10 NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES 



for cod and haddock. Monhegan Island is surrounded 

 by patches of fishing grounds, Old Jeffrey's to the west 

 being the best. This group of grounds is the resort of 

 trawlers and hand-liners. Seguin Ground, which lies S. 

 W. by S. from Seguin Island, and Kettle Bottom, 10 

 miles south from the island, are the best grounds in the 

 vicinity. Kettle Bottom is circular in shape, about 10 

 miles across, and is surpassed by no other ground on the 

 Maine coast in the annual yield of fish. 



A series of inshore grounds stretches from the West 

 Cod Ledge off Casco Bay to the Isle of Shoals, the principal 

 ones being Cape Porpoise Peaks, Tanter, the Inner and 

 the Outer Bumbo, the Nubble, Boone Island Ground, Ten 

 Acres, and Blue Clay. 



Stillwagen 's, or Middle Bank, is a submarine elevation 

 connecting Cape Ann with Cape Cod and forming the 

 boundary limit between the Gulf of Maine and Massa- 

 chusetts Bay. The shallower portion of the bank, 9% 

 to 19 fathoms, has a sandy bottom ; the deeper part of the 

 bank is of gravel and pebbles. From Eastern Point, Cape 

 Ann, to the northern end of the bank, the region is dotted 

 with ledges, ridges and small banks, the best known of 

 which are Old Man's Pasture, Western Part Ridge, Hart's 

 Ridge, Eagle Ridge, Brown's Ledge, Kettle Island Ledge, 

 Spot of Rocks, and Saturday Night's Ledge. A stretch of 

 rocky ledges extends from Boston Harbor to Plymouth 

 Harbor; this region is frequented mainly by local fisher- 

 men who take their catch to the Boston markets. 



The bottom off the east and southeast coast of Massa- 

 chusetts is sandy with a gradual slope offshore. Morris 

 Ledge, lying to the eastward from Chatham, Outer Crab 

 Ledge and Pollock Rip Grounds, to the southeast of Cape' 

 Cod, are fished upon for cod chiefly by fishermen of the 

 Cape towns. The island of Nantucket is the center of 

 important fishing grounds. To the southeast are the Nan- 



