244 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



■with snow-storms, prevailed. Tlie FreucL fleet were having a light catch 

 of codfish. Reports from Norway are favorable, the catch of cod being- 

 one of the largest on record. 



All halibut brought from Iceland are salted as soon as caught, and 

 on arrival at the home port are smoked before going into the market. 

 Vessels lishing for halibut on the banks nearer home put their catch on 

 ice as soon as caught, and land it fresh. It is then packed with ice in 

 boxes and quickly distributed through the leading fish-markets of the 

 country. 



Bait has been abundant all the month, weirs at Cape Cod nearly all 

 the time having abundance of squid or small mackerel, often both. 

 Weirs oft' the Maine coast have had a good catch of herring, more than 

 was wanted by the fishermen. 



Xtimber and location of the New Emjland fiiiMiuj fleet during the last iveek of August. 



Location. 



Grand Banks, lat. 44° to 46°, loujr. 52= to 54° 



Gr.aud Banks, lat. 44° to 45°, long. 49° to 51° 



Banquoreau, lat. 44° to 45°, loni!;. 58° to 59° 



lietween Goonre's and Brown's Banks 



( George's and Brown's Banks, lat. 41° to 43°, long. 66° to 68° 



In G lilt" of Saint Lawrence 



Off the New England coast 



Off the New England coast ... 



On the way home from Iceland 



Off the New England coast steamers . . 



In Gulf of Saint Lawrence steamer.. 



Total 



Object. 



Codfish .... 



Halibut 



...do 



...do 



Codfish 



Mackerel . . . 



...do 



Ground fish . 



Halibut 



Whales 



Mackerel . . . 



No. of 



vessels. 



80 



25 



15 



15 



225 



175 



75 



290 



G 



a 

 1 



910 



Receipts of fish, at Gloucester, Mass., in August, 1886. 



Additional receipts from Maine in August, 1880: 15,000 boxes of smoked herring, 600 quintals of dry 

 bake, 88 barrels of cod oil. 



