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schooner Henry W. Wood, also remaining at Saint Pierre, Newfound- 

 land, on January 28 stated that the weather was very cold, a gale of 

 wind having been blowing from the northwest for six days, and that 

 the gulf is full of drift ice. Two vessels which were bound for home 

 returned to Saint Pierre, Newfoundland, this afternoon, having been 

 out five days. Three vessels from Grand Manan, which have been 

 frozen up for fourteen days in the harbors on the Maine coast, have ar- 

 rived witli cargoes of frozen herring. There are still C vessels on the 

 Nova Scotia shore. Eleven Gloucester fishermen have been disabled. 



Cod gill-nets. — Vessels using cod gill-nets meet with little success, 

 and 10 vessels which have been fishing with them in the harbor are 

 frozen in the ice. There are 38 vessels fishing cod gill-nets in Ipswich 

 Bay. During the past week there have been landed by cod gill-nets at 

 Portsmouth, 80,000 pounds of codfish ; at Rockport, 70,000 pounds of 

 codfish; and at Gloucester, 10,000 pounds of codfish. The price of the 

 fish has been 3J cents a pound during the week. 



Gloucester, Mass., February 8, 1885. 



Summary. — During the past week there have been 18 arrivals from 

 George's Banks, 14 landing 275,000 pounds of codfish and 21,000 pounds 

 of halibut, and 4 landing 118,000 pounds of haddock ; 4 arrivals from 

 the Banks with 30,800 pounds of fresh halibut; 5 arrivals from Grand 

 Manan with 1,540,000 frozen herring, and 1 arrival from Newfoundland 

 with 600,000 frozen herring. 



Haddock. — Haddock are very plenty on George's Banks, 1 vessel, 

 with 6 dories and 1,000 hooks to the dory, having caught 50,000 pounds 

 in one day. The haddock are two-thirds females and are full of spawn. 

 The weather for the three weeks has been quite rough, but the codfish 

 on George's Banks have been abundant. The George's vessels which 

 arrived to-day landed from 40,000 to 50,000 pounds, being gone fourteen 

 days. 



Herrinc— There have been 3 arrivals to-day from Newfoundland 

 with cargoes of frozen herring, and 3 vessels have already sailed from 

 Grand Manan for this port with full cargoes of frozen herring. Her- 

 ring are selling at 70 cents a hundred. Half-size herring are quite 

 numerous in Ipswich Bay. 



There are 20 sail in Ipswich Bay using trawls j they are doing better 

 than the netters, fishing 4 miles outside of the nets. 



Cod gill-nets.— Notwithstanding the fact that the weather during 

 the past week has been cold and windy, the vessels using cod gill- 

 nets have done well, having landed at Portsmouth 170,000 pounds of 

 large codfish; at Eockport 48,000 pounds of codfish; and at Gloucester 

 10,000 pounds of codfish. The fish sold for a high price, the average 

 during the week being 4 cents a pound. 



The harbor still remains full of ice, and vessels can get in no further 

 than Harbor Cove. 



Gloucester, Mass., February 15, 1885. 



