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COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 



Vol. 28, No. 9 



Summary of Massachusetts Landings, 1965 and 1964 



Species 



1965 



Quantity 



Value 



1964 



Quantity 



Value 



Alewives, round. 

 Cod, drawn , . , 

 Cusk. drawn. 



Pounds 



6, 336, 200 



27,259,385 



1.652,978 



$ 



"71,292 



2,577,660 



113,401 



Pounds 



3,998,630 



29, 504, 382 



1.683.995 



i 



39,985 

 2,363,568 

 98, 107 



1,317,585 

 376,816 

 441,591 

 317,347 

 426, 909 



Flounders. 

 Dab .... 



Fluke . . . 

 Gray Sole . 

 Lemon Sole 

 YeUowtail. 



round 



16,445,012 



7,015,709 



405,721 



3,264,741 



1, 897, 317 



70,888.231 



1,746,178 

 622, 159 

 126,432 

 377,017 

 404, 384 



6,712,605 



13,809,239 

 5,530,718 

 1,358,228 

 2,906,383 

 2,083,829 



70.933.339 



426, 909 



4.876.011 



11,556.406 



Haddock, drawn 



115.629.799 



13,423,369 



114,261,114 



Hake: 

 Red, round . . 

 White, dressed 



2,379,350 

 1.541,784 



29,204 

 155, 334 



2,875,870 

 2.426.103 



32,790 

 176. 677 



Halibut, drawn . . . 

 Herring, sea, round. 

 Mackerel, round . . 

 Ocean Perch, roimd. 

 Ocean Pout, lound . 

 Pollock, drawn . . . 

 Swordfish, dressed . 



199,789 



4, 442, 705 



1,828,912 



23,293,505 



728,010 

 9,351,612 



381,006 



81,547 



69, 749 



127, 106 



1,014,005 



9,925 



670, 535 



117,074 



196, 699 



1,962,969 



2,725,435 



30,331,669 



2,453,115 



10,557,807 



870, 522 



71,698 



36, 954 



172, 224 



1,280,520 



32,625 



612,498 



308, 396 



Tuna , round : 

 Bluefin. . . i 

 Skipjack, . . 

 Unclassified . 



2,381,737 



5,000 



210,000 



143,760 



500 



18.990 



2,058,223 

 1,154,040 



143,482 

 84,269 



Whiting: 



round , 



dressed 



44,671,732 

 139,260 



1,301,958 

 7.582 



56,303,425 

 1.057,690 



,U5/,69U 



666,938 



32,380,441 



1,694,511 



6,925 



13,603,835 



234. 140 



1, 215, 270 

 47,556 



36, 637 

 767,505 

 898, 745 



Wolffish, drawn, . 

 Unclassified fish . 

 Lobsters, northern. 

 Shrimp ...... 



Sea scallop meats 

 Squid ....... 



Total . . . . . 



469,565 



51, 116, 189 



2,472,985 



17,685 



11,871,791 



436, 002 



30,014 



1, 080, 854 



1,403,349 



2,249 



8,028,661 



30,933 



7,446, 



408.733,712 



40.557.826 



409.630.214 



916 

 ,109 



11.245 



35,190,441 



Note: Includes all landings in Massachusetts except for a small quantity taken in inshore fisheries, 

 coimted for 93.2 percent of the Massachusetts total catch. The weights shown represent the fresh 

 those received by the vessels. 



The landings shown for 1964 ac- 

 fish as landed and the values are 



percent at Gloucester, 25 percent at Boston, 

 and 9 percent at other Massachusetts ports. 



Mississippi 



LANDINGS AND FISHERY TRENDS, 1965: 

 In 1965, total landings of fish and shell - 

 fish by commercLal fishermen of the Missis- 

 sippi Gulf Coast amounted to 368.4 million 

 pounds with an ex-vessel value of $9.3 mil- 

 lion. Compared with 1964, that was an in- 

 crease of 11 percent in quantity and 15 per- 

 cent in value. Menhaden, red snapper, 

 shrimp, oysters, and crab continued to be 

 the leading species in the catch. 



Industrial Fish : Menhaden landings of 

 278.1 million pounds valued at $4.0 million 

 increased 17 percent in quantity and 27 per- 

 cent in value above the previous year. A 

 strong market increased prices for menha- 

 den products, and resulted in the higher 



value for the year's catch. Menhaden were 

 caught from the usual areas with good catches 

 from Mississippi Sound. Otter-trawl caught 

 industrial fish landings were 74.0 million 

 pounds valued at $1.3 million- -6 percent less 

 than the previous year. 



Finfish : Food fish landings totaled 3.6 

 million pounds valued at $720,000. Catches 

 of red snapper (2.4 million pounds valued at 

 $589,000) were 28 percent above 1964. 



Million pounds 



Unclassified fish for Industrial purposes not included 1055^^ 



1964—- 

 1963-"- 



iMtf'WiT'**! — 



Jan. Feb. Har. 



July Aug. Sept. 



Mississippi landings by months, 1963-1965. 



