. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 24 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW No. 2 with 229 million pounds the previous year. Lower ex-vessel prices prevailed at all New England ports in 1960. ^The 1960 ex- vessel value of $38 million for all landings was $4 million less than the 1959 total. The largest drop was at New Bedford where scal- lop prices were down substantially. , At Bos-. Flg. 1 - ScallopdiaggerenteiingNewBedfoidhaibot. ton and Gloucester the ex-vessel value was also down, due to lower dockside prices for haddock and ocean perch. Landings at Boston, Gloucester, New
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 24 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW No. 2 with 229 million pounds the previous year. Lower ex-vessel prices prevailed at all New England ports in 1960. ^The 1960 ex- vessel value of $38 million for all landings was $4 million less than the 1959 total. The largest drop was at New Bedford where scal- lop prices were down substantially. , At Bos-. Flg. 1 - ScallopdiaggerenteiingNewBedfoidhaibot. ton and Gloucester the ex-vessel value was also down, due to lower dockside prices for haddock and ocean perch. Landings at Boston, Gloucester, New Bed- ford, Provincetown, Woods Hole, Mass.; Portland, Rockland, Maine; Point Judith, R. I.; and Stonington, a- bout 75 percent of all New England fishery landings. New England's fishing vessels and shore plants operated at capacity in 1960. How- ever, vessel and plant replacements were few and the aging facilities were taxed heav- ily to maintain production. Continued use of the Bureau's Fisheries Loan Fund allowed many vessels to continue operation. The enactment of a Federal Vessel Construction Subsidy Program in 1960 offered some prom- ise for the future. Gloucester continued as the leading food- fish producing port in 1960 with 160 million pounds, followed by Boston with 108 million pounds. New Bedford with 75 million pounds, Portland with 52 million pounds, Rockland with 44 million pounds, Provincetown with 15 million pounds. Point Judith with 13 mil- lion pounds. Woods Hole with 4 million pounds, and Stonington with 3 million pounds. Ocean perch was again the leading food species landed in 1960 at the principal New England ports--141 pounds--7 mil- lion pounds more than in 1959. Haddock landings totaled 102 million pounds, 5 million pounds more than in 1959. Landings of large haddock were lighter in 1960, but scrod had- dock landings were up 6 million pounds. Whit- ing was next in volume with a total of 79 mil- lion pounds as compared with 83 mi
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