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trend was indicated when landings decreased steadily during the latter half of the 

 year. 



Fifty-six million pounds or 62.1 percent of the landings were made at New Bed- 

 ford, while in 1%9 only 58.6 percent or 44 million pounds of the total landings 

 were reported at that port. 



Sampling of the landings at Provincetown and New Bedford, Mass., and at Point 

 Judith, R. I., showed that red hake ccmprised 29 percent, eel pout, 21 percent and 

 skates I5 percent of the total. 



New Bedford, vrtth the bulk of the landings, showed the smallest percentage of 

 important edible species. One sample contained 9.2 percent yellowtail flounder. 



Others yielded from 1 to 4 percent yellow- 

 tail and blackback flounder, dabs, haddock, 

 cod, butterfish, and scup. Thus, the New 

 Bedford samples failed to show appreciable 

 quantities of young or mature individuals 

 of the important edible species. 



Itiree of the four samples taken at 

 Provincetown showed 11, 14, and 23 percent, 

 ANGLERFisH OR GOOSEFiSH ( LOPH I US piscATOR - respectively, of yellowtail flounder, with 

 I us ) IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE NEW ENGLAND 1 to 4 percent Of blackback flounder, dabs, 

 TRASH FISH LANDINGS, BUT THIS SPECIES COM- ^ ^^^ ^ -^ butterfish. and pollock 



POSES ONLY 6.2 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL CATCH. » '"^^"^ xiaj>.c , uu. i,i,oij. xoii , axx'u vuj.xuv-c.. 



On the basis of the samples taken, it appears that the New Bedford fleet is 

 not exploiting the young or mature individuals of the important edible species to 

 any appreciable extent. On the other hand, large numbers of small yellowtail 

 flounders were landed at Provincetown, and at least one load of small butterfish 

 was landed at Point Judith, Rhode Island. One sample at Point Judith contained 

 40 percent butterfish; others showed small quantities (less than 1 percent) of 

 blackback flounder, scup, and fluke. 



LITERATURE CITED 



SNOW, GEORGE W. 



1950. DEVELOPMENT OF TRASH FISHERY AT NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. 

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