TABLE 2.—Rosefish landings at Boston, Portland, and Gloucester,1 1935–46 [In thousands of pounds]

1940 1941 1942

Rosefish landings, Knox County (Rockland), Maine, 1940–45 1

1 Source: Summarized from Maine Landings, State of Maine and U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

11, 936

TABLE 3.-Active fishing vessels of New England and New York City, by tonnage,

1941-461

1 From source material compiled by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service; this information mimeographed for recent years under title of "Fishing Vessels of New England and New York City."

2 Specific date not available.

As of Mar. 1.

4 As of June 1.

As of Jan. 1.

TABLE 4. Catch per day by large otter trawlers on New England banks, area

1

XXII, 1930–45 1

1 Based on catch and days absent as reported in Current Fishery Statistics of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

TABLE 5. Catch per day by large otter trawlers on Nova Scotian banks area XXI,

1930-45 1

1 Based on catch and days absent as reported in Current Fishery Statistics of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

TABLE 6.—Catch per day of Haddock, area XXII south, medium depth, 1932–45 1

Based on abundance analysis of haddock landed at Boston by study boats.

TABLE 7.-Catch per day of rosefish by otter trawlers between 51 and 150 gross tons 1

(Feb. 15, 1944)

1 Vessels tabulated by three groups, 51 to 72 gross tons, 73 to 104 gross tons and 105 to 150 gross tons. Days fished all weighted for efficiency to equal fishing days of the largest group.

Prepared by George A. Rounsefell and Seymour S. Bogdenoff.

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1 United States landings by vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Maine. United States averages shown are for the 5-year period 1937-41, inclusive. Only
landings of vessels of 5 net tons or larger are included. Canadian landings taken from Atlantic Biological Station Circular G-2 of the Fisheries Research Board. Canadian averages
1940 are available.
for cod, haddock, rosefish, pollock, halibut, grey sole (witch), dabs (Canadian plaice) and yellowtail are for the 3-year period 1938-40, inclusive. For the remainder only 1939 and

2 United States landings in area XXII will include some fish caught close inshore, but landings in other areas are all by the offshore fleet.

dalen Islands, and possibly Labrador.
3 Practically all United States landings from area XIX in recent years consist of salted fish transported by United States vessels from the Treaty Coast of Newfoundland, Mag
4 After each species the first line gives fish caught offshore by vessels, the second line gives the catch made close to shore by offshore vessels.

' Catfish.

• Witch.

7 Canadian plaice.

Prepared by George A. Rounsefell, Jan. 26, 1944.

TABLE 9.-Summary of catches (in pounds) of the principal species of fish taken in the North Atlantic by Canada and the New England States 1

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1 Statistical data obtained from published records of the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Dominion Bureau of Statistics of Canada.

2 No data available.

3 No statistical canvass made in the New England States in this year.