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Mackerel fishery. — The shore mackerel fleet all hauled up. There 

 has been a large falling off in the catch of mackerel from last year- 

 There have been 218,000 barrels taken this year against 378,000 barrels 

 last year. There are 13,000 barrels on the wharf to-day; last year at 

 this time there were 45,000 barrels. There are fifteen sail of vessels on. 

 the Cape shore after mackerel. A dispatch came last night from the 

 schooner Charles C. Warren stating that they caught 270 barrels o^ 

 large mackerel last week in Margaret's Bay, 35 miles to the westward of 

 Halifiix ; also one from schooner Warren J. Crosby stating that she 

 caught 300 "barrels of large mackerel last week at Sydney. There is no 

 news from the rest of the fleet. They are catching mackerel in nets all 

 along the i^ova Scotia shore. 



Gloucester, Mass., November 11, 1883. 



A re:\iarkable haul of menhaden. — A dispatch to the Boston 

 Herald under date of November 9, 1883, says: 



'' The menhaden steamers George Curtis and Vista of the George W. 

 Miles Company bronght in over 1,000,000 fish last nighr. Valne, $5,000. 

 This news is enough to fire the heart of every menhaden fisherman with 

 joy. It is a most remarkably large haul, particularly for this time of the 

 year. The fish now are fat and unusually fertile in desirable material." 



Gloucester, Mass., Novemher 11, 1883. 



Vessel statistics for 1883. — The following are the numbers of 

 vessels and of men engaged in different branches of the Gloucester fish- 

 eries during the year 1883: 



Mackerel fishery, 122 vessels, manned by 1,708 men. 



Grand and Western Banks fishery. 111 vessels, manned by 1,333 men. 



George's Bank cod fishery, 75 vessels, manned by 825 men. 



Fresh halibut fishery, 22 vessels, manned by 318 men. 



Shore fisheries, 50 vessels, manned by 418 men. 



Greenland halibut fishery, 5 vessels, manned by 70 men. 



There are, in addition, 25 small boats, with one man to a boat. 



Gloucester, Mass., November 11, 1883. 



Gale on George's Bank. — They have had a hard time on George's. 

 IS'ovember 12 and 13 it blew a hurricane. Vessels arrived to-day with 

 decks swept, sails torn, bulwarks gone, and cables and anchors lost. 

 I think the worst is to come. Some of the haddock vessels arrived 

 with the loss of dories and other damage. 



Mackerel fishery. — Two vessels arrived last night from the Bay 

 of St. Lawrence ; schooner Fannie Belle, with 425 barrels of salt mack- 

 erel ; and schooner S. E. Lane, with 200 barrels of salt mackerel. There 

 are five more to come from the Bay of St. Lawrence, and there are eight 

 still on the Cape shore. 



Gloucester, Mass., November 18, 18S3. 



