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That an abundance of fish tbis year is not confined to tbis side of the 

 Atlantic will be noticed by the following extract from the Gloucester 

 News of June 2 : 



" The Norwegian fisheries.— At the Loffoden Islands, on the 4th 

 of April, the yield had been 25,000,000 codfish and 24,000 barrels of 

 cod livers, and 5,500 barrels of medicinal cod-liver oil, steam refined. 

 Last year, at the same time, the yield at Loffoden had been 10,500,000 

 codfish, 14,700 bariels of cod livers, and 3,450 barrels of medicinal cod 

 oil, steam refined. At other places on Nordland, about 10,500,000 cod- 

 fish, as against 14,500,000 in the preceding season. Of the total quan- 

 tity of 35,500,000 codtish caught up to this time, 10,000,000 fish will be 

 prepared as klipfish (dry split fish) and 24,900,000 fish will be prepared 

 as stockfish (dried round fish)." 



Number and location of New England fairing fleets on June 1, 1885. 



Sail : 

 For cod and halibut, ou George's and Brown's Banks, in latitude 41° to 43°, 



longitude 05° 30' to 69° 180 



For cod aud halibut, on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, in latitude 43° 15' to 



4G C 35', lougitude 49° to 54° 25' 175 



On Banquereau, for cod and halibut, in latitude 44° to 45°, lougitude 57° 12' to 



G0o 52 



On the Western Banks, for cod and halibut, in latitude 42° 55' to 44° 30', longitude 



59° 25' to 6i° 30' 60 



00' the Eastern New England coast, ground fishing 225 



Off Greenland and Iceland coast, on halibut trips 11 



Fishiug for mackerel between Sandy Hook and No Man's Land 240 



Total sail 943 



Steamers : 



Fishiug for mackerel 1 



Taking whales off the New Euglaud coast 6 



Total steamers 7 



The number and location of the menhaden steamers will appear later, 

 full returns not having been received. 



Catch of codfish at Ipswich Bay, by gill-nets, during May, and landed at— 



Pounds. 



Gloucester 31,400 



Rockport 9«,000 



Portsmouth 22,000 



Total 151,400 



About 300,000 pounds were taken ou trawls and landed at Boston, 

 fresh, the nets having been taken up May 12. 



