharge 
  their 
  cargoes. 
  Boston 
  has 
  long 
  

   needed 
  better 
  facilities 
  for 
  handling 
  its 
  fish 
  supply 
  than 
  those 
  at 
  T 
  

   Wharf, 
  the 
  accommodations 
  there 
  being 
  cramped 
  and 
  congested 
  for 
  

   both 
  dealers 
  and 
  fishermen. 
  Under 
  such 
  conditions 
  it 
  is 
  hardly 
  

   possible 
  to 
  handle 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  most 
  sanitary 
  manner. 
  The 
  new 
  dock 
  

   wiU 
  be 
  equipped 
  with 
  every 
  known 
  device 
  for 
  the 
  proper 
  care 
  of 
  fish 
  

   from 
  the 
  time 
  they 
  leave 
  the 
  vessel 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  ready 
  for 
  shipment. 
  

  

  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  otter-trawl 
  fishery 
  at 
  Boston, 
  which 
  began 
  with 
  one 
  steamer 
  

   in 
  1905, 
  has 
  gradually 
  grown 
  to 
  a 
  fishery 
  of 
  considerable 
  importance, 
  

   and 
  in 
  1912, 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  July 
  1, 
  1913, 
  was 
  participated 
  in 
  by 
  six 
  specially 
  

   constructed 
  steamers. 
  These 
  are 
  owned 
  and 
  operated 
  by 
  a 
  company 
  

   at 
  Boston, 
  no 
  other 
  firm 
  having 
  engaged 
  in 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  fishing 
  in 
  

   New 
  England, 
  An 
  otter 
  trawler 
  from 
  New 
  York 
  also 
  landed 
  fish 
  at 
  

   Boston 
  for 
  several 
  months 
  in 
  1912. 
  

  

  The 
  introduction 
  of 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  fishing 
  has 
  greatly 
  disturbed 
  

   New 
  England 
  vessel 
  owners 
  and 
  line 
  fishermen 
  in 
  general, 
  it 
  being; 
  

  

  