Our country and its resources; . at $199,736. sw OKDFISH Swordfish were less plentiful in1914 than several years fishing vessels landed atBoston and Gloucester in 1914L,499,844 pounds of fresh swordfish,valued at $177,669. COD Cod is among the most importantfish; it is marketed both fresh andsalt, and as cod and scrod, the latterbeing from one to two and one half pounds in weight. The total catchof all kinds landed .-it Boston andGloucester was. in 1!)14. fresh cod,36,079,873 pounds, valued at $917,-908; salted cod, 11,449,757 pounds,valued at $411,508. Newfoundland herring
Our country and its resources; . at $199,736. sw OKDFISH Swordfish were less plentiful in1914 than several years fishing vessels landed atBoston and Gloucester in 1914L,499,844 pounds of fresh swordfish,valued at $177,669. COD Cod is among the most importantfish; it is marketed both fresh andsalt, and as cod and scrod, the latterbeing from one to two and one half pounds in weight. The total catchof all kinds landed .-it Boston andGloucester was. in 1!)14. fresh cod,36,079,873 pounds, valued at $917,-908; salted cod, 11,449,757 pounds,valued at $411,508. Newfoundland herring landed alBoston, Gloucester and other NewEngland ports during the season of1914 and the first part of 1915amounted approximately to 2,570,-352 pounds of fresh frozen fish, and49,166 barrels, amounting to 11, pounds, of salted herring. HALIBUT Halibut valued at $246,000 for3,063,000 pounds, and salted halibut to the amount of 316,000 pounds,valued at $30,000, was packed dur-ing the year. CUSKCusk yielded 5,747,053 pounds. A ROUGH MOKNING ON THE HALIBUT BANKS. LANDING A SMALL CATCH THE FISH WE EAT fresh, valued at $99,000, and salted,111,937 pounds, valued at $3,200. Hake was caught to the amountof 7,404,335 pounds, valued at .$146,-030, and salted to the amount of222,033 pounds, valued at .$4,218. LOBSTERS Lobsters are caught from , to the tip of Maine, and pro-vide 12, pounds of sea foodannually (1913), valued at $2,394,-S22 for 8,832,281 lobsters. The in-dustry shows the peculiar andanomalous condition of a steadilydecreasing output and a steadily in-creasing profit to those engaged. Intwenty-four years time the yearlycatch has decreased by more than18,000,000 pounds, or 60 per cent,while the fishermans receipts haveincreased by a million and a half dollars, or 178 per cent. In L880the lobster brought an average cents a pound. In 1913 lobstersaveraged .191 cents per pound, nearlyten times as much as in 1880 andtwo and a half times as much asin
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