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51.— NOTES ON THE II WSI E KB ES OF (iOKISIIK ITIASS. 



By S. J. I?f ABTIN. 



[From letters to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



Summary. — I give below the amount of fish landed at Gloucester 

 during the month of December, 1884: Codfish from George's Banks, 

 846,000 pounds; halibut from George's Banks, 9,550 pounds; and fresh 

 halibut from the Banks, 345,000 pounds. Fish caught in cod gill-nets 

 and landed at Gloucester: Codfish, 653,000 pounds; and 207,000 pounds 

 of pollock. There were also landed 144 barrels of mackerel from the 

 Bay of Saint Lawrence; 183,000 frozen herring, caught at Monhegan, 

 and 500 quintals of dried hake, by freight from Maine. 



Cod gill-nets-. — There were caught in gill-nets and landed at Bock- 

 port during December, 325,000 pounds of codfish and 10,000 pounds 

 of pollock. There were also caught in gill-nets and landed at Lynn in 

 December, 210,000 pounds of codfish and 16,000 pounds of pollock, 

 lock. There are 7 vessels using cod gill-nets that have gone east as 

 far as Matinicus. I think 50 vessels are too many for Ipswich Bay, and 

 it is well that some of them seek fish on other grounds. 



Herring. — The schooner Cecil H. Low arrived from Newfoundland 

 yesterday morning with 375,000 frozen herring, having been gone from 

 home thirty-five days. This is the earliest date at which a cargo of 

 frozen herring has been brought from Newfoundland. The schooner 

 reports herring plentiful and the weather mild. More vessels are daily 

 expected from Newfoundland. 



Gloucester, Mass., January 4, 1885. 



Cod and Herring. — Vessels using cod gill-nets find fish very scarce, 

 and though they carry 24 nets, do not average more than 2,000 pounds. 

 The past week there have been two cargoes of frozen herring from New- 

 foundland and one cargo from Grand Man an. There are 2 more vessels 

 on their way home from Grand Manau with frozen herring, and 5 vessels 

 with cargoes of frozen herring from Newfoundland. Herring sold to-day 

 at $1.25 per hundred. 



Vessels. — Eight vessels sailed to-day for George's Banks, making a 

 total of 15 thus far. There are 23 vessels after fresh halibut, 28 at 

 Newfoundland after frozen herring, 6 vessels at Grand Man an for frozen 

 herring, and 41 vessels using cod gill-nets in Ipswich Bay. All the 

 vessels which fish on George's Banks will be ready to sail the 1st of Feb- 

 ruary. Some of the southern mackerel-catchers will start the 1st of 

 March. 



Gloucester, Mass., January 14, 1885. 



