BULLETIN OK THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 3'M) 



bringing from $2 to $2.25 a barrel. At this price vessels could not pay 

 expenses. Fish caught in the Bay of Fundy were of an inferior quality, 

 yet somewhat better than those from North Bay, selling for from |2.50 

 to $2.75 a barrel. Fish caught in Massachusetts and Cape Cod Bays 

 and off the New England coast, being the next best; those caught in 

 Barnstable Bay being very fat, nice fish, selling for from $3 to $3.50 a 

 barrel. Fish from Block Island were mostly large, many of them from 

 15 to 18 inches long, and of good quality. Such fish sold from $12 to 

 $14 a barrel. 



Receipts offish at Gloucester, Mass., in July, 1885. 



Mackerel landed by the Neio England fleet, in sea-packed barrels, up to August 1. 



Gloucester 



Boston 



Portland 



Provincetown... 



Harwichport 



South Chatham . 



Wellfleet 



Boothbay 



Dennisport 



Southport 



Total 



May. 



5,579 

 3,255 

 615 

 350 

 310 

 200 

 75 



June. 



6,626 

 4,503 

 1,925 

 1,149 



390 

 ' 80 



610 

 45 



July. 



39, 637 

 12, 396 

 19, 595 

 4,308 

 2,325 

 1,005 

 6,333 

 2,165 

 1,030 

 2,330 



10, 384 15, 328 91, 124 



Total. 



51, 842 



20,154 



2l', 185 



5,807 



3,025 



7,018 

 2,210 

 1,030 

 'J, 330 



116, 836 



In 1884 there were 111,318 mackerel landed; and in 1883, 48,244. 



This does not include the early catch south, landed at New York and Philadelphia. 



The following is the position of the New England fishing fleet during 

 the last week of July: 325 sail, mackerel, scattered as follows : 1 15 sail 

 in the Bay of Fundy, between Mount Desert and 15 miles west of Brier 

 Island; 40 sail in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence ; 50 sail off Block Island 

 and Cape Cod; 90 sail off Massachusetts and Maine coasts. Thirty eight 

 sail, halibut, on Grand Banks, latitude 44° 03' to 44° 12', longitude 49° 1 2' 

 to 49° 25'; 232 sail, codfish, on Grand Banks and Banquerean ; 165 sail, 

 codfish, on Georges and Brown's Banks, longitude 65° 30' to 69°, lati- 



