. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. COMffiRCIAL FISHSRES RSVISW Vol. 11, No. 12 FIGURE 1 - BOSTON FISH PIER LANDINGS AND PRICES BY MONTHS, 1948 AND 1947 22 21 /N TCITAL LANDING iVk, S â o 20 z § '9 â ^ le o 17 ^ 16 â / / / '/ / / f -c/ /⢠^ ^ -' \ \ \ \ /^^ â 3 '» d 14 * 13 12 II 10 ! - 1947/ / \ \ \ \ / \ / X. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AU6. SEPT. OCT. NOV. OEC. limitations are self-imposed to assure higher quality fish and the resultant higher prices, but result in smaller catches. However, the soundness of this practice is evident in the fewer resales compared to
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. COMffiRCIAL FISHSRES RSVISW Vol. 11, No. 12 FIGURE 1 - BOSTON FISH PIER LANDINGS AND PRICES BY MONTHS, 1948 AND 1947 22 21 /N TCITAL LANDING iVk, S â o 20 z § '9 â ^ le o 17 ^ 16 â / / / '/ / / f -c/ /⢠^ ^ -' \ \ \ \ /^^ â 3 '» d 14 * 13 12 II 10 ! - 1947/ / \ \ \ \ / \ / X. JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE JULY AU6. SEPT. OCT. NOV. OEC. limitations are self-imposed to assure higher quality fish and the resultant higher prices, but result in smaller catches. However, the soundness of this practice is evident in the fewer resales compared to prewar trips, when poor quality of the older fish brought as many as five sell overs. No other restrictions or limitations were in effect dxrring 1948 to hamper the operations of the offshore fleet. As has been the practice for the past several years, offshore vessels did most of their fishing on Georges Bank where haddock and cod are the most abundant species. Some trips were made farther east to Western Bank, while a few trips were made to the Channel. However, due to its proximity to Boston, the Channel has been almost "fished out," and longer trips to the other grounds are necessary. Fishermen have been complaining for the past number of years on the scarcity of haddock on Georges Bank, due to the recent extensive fishing. The Service's Branch of Fishery Biology has carried on extensive investigations of the haddock on Georges Bank to find the cause of this reported gradual depletion, and to suggest corrective measures. At the end of the year, the Boston offshore fishing fleet consisted of 52 large otter trawlers (over 150 gross tons), 9 medium otter travelers (50 to 150 gross tons), and 2 line trawlers. Vessels from other ports, mostly mediimi otter trawlers, made a number of trips to Boston supplementing the production of the local fleet. During the year, three new large trawlers were added to the fleet and one former trawler returned from Government
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