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  REVIEW 
  OF 
  CERTAIN 
  MAJOR 
  FISHERIES 
  

  

  ATLANTIC 
  COAST 
  HADDOCK 
  FISHERY 
  

  

  Haddock 
  landings 
  were 
  26.9 
  million 
  pounds 
  worth 
  $6.0 
  million 
  — 
  a 
  decline 
  of 
  18.9 
  million 
  

   pounds 
  and 
  $1.7 
  million 
  compared 
  with 
  1969. 
  The 
  harvest 
  was 
  the 
  smallest 
  on 
  record, 
  and 
  far 
  be- 
  

   low 
  the 
  record 
  293.8 
  million 
  pounds 
  taken 
  in 
  1929. 
  Landings 
  have 
  declined 
  steadily 
  since 
  1967. 
  

  

  The 
  haddock 
  production 
  of 
  25.3 
  million 
  pounds 
  at 
  Massachusetts 
  ports 
  (comprising 
  94 
  per- 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  volume) 
  was 
  19 
  . 
  1 
  million 
  pounds 
  (43 
  percent) 
  less 
  than 
  in 
  1969 
  . 
  Otter 
  trawls 
  ac- 
  

   counted 
  for 
  94 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  landings. 
  The 
  rest 
  was 
  taken 
  by 
  lines, 
  gill 
  nets, 
  and 
  dredges. 
  

  

  SUMMARY 
  OF 
  HADDOCK 
  LANDINGS, 
  1970 
  

  

  V 
  LESS 
  THAN 
  $500. 
  

  

  