TABLES OF CATCH

Table 6—Distance from Boston or Gloucester, Mass., to the center
of certain of the more important offshore banks

Table 7—Distance from Portland, Me., to the center
of certain of the more important offshore banks

Table 8—Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass.,
and Portland, Me., from inner or shore grounds, 1927

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Table 8—continued

Note—The catch from these inner or shore grounds represents 46.87 per cent of the total values of the catch from all grounds at the 3 ports for the year 1927.

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Table 9—Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass.,
and Portland, Me., from the outer grounds of the Gulf of Maine, 1927

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Table 9—continued

Note—In the totals for the year 1927 the catch for this group of grounds represents 9.39 per cent of all areas, 4.12 per cent of the poundage, and 4.23 per cent of the value at the 3 ports.

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Table 10—Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass.,
and Portland, Me., from the fishing grounds of the Georges Bank area, 1927

Note—In the totals showing value, poundage, and number of fares from all grounds, as taken out at Boston, Gloucester, and Portland for the year 1927, the catch from the Georges Bank area represents 34.43 per cent of the fares, 62.62 per cent of the value and 66.34 per cent of the poundage.

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Table 11—Landings by the otter-trawl fleet at Boston and Gloucester, Mass.,
and Portland, Me., from the fishing grounds of the Georges Bank area, 1927

Note—In the year's totals from all grounds at these ports the catch from this area by otter trawls represents 29.30 per cent of the poundage, 23.42 per cent of the value, and 7.80 per cent of the number of fares. In the totals for this area the otter trawl accounts for 44.16 per cent of the poundage, 37.44 per cent of the value, and 22.66 per cent of fares. Apparently but 1 other otter trawl was reported at these ports for the year, and that was from the Western Bank and totaled 178,987 pounds of haddock, valued at $2,410.

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Table 12—Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me.,
from the offshore grounds adjacent to the Gulf of Maine, 1927

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Table 12—continued

Note—The totals for the group of grounds shown here represent 11.12 per cent of the poundage, 12.22 per cent of the value, and 5.46 per cent of the number of fares from all grounds at these 3 ports for 1927. For the Sable Island area, 9,179,070 pounds, valued at $353,302; 160 fares make 2.48, 3.75, and 1.57 per cent, respectively.

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Table 13—Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass.,
and Portland, Me., from all grounds, 1927

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Table 13—continued

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Table 14—Landings by fishing vessels from the various fishing grounds
at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., 1927

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Table 15—Landings by fishing vessels from all grounds
at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., 1916 to 1927

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Table 15—continued

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