300 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



barrels; herring, 527 barrels; porgie slivers, 231 barrels; pollock, 67,000 

 pounds; bake, 260,000 pounds; haddock, 40,000 pounds; swordfish, 

 1 L,350 pounds; shad caught in the mackerel seines, 104 barrels; hake, 

 1,G00 quintals; clains, 10 barrels; cod brought from Maine, 400 quin- 

 tals; mackerel from Canso, Nova Scotia, 80 barrels; salt halibut from 

 Greenland, 390,000 pounds. 



MACKEREL MOVEMENTS. — Mackerel are working to the westward. 

 Some vessels have obtained good hauls of mackerel in Ipswich Bay. 

 Last Saturday night a vessel caught 120 barrels of mackerel in Ipswich 

 Bay. They were large mackerel. Mackerel, herring, porgies, and 

 squid are found all in the same locality. One vessel will get 50 barrels 

 of mackerel in a seine, while another alongside will get 50 barrels of 

 herring. Shad are mixed with the mackerel and herring. The porgies 

 school separately. Squid are plenty from Mount Desert to Thatcher's 

 Island. 



Gloucester, Mass., October 3, 1883. 



Herring. — Herring were plenty in the Gloucester harbor last night. 

 This morning 1,500 barrels of herring were picked out of the nets. 

 There were 65 boats, with 0G5 nets out for them. Some of the nets 

 touched the bottom, others sank, having so many herring in them. 

 One boat with 8 nets caught 100 barrels. The herring are full of 

 spawn, and are very large. The catch of herring to the eastward has 

 been small, and 25 vessels of the eastern fleet came up and set their 

 nets in our harbor. 



Mackerel. — The mackerel fishermen are doing well. Four came 

 into the harbor yesterday with fresh mackerel. There are four in to- 

 day dressing mackerel. They are anchored 12 miles south of Thatcher's 

 Island, and you can see them from the hill. I saw 25 vessels with jibs 

 down dressing mackerel this morning. Those that have been brought 

 in are one-third large. If the weather holds good I think the mackerel 

 fleet will do well. Mackerel were schooling off Seguin last Thursday. 

 Last year there were not many mackerel caught in the month of October. 

 But the prospect is good now. 



Cod and haddock. — The Grand Bank cod fleet has most all re- 

 turned. The vessels that went to Greenland are all back but one. 

 They only caught half fares, and report rough weather on the Green- 

 land coast this summer. As fast as the Grand Bank licet comes home 

 they fit out for haddock fishing. There will be a large haddock fleet 

 this winter. 



Gloucester, Mass., October 7, 1883. 



