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vember 4, and the keeper of the light house on Saint Paul's Island, which 

 is situated at the mouth of the Bay of Saint Lawrence, told him that 

 large mackerel were schooling around that island during all the mouths 

 of July, August, and September. This was attributed to the tempera- 

 ture of the water. 



Prides. — Fish of all kinds, except halibut, bring a very low prico, and 

 gill-uetters sold large cod for $1 per 100, and pollock for 45 to 50 cents 

 per 100 pounds. Shore mackerel bring $3.50 per barrel, including the 

 barrel, when taken by the cargo. No. 2 mackerel brings $7.50, and No, 

 1, $15 per barrel. Some large No. 1, from Bay of Saint Lawrence, have 

 been sold for $12.50 per barrel. Halibut brings 20 cents a pound. 



Gloucester, Mass., November 16, 1884. 



Summary. — During the month of November there have been landed 

 at Gloucester 1,103,000 pounds of c.odfish, and 17,550 pounds of halibut 

 from George's Banks; 205,000 pounds of fish caught on the Nova Scotia 

 shore ; 101,000 pounds of fresh halibut from Grand Banks ; 1,057,000 

 pounds of pollock and 8S3,000 pounds of codfish caught in cod gill-nets; 

 31,000 pounds of codfish caught by small boats with hand lines on the 

 shore grounds ; 94,000 pounds of haddock, 68,000 pounds of hake, 2,600 

 quintals of dried mixed fish on freight from Maine ; 7,880 barrels of 

 mackerel from the Bay of St. Lawrence ; 4,170 barrels of shore mackerel, 

 and 37 barrels from Nova Scotia. 



There were landed at Rockport during the month of November 293,000 

 pounds of codfish and 105,000 pounds of pollock, and at Lynn, 268,000 

 pounds of codfish and 80,000 pounds of pollock, which were also caught 

 in nets. 



Herring and halibut. — All but one vessel of the mackerel fleet js 

 at home. The vessels are now fitting out for the Newfoundland herring 

 fishing. I think tw6nty-five vessels will go to Newfoundland for frozen 

 herring. Some vessels are also fitting out for Grand Manan to get 

 frozen herring. The schooner Wachusett has brought in 79,000 pounds 

 of codfish and 1,000 pounds of halibut from Brown's Bank, all of which 

 was caught on hand-lines. The schooner was gone from home only 

 twenty days, and the fare is considered the largest ever landed here for 

 so short a time. The bait used was squid, which was caught on the 

 ground. The codfish sold for 2£ cents and the halibut for 19 cents a 

 pound 



Mackerel. — The Portland Press says : " The mackerel season has 

 been noted for the great catch of small fish. The net stocks of the ves- 

 sels have been small for the amount of the catch, although a few ves- 

 sels have done a good season's work. The stock of large mackerel at 

 Portland is nearly exhausted, but there is a large stock of smaller sizes 

 owned by parties who bought them at low prices. As the quality of 

 the fish is exceedingly good a very decided advance is looked for after 

 the holidays. 



