202 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



, The British sieameiH Carinona and Concordia arrived at Montreal on 

 Jnne 21, being- the first vessels through the Strait of Belle Isle this 

 season. They rejiort many fields of small broken ice and a great num- 

 ber of large icebergs, extending as far castas 110 miles from the strait. 



Receipts offish al Gluncesier, Mass., in June, 1866. 



From- 



Tares. 



Georjje's Bank 



Brown's Bank 



Grand Banks 



Casbe's Bank 



Cape Noitli 



La Have Bauk , 



Nova Sfotia, Cape shore . 



Western Bank 



Bay of Fnudy 



Buuqnereau 



New l<]u<;ian(l shore* 



Ma(!kore)ing+ 



Total, June, 188G. 

 Total, June, 1885. 



142 



8 



29 



5 



1 



1 



3 



14 



• 5 



1 



28 



23 



Saltcodflsh, 



Pounds. 

 2, 880, 000 

 253, OUO 



165, 000 

 8,000 



125, 000 



1,112,000 



149, 000 



10, 000 



380, 000 



2C0 5, 082, 000 



399 I 8, 243, 200 



Fresh hal- 

 ibut. 



Pounds. 



342, 650 



22, 800 



657, 000 



400 



35, 000 



36, 000 



3,300 



18,000 



72, 000 



1, 187, 150 



1, 204, 000 



Salt hake. 



Pounds. 



1,000 



42, 000 



10, 000 

 45, 000 



98, 000 



I 



113, 800 



Salt pollock 



and salt 



cusk. 



Pounds. 



1414, 000 



1414, 000 



§212, 500 



* In addition to the fares above stated, 2,000 pounds of salt haddock were brought in. 



tOf this amount, 34,000 pounds were s;ilt cusk. 



I Yielding 2,4-)5 barrels of salt mackerel, the amount in June, 1885, having been 6,626 barrels. 



§0f this amount, 103,500 pounds were salt cusk. 



Gloucester, Mass., July 15, 1886. 



C4.-BIEPOKT rPOrV THE SHAD AND HERRINCi FISHERIE.'ii OF TIIE 



rOTOMAC KIVER FOR ISSC. 



By GWl NW IIARRISS. 



Number of shad landed at WaHliiiiglon from March 19, ISriG, to June 10, 



188G, inchisivo 180,175 



Number of shad landed at Alexandria, Va 34,847 



Number of shad shipped by steamer Sue to Baltimore 48,000 



Number of shad shipped by steamer \V. W. Corcoran to Baltimore 5, GOO 



Number of shad sold on the different shores 6,800 



Total 275,422 



Number of herring lauded at Washington Ixom March 13, 188G, to June 10, 



IBHG, inclusive 7,315,473 



Numbin- of herring landed at Alexandria, Va 3, 979, 324 



Nnmlxr of herring shipped by steamer Sue to Baltimore 850,000 



Number of herring sold on the shores and from trap-nets 1,400,000 



Total 13,544,797 



