94 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION." 



The catchers find plenty of haddock on the George's Banks. They 

 caiiglit 4l),()00 pounds in one day last week. Halibut are scarce. 

 Gloucester, Mass., February 3, 1884. 



Summary. — During the past week the amount of fioh landed here has 

 been as follows: Fourteen arrivals from the Banks, with 290,000 pounds 

 of fresh halibut; nine arrivals from George's Bank, lauding 140,000 

 pounds of salt fish and 45,000 pounds of halibut; 305,000 pounds of cod- 

 fish brought in by the vessels using cod gill-nets; six arrivals from New- 

 foundland with 2,930,000 frozen herring; one arrival from Grand Manan 

 with 250,000 frozen herring. There were 75,000 i)ounds of haddock 

 landed last week; 400 barrels of salt herring were brought iu from New- 

 foundland. The weather is bad for frozen herring. The wind has been 

 to the eastward for the last eighteen days, with fog and rain. Some 

 of the vessels will lose one-quarter of their cargo by wet weather. 



Haddock. — Haddock are very plenty on George's and full of spawn. 

 The haddock catchers in five days made trips averaging 50,000 pounds 

 to a vessel. The netters are doing well ; they land the most of their fish 

 at Portsmoutli and Eockport. 



Prices. — All kinds of fish were low. Haddock sold for 1 cent a 

 pound, halibut for G cents, fresh cod for 2^ cents, and frozen herring 

 for GO cents a hundred. 



Gloucester, Mass., February 18, 1884. 



Weekly summary. — During last week there were 15 arrivals from 

 George's Bank, landing 379,000 pound of salt cod and 34,500 i)ounds of 

 fresh halibut. Vessels using cod gill nets landed 340,000 pounds of 

 large cod at Rockport and Portsmouth. There were 2 arrivals from the 

 Grand Banks with 70,000 pbunds of fresh halibut. There was one ar- 

 rival from the Western Banks with 4,000 pounds of salt cod, and 1G,000 

 I)Ounds of fresh ha>libut. There was one arrival from Newfoundland 

 with 375,000 frozen herring; also one arrival from Grand Manan with 

 220,000 frozen herring. Schooner David A. Story made a trip to New- 

 foundland in twenty-one days, the quickest time on record. Nine ves- 

 sels are due from Grand Manan with frozen herring. Some of the 

 vessels using cod gill-nets have hauled up for the winter, three of them 

 having used up their nets. Haddock are reported very plenty on the 

 western part of George's Bank. There has been so much haddock in 

 the Boston market that it sold for 1 cent a pound all last week. 



Gloucester, Mass., February 24, 1884. 



Monthly summary. — The summary of fish landed in Gloucester 

 during the mouth of February is as follows: Fifty-two arrivals from 

 George's Bank aggregated 1,131,000 pounds of codfish and 109,000 

 pounds of fresh halibut. There were four arrivals from the Western 

 Bank aggregating 75,000 pounds of salt cod and 54,000 pounds of fresh 

 halibut. There were 183,000 pounds of cod taken by the gill-nets in 



