BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 81 



Vol. VI, ]¥o. 6. ILVaslimg^ton, ». C. Apr. 8,1886. 



iiS.— FOKEIOIV FLSHERIE^i IIV 1SS3.* 



The Gasp6 fisheries were not so productive as in 1884, as the summer 

 fisheries yielded 6G,300, and the autumn fisheries 28,300, in all 94,600 

 quintals, or 4,805,000 kilograms [about 10,575,000 pounds]. 



The Newfoundland bank fisheries were very good, while the coast 

 fisheries were below the average. 



In Labrador there were good average fisheries. Some of the fish 

 caught were lost in the storm of October 11 to 13, during which about 

 CO vessels were lost. The total loss of fish was estimated at 3,000,000 

 kilograms [about 6,600,000 pounds]. 



The Dundee seal and whale fisheries: Seven vessels were engaged in 

 the Newfoundland fisheries, the yield being 73,390 sealskins and 900 

 tons of oil; 4 vessels were engaged in the Jan-Mayen fisheries, the yield 

 being 10,750 seals and 41 bottlenoses, producing in all 253 tons of oil; 

 and 12 vessels were engaged in the Davis Strait whale fisheries, catch- 

 ing 28 large whales, 220 narwhals, 200 whitefish, 14 bottlenoses, and 

 192 walruses, yielding in all 359 tons of oil and 10 tons of whalebone. 



The Scotch herring-fisheries yielded about 40,000 crans [about 8,000 

 tons] less than in 1884, or 100,000 more than in 1883. 



The statistics of the Scotch fisheries for the period from 1880 to 1883 

 are as follows : 



The Lowestoft herring-fisheries began later than usual, the yield be- 

 ing 6,638 loads [about 13,275 tons], against 10,015 in 1884, and 7,765 in 

 1883. In September and October there were very rich mackerel-fish- 

 eries, 120 mackerel selling for from 9 to 18 crowns [$2.41 to $4.82]. 



The French fisheries: In November and December there were un- 

 usually rich herring-fisheries. The Newfoundland cod-fisheries were 

 good, while the Iceland fisheries were below the average. The 90 

 vessels from Dunkirk brought home only 3,100,000 kilograms [about 

 6,820,000 pounds], while in 1884 they brought 4,800,000 kilograms 

 [10,560,000]; in 1883, 6,700,000 [14,740,000]; and in 1882, 5,000,000 

 [11,000,000 pounds]. 



* •' Udenlandslce Fisherier, 1885." From the Xorsk Fiskeritidende, Vol. V, No. 1, Bnr- 

 gen, January, 1886. Translated from the Danish by Herman Jacobson. 

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