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All kinds of fish are high ; dried George's codfisli sold to-day for $G a 

 quintal ; dried bank fish sold for 85.25 a quintal ; fresh halibut, 11 

 cents a pound ; fresh cod sold to-day for 3 cents a pound ; fresh had- 

 dock, 2^ cents a pound; No. 1 mackerel, 620 a barrel; Xo. 2, $12 a 

 barrel. 



The cod gill-net fishing is done for this winter; only two boats are 

 fishing with nets and they will finish this week. It is not because the 

 nets do not fish well ; the nets are worn out, and it is too late to get 

 new ones. 



The schooner Emma A. Osier was in Eockport yesterday; she had 

 228 codfish in number, which weighed G,500 pounds, caught in three 

 nights in nets ; they were large fish ; one of them weighed 98 and 

 another 90 pounds. TraAvls were set in the same locality with the nets. 

 They cannot get such fish on trawls. 



The George's vessels have done well since March 1 ; there have been 77 

 arrivals with split codfish. I think they will average 20,000 pounds to 

 a vessel. If the fish were brought in round it would make a large sound. 

 The fish bring a large price $3.25 a hundred, green out of the vessel. 

 Dried George's cod are selling at $6 a quintal. 



Plenty of frozen herring arrived during the last three days ; twelve 

 cargoes are in the harbor now. There are herring enough to last the 

 fishermen till the middle of April. There are twelve more cargoes 

 of frozen herrings to arrive yet ; a large amount of it has been sold this 

 winter. 



The haddock fishing has been a great success. They are bringing in 

 large trips from George's yet. The amount landed has been very large; 

 four vessels stocked over $11,000, one has stocked $12,000— this has 

 been done since the 1st of November. The amount brought from 

 George's has been very large. I think I shall try and find out how many 

 haddock have been caught there. I want to find out how many fish 

 have been caught in nets this winter. 



The halibut catchers have done poorly. The vessels now going will 

 not pay their expenses. The schooner Bellerophon is given up as lost. 

 Two of the best vessels that went after halibut are missing now. I hoi^e 

 that is all, but I fear not; I think some of them have had trouble with 

 the ice, as there is plenty of it on the banks where they go after halibut. 



Three mackerel vessels sailed for the south the 11th day of this 

 mouth. That is the earliest that ever a vessel went south after mack- 

 erel. There will be ten vessels ready to sail next week. The three 

 that sailed on the 11th were the schooner Edward Webster, schooner 

 Ivanhoe, schooner Nellie Eowe. Good luck attend them. 



Gloucester, Mass., 31arch 16, 1882. 



