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small fares of mostly medium-sized fish. During the latter part of the 

 mouth a small fleet secured good fares iu Ohedahucto Bay, Nova Scotia. 

 The fish were mostly of good medium size, with a few large fish among 

 them. 



The first mackerel seen about Prince Edward Island this year were a 

 few of small size and poor quality, taken by the island fishermen dur- 

 ing the last week in June. # 



The close of this month ends the weir fishing for mackerel both on 

 the Massachusetts and Nova Scotia shores. The catch by weirs has 

 been very small in both sections, being the lightest for years at 

 Sandy Point, Cape Cod. Mackerel in their migrations northward seem 

 to have avoided their former usual route near shore. 



Trap and net-fishing near shore have taken few fish of any kind, 

 scarcely any squid. Herring have been seen in great numbers off shore, 

 but only a small amount has been taken in traps. The scarcity of her- 

 ring and other fish used for bait is particularly noticeable, being felt 

 along the entire New England coast and also in the provinces, the only 

 places that reported plenty of herring being the Magdalen Islands and 

 Prince Edward Island. 



The following are newspaper clippings in regard to Gloucester vessels : 



Iceland Fishing. — A letter from Isafiord, Iceland, says that the 

 schooner Carrier Dove was the first vessel to arrive at the fishing grounds. 

 She made the passage in twenty-three days from Liverpool, N. S. She 

 left Gloucester April 15. The snow and ice cover the mountains, and 

 the snow is 25 feet on a level. The harbor is entirely frozen over, and 

 the entire coast is surrouuded by heavy ice. Eeports say it has been 

 the hardest winter ever known in Iceland. The cattle all perished and 

 the fish are reported scarce. — June 15, 1885. 



Gloucester vessels damaged in a storm at Grand Banks. — 

 The recent storm at Grand Banks was one of the worst known for forty 

 years, and many Gloucester vessels fishing there have sought the har- 

 bor on the coast of Newfoundland to repair damages and make good 

 the losses sustained by the gale. Those already reported are as follows : 

 At St. John's, the schooner Henry Wilson, Captain McKinney, was 

 overtaken by the storm in latitude 44° 30', longitude 51° 21', and parted 

 her cable, losing about 40 fathoms, with her anchor and all of her fish- 

 ing trawls. She also sprung a leak, her bulwarks were stove, and 

 everything movable, except her dories, was swept from her decks by 

 the heavy seas, which made a clean breach over her, including about 

 $100 worth of oil. She has been on the banks about eight weeks, and 

 has about 1,200 quintals of fish. The crew are safe and well. Captain 

 McKinney reports having spoken a Maine schooner which had lost five 

 dories, and had her jibs blown away. The Elizabeth Foster, of Maine, 

 was also spoken, and she reports having seen a schooner lying near her 



