170 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



halibut, 21,150 pounds; Grand Banks halibut, 3G3,000 pounds ; had- 

 dock, 225.000 pounds ; cod caught in gill-nets, 12,000 pounds; frozen 

 herring brought from Grand Manan, 4,730,000 pounds. 

 Gloucester, Mass., April 3, 1883. 



Since the 1st of April, 45 sail of vessels have arrived from George's, 

 landing 1,350,000 pounds salt codfish, 22,500 pounds fresh halibut. 

 During the same time there have arrived 4 sail from Western Bank with 

 235,000 pounds salt codfish aud 0,000 pounds of halibut. Ten sail from 

 George's Bank, with haddock, landed 436,000 pounds. Three sail from 

 Grand Manan arrived with 320,000 frozen herring. One vessel from 

 Grand Bank brought 30,000 pounds fresh halibut. Twenty thousand 

 pounds shore fish have been landed. 



Gloucester now has 74 vessels south for mackerel ; 56 vessels on 

 George's for codfish ; 42 vessels on the Western Bank after codfish ; 

 23 vessels after fresh halibut ; 15 vessels after haddock ; 30 sail of shore 

 fishermen, and 22 small boats and dories carrying one man each. 



Gloucester, Mass., April 10, 1883. 



During the past week there have been 55 arrivals from the fishing 

 grounds, 31 from George's Bank, and 23 from Western Bank. The 

 George's vessels last week averaged 25,000 pounds salt cod to a ves- 

 sel and 500 pounds halibut to a vessel. The Western Bank vessels 

 averaged 50,000 pounds salt codfish and 4,000 pounds halibut to a 

 vessel. One vessel from the Grand Banks had 20,000 pounds fresh hal- 

 ibut. Halibut are reported scarce. The shore boats have not caught 

 any fish. Xo bait inshore. The bait has gone to eastward. There have 

 been herring caught on Jeffrie's Bank. There are alewives in Vineyard 

 Sound. Most of the vessels go there after bait. Two boats got ale- 

 Avives at Xorth Truro yesterday. Halibut are plenty on the Western 

 Bank in some places. Halibut sold yesterday at eight cents per pound 

 at wholesale. Schooner M. A. Barton caught 20,000 pounds on cod- 

 trawl. Some of the mackerel catchers have done well. There have been 

 700 barrels more landed this year than last year at this time. The 

 first that came on the coast were small ; the last ones caught were 

 large. 



Gloucester, Mass, April 22, 1883. 



The record of fish landed here during the month of April is as fol- 

 lows: George's cod. 2, 162, 000 pounds; George's halibut, 65,700 pounds; 

 Western Bank cod, 3,317,000 pounds; Western Bank halibut, 156,400 

 pounds; Grand Banks halibut, 173,000 pounds; George's haddock, 

 227,000 pounds; shore fish, 12,000 pounds ; frozen herring (by count), 

 300,000. There were 100 arrivals from George's Bank, 70 from Western 

 Bank, 6 from Grand Bank with fresh halibut; while there were' 11 arri- 

 vals with haddock, 3 with shore fish, and .*'> with herring. 



Gloucester, Mass., May 1, 1883. 



