BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 107 



10 meu, caught with trawls G0,00() pouiuls of cod in three days; scliooiier 

 Clara K. Griiuos, with 12 men, caught with trawls 50,000 pounds of cod 

 in 3 days. The pollock were caught in Massachusetts Bay; codfish 

 were all caught from 1 to 5 miles from shore in Ipswich l»ay. 



Halibut receipts show an increase of 324,890 pounds over the corre- 

 sponding mouth last year. All arrived fresh, and w^ere caught mostly 

 on Grand and Western Banks ; one fare of 30,000 pounds caught off New- 

 foundland arrived in a British vessel. Prices have widely iiuctuated, 

 generally low, on Ajjril 22 selling for 2^ cents per pound, the lowest 

 price for many months. 



Mackerel have been a few days late in showing up and working north. 

 The fleet daily left for the fishing grounds, 125 sail being engaged about 

 the last of the month. The first catch of mackerel for the past eight 

 years has been as follows : 



Forty sail of the fleet were this year, on April 10, in latitude 37° 55', 

 longitude 75° 10', when the first mackerel were seen. The schooners 

 Alice C. Jordan and Ellen M. Adams, both of Gloucester, were the only 

 vessels that secured fares. The first new salt mackerel arrived at New 

 York on April 26, and sold for $5 a barrel. Quite a large body of 

 mackerel was seen the first of the month, but foggy weather much of 

 the time prevented fishing, and only a small amount has been landed. 

 The catch has nearly all been marketed fresh, selling at low prices, 

 ranging from $1 to $G per 100 fish, mostly at $1 to $2 per 100. 



Another year may new be added to many previous ones as financially 

 disastrous to all engaged in the early southern mackerel fishery, and by 

 many it is thought to be injurious in other ways. 



Iceland and Greenland will be visited on halibut trips by nine ves- 

 sels, all from Gloucester, and tlie only vessels that will fish in these 

 waters from the United States this year. The names and dates of sail- 

 ing of this small fleet are as follows : 



Name of vessel. 



Date of 

 departure. 



Schooner Mist 



Schooner Margaret Mather 



Schooner Landseer 



Schooner Mystery 



Scliooucr Clytie 



Schooner Arthur D. Stor^- 



Sclioouer Mary E 



Schooner Ucibert AI. lioirers, ready to sail April 30 for Greenland, 

 Schooner Seth Stockbridse will sail June 2 lor Greenland. 



April 1 ... 

 Aprils ... 

 April 9 ... 

 April 15 .. 

 A])ril]5 .. 

 April 19 .. 

 April 9 ... 



Destination. 



Iceland. 

 Iceland. 

 Iceland. 

 Iceland. 

 Iceland. 

 Iceland. 

 Greenland. 



