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have saved but 20 barrels of the largest mackerel, and thrown ihe rest 

 overboard. Mackerel sold today at $3 a barrel as they run, including 

 the barrel. 



Cod. — Some of the vessels that have been fishing on George's Bank have 

 hauled up, because the owners could find no place for the fish. Every 

 butt and all the wharves are full of fish. Large piles of kenched fish 

 can be seen on all the wharves. There have been nineteen vessels from 

 Nova Scotia, which landed 4,370,000 pounds of Grand Bank cod, which 

 sold from the vessels, October 10, at $1.00 per 100 pounds. This is the 

 lowest price for years. 



Herring. — There has been a large catch of herring at Wood Island, 

 Maine, that lasted four nights, and a small catch at Marblehead. Other- 

 wise the herring fishery is a failure. The temperature of the water 

 when the herring were caught at Gloucester last year was 48°, and the 

 temperature at Wood Island during the late catch was also 48°, but this 

 year the temperature of the water at Gloucester has not been below 54°. 

 Herring sold to-day for 75 ceuts per barrel, not including the barrel. 



Pollock. Today pollock sold at 30 cents per 100 pounds for round 

 fish. Pollock is plenty and all kinds of fish sell very low. 



Gloucester, Mass., October 12, 1884. 



Mackerel. — Most of the mackerel fleet is hauled up, leaving only 

 thirty sail on this shore and thirty sail in the Bay of Saint Lawrence. 



Squid. — Bait has been plenty all the fall. There is an abundance of 

 squid in Boston Bay. Our harbor is full of half-sized herring. 



Gloucester, Mass., October 26, 1884. 



I give below the amount of fish landed at this port during the month 

 of October, 1884: Codfish from George's Bank, 2,870,000 pounds; hali- 

 but from George's Bank, 13,200 pounds; fish caught on the Cape shore, 

 Nova Scotia, 580,000 pounds; codfish from Grand Banks, 1,370,000; 

 salt halibut from Grand Banks, 9,800 pounds; fresh halibut caught on 

 the Banks, 724,700 pounds; haddock from the Banks, 45,000 pounds ; 

 pollock caught in nets, 1,994,000 pouuds; codfish caught in nets 68,000 

 pounds, and 7 sword-fish, weighing 2,218 pounds. 



There also arrived by freight from Maine, 7,784 quintals of shore 

 mackerel; 41,280 barrels of mackerel, and 4,565 barrels of mackerel 

 from the Bay of Saint Lawrence. 



The total number of barrels of herring landed was 2,538, most of which 

 was caught in the harbors in nets and traps. 



Gloucester, Mass., November 4, 1884. 



Mackerel. — There are thirteen sail of the mackerel fleet in the Bay 

 of Saint Lawrence, twelve sail on the shore of Nova Scotia, and ten sail 

 in Barnstable Bay. Those fishing in the latter place carry their mack- 

 erel fresh to Boston. During the past four days, there have been'seven 



