192 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



compared with that of last year. Bait Las not beeu in great abun- 

 dance, yet the weirs along the Maine and Massachusetts coasts have 

 been better able to supply the wants of the fishermen at al! times than 

 last spring, very little delay being experienced and there being no 

 necessity for any American vessel going into any foreign port for bait. 



During the month one vessel was lost, the schooner Monitor, of 

 Gloucester, 95.32 tonnage, built in 1884, and, with fixtures, valued at 

 $10,000. While on a halibut trip she went ashore in the fog at Port 

 May, Kewfoundlaud, on May 65 the crew were saved, all else being a 

 total loss. , 



The fishing treaty of 1818 with Great Britain and the seizure at ob- 

 scure ports by the British Provinces of two vessels owned in the United 

 States, the charges being violation of the customs laws, have occasioned 

 much interest. Quite a contrast may be noticed between the action of 

 the Canadian Government and that of the United States in a parallel 

 case. The schooner Sisters of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, was seized at 

 Portland, Me., on Maj' 24 for violation of the customs laws; but as no 

 intention of fraud or wrong-doing was shown, the Canadian vessel was 

 soon released. The two vessels belonging to the United States still 

 remain in the hands of the Provincial officials. 



The following was the i)Osition of the Kew England fishing fleet during 

 the last week of May : 



Position. 



Grand Banks, lat. 44° to 46°, long. 52° to .54° 



Giiind B;inks. lat. 43° to 44°, long. 49° to 51° 



Western Bank, lat. 44° to 45°, long. 60° to 61° 



Groigea and Biown's Banks, lat. 41° to 43°, long. 66° to 68°. 



OtV the coast from jSTew Jersey to Cape Cod 



Off the eastern eoast of New England 



On the w.iy to Iceland or Greenland 



Total . 



Object. 



Codfish 



Halibut 



...do 



Cod and halibut. 



Mackerel 



Ground fishing.. 

 Halibut 



No. of 



8aU.. 



160 



40 



28 



225 



230 



250 



8 



941 



Receipts offish at Gloucester, Mass., in May, 188G- 



Other receipta in May, 1886: 400 quintals of dried hake. 



Gloucester, Mass., Jtme 21, 1880, 



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