108 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FLSII COMMISSION. 



Weir and trap fisbiug will be carried on luucli more extensively than 

 of late years, a large and constant demand for fresh bait being made by 

 the New England fishing fleet. Up to the last of the month but few 

 fish had been caught, the weirs having been down but a short time, but 

 herring seem to be late in arriving. On April 13 the first herring, only 

 27 fish, were caught in traps in Gloucester harbor. 



In addition to numerous minor disasters, the following fishing vessels 

 have been lost during the past month : Schooner Electric Light, bound 

 south on a mackerel trip, on the evening of March 27, when 25 miles 

 south of Cape Henry, during a dense fog, was run into by the schooner 

 Anne Lord, of Bangor, Me., and immediately sunk. The crew Avere 

 saved, all else being a total loss. She was a fine vessel of 93 tons, built 

 in 1883 ; the loss of vessel and outfit was about $11,000. On April 23, 

 schooner Eureka, on a mackerel trip, sunk at Delaware Breakwater ; 

 crew saved; loss $4,000. Schooner Nettie Adams, shore codfishing, 

 during a dense fog went ashore at Eye Beach, N. H.; crew saved. The 

 vessel was small, old, aud not of great value. 



Beceijits offish at Gloucester, Masfi., in April, 1886. 



From- 



George's Bank 



Giand Banks 



Brown's Bank 



Wf'stfrn Bank 



!N■e^v Eusland shore 



Ipswicli Bay, nets 



Ipswieli Bay, trawls ... 



OS Newfoundland* 



Banquereau 



Off Sable Island 



Total 



Total, April, 1885 



Fares. 



137 

 31 

 11 

 11 



O 



6 



10 

 1 

 1 

 1 



Codfish. 



Pounds. 

 2, 962, 000 



256, 000 



755, 000 



30, 900 



37, 000 



174, 000 



212 

 250 



4, 214, 900 

 4, 592, 000 



Halibut. 



Pounds. 



145, 400 



954, 000 



62, 200 



72, 000 



30, 000 

 25, 000 

 15, 000 



Haddock. 



Pounds. 

 155, 000 



1, 303, 600 

 978, 710 



155, 000 

 185, 000 



Hake. 



Pounds. 

 5,000 



5,000 



* British vessel ; duty free. 



The following is the position of the New England fishing fleet during 

 the last week of April : 



The ma<;kerel fleet is working northward in the path of steamers 

 bound to and from the south. The George's and Grand Banks fleets 

 are more or less in tlie pathway of European steamers. During May 

 over one hundred vessels will be added to the Grand Banks fleet. 



Gloucesteu, Mass., Alay 17, 188G. 



