Otter-trawl fisheryLetter from the secretary of commerce transmitting communication from the commissioner of fisheries, submitting a report on the otter trawl fishery, in compliance with items in the sundry civil appropriation acts approved August 24, 1912, and June 23, 1913 .. . t _, 3 t A 4 ^t ^ t \r t ___II_ -??-EEJJEJClilA ~ y. ~ t J, ^ +~ X i\ -i V~ ** i ,L-A i X * - ^4 X /?? AT V i- ^^ ^t t y7 ^-*t y^ V _ _ _IDQ2C _ »/ \~ _ _ It* V7% it / \ S^ - \ ^^/ t ^r \ wm + wmim? t 5QQC± 1 • ^v y~~|\ ---v /V ^~_>V V V N«=-^ s*. ^ 2 S \ it it V ~ ~± ~TJ89D~ 55 ~ USE I Bs iq io tH a3e: 2C5 x__
Otter-trawl fisheryLetter from the secretary of commerce transmitting communication from the commissioner of fisheries, submitting a report on the otter trawl fishery, in compliance with items in the sundry civil appropriation acts approved August 24, 1912, and June 23, 1913 .. . t _, 3 t A 4 ^t ^ t \r t ___II_ -??-EEJJEJClilA ~ y. ~ t J, ^ +~ X i\ -i V~ ** i ,L-A i X * - ^4 X /?? AT V i- ^^ ^t t y7 ^-*t y^ V _ _ _IDQ2C _ »/ \~ _ _ It* V7% it / \ S^ - \ ^^/ t ^r \ wm + wmim? t 5QQC± 1 • ^v y~~|\ ---v /V ^~_>V V V N«=-^ s*. ^ 2 S \ it it V ~ ~± ~TJ89D~ 55 ~ USE I Bs iq io tH a3e: 2C5 x___± ± Diagram showing catch per trip by American line vessels fishing on Georges Bank, SouthChannel, and Nantucket Shoals. and diagrams of the line-fishery catches suppty almost complete databack to 1891. Considering this longer period, it will be seen that 40 OTTER-TRAWL FISHERY. the average catch per trip fell rather sharply from 1891 to about1896 to 1897, but that since those years there has been a net in-crease both on the banks fished by the steam trawlers and on thosewhich are rarely or never so fished. The sharpest fluctuations,however, are shown on the banks and during the period coveredby the otter-trawl fishery. On Georges Bank, South Channel, and. Catch per trip by otter trawlers fishing principally on Georges Bank and South Channel. Nantucket Shoals, the heaviest catch of haddock ever made as wellas the lowest since 1896 occurred within this period, but the lowestcatches per trip were when but one steam trawler was operating,and the largest and next to the largest came after the fleet hadbeen considerably augmented. After this report had been nearly completed, it was representedto the committee that during the }^ear 1914 the fishery on GeorgesBank, particularly for haddock, had been very unsatisfactory andthat the line fisherman had practically ceased to resort to thesegrounds on that account. To test this allegation, the following OTTER-TRAWL FISHERY. 41 tab
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