. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1952 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 53 The average retail price for frozen ocean perch fillets in mid-August this year was 45^7 cents and for frozen haddock fillets, cents per pound. A year earlier the average retail price for frozen ocean perch fillets was cents and for frozen haddock fillets, cents per pound. Canned pink salmon in mid- August this year retailed at an average of cents per l6-oz. can, compared with cents per can in mid-August 1951. NEW ENGLAND SINK GILL NET The gill net is a type of gear for ca
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. October 1952 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW 53 The average retail price for frozen ocean perch fillets in mid-August this year was 45^7 cents and for frozen haddock fillets, cents per pound. A year earlier the average retail price for frozen ocean perch fillets was cents and for frozen haddock fillets, cents per pound. Canned pink salmon in mid- August this year retailed at an average of cents per l6-oz. can, compared with cents per can in mid-August 1951. NEW ENGLAND SINK GILL NET The gill net is a type of gear for catching fish which can be traced back to prehistoric times and yet still maintain a place of importance in world fisheries today. The sink gill net Is used in New England to catch groundfish (cod, haddock, and pollock). These fish are caught near the floor of the ocean on the New England fishing banks at a depth of 20-40 fathoms and up to 10-35 miles ROTATION OF NETS IS SHOWN. Gill-net operations are carried out during periods of fair weather. The season starts in early April and continues until late June. It is again resumed in September and generally lasts through December. Gill-nettint5 on the northeastern seacoast of New England had its in- ception back in the late 1870's. In the years 1908 and 1910 gill-netting formally got under way. At one time Gloucester operated over 54 gill- netters. Today only six remain in operation. —Fishery Leaflet 379. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. National Marine Fisheries Service; U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; United States. Bureau of Commericial Fisheries. [Washington] : National Marine Fisheries Service; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt. Print. Off. ]
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