BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 39 

 Beceijits offish at Gloucester, Mass., Septeniber, 1885 — Contiuiied. 



Other receipts: dry fish from Maine, 1,650 quintals hake; 400 quintals cod; 450 quintals haddock. 



*Subiect to duty, from British vessels. 



tFresli fish, duty free, from British vessels. 



Location of the New England fishing fleet during the last iveek of September. — 325 sail, mackerel, 

 between Cape Cod and Portland. Me. 25 sail, mackerel, off Nova Scotia and in Gulf of St. Lawrence. 

 35 sail, halibut, on the Grand Banks, in latitude 44° to 44° 12', longitude 49° 12' to 49° 25'. 50 sail, 

 codfish, on the Grand Banks. 140 sail, codfish, on George's and Brown's banks, in latitude 41° to 43°, 

 longitude 65° 30' to 69°. 5 sail, codfish, off Nova Scotia. 175 sail, ground-fishing, off New England 

 coast. 50 saU, herring, oft' New England coast. 



lO.-NEW £NOIiAIVD FISHERIES IN OCTOBER, 1SS5. 



By W. A. fFII^COX. 



October 3, the mouth opened with strong KE. '^inds; to-day, a 

 dense fog, light rain, with thunder and lightning ; very few mackerel 

 taken the past week ; 200 sail of the fleet are to-day detained in the 

 harbor at Gloucester. On October 6 some good fares of fine mackerel 

 were taken between Newburyport and Thatcher's Island. Among the 

 vessels reported we notice the schooner Fannie Belle, 190 barrels; Lizzie 

 Maud, 240; Onward, 80; Henry W. Longfellow, 80; Mystery, 2G0; Ellen 

 M. Adams, 100; James and Ella, 300 barrels, the latter taken in Ipswich 

 Bay. The fishing fleet are once more detained in this and other ports 

 by high winds and rough weather. October 8 was a fine day, in which 

 the fishing fleet were all busy. Between Eastern Point (just out from 

 Gloucester Harbor) and Thatcher's Island 300 sail and three small 

 steamers were busy in the catch of mackerel. The fish were of good 

 size, mostly Ko. 2, and quite fat. From the bluffs at East Gloucester 

 thirty seine boats were at one time counted, all busy taking fish. The 

 catch for the day amounted to 0,500 barrels. Fifty vessels made hauls 

 that averaged something over one hundred barrels each. This was the 

 largest amount taken in any one day during the month. 



October 0, the fleet worked over to Cape Cod, remaining off Cape 

 Cod and in Barnstable Bay during the mouth. At times quite a body 



