206 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



Summary. — During the past week there were 18 arrivals from 

 George's Banks, 15 of which landed 350,000 pounds of codlish and 

 43,000 pounds of halibut, and the 3 others, 8(3,000 pounds of haddock ; 



7 arrivals from Newfoundland, with 305,000 frozen herring; and 5 ar- 

 rivals from Grand Manan, with 1,774,000 frozen herring. 



Bad weather. — The weather has been very rough, and all the ves- 

 sels which arrive are more or less damaged. The gale of the 15th in- 

 stant was very heavy on George's Banks, and I fear that great damage 

 has been done on the Grand Banks. A vessel which sailed from this 

 port on January 1, for halibut, has not returned yet, while a number 

 more have been out a long while. The harbor still remains full of ice. 



Cod gill-nets. — The 30 vessels which have been using cod gill-nets 

 in Ipswich Bay lost most of their nets last Monday in a heavy gale of 

 wind. There were, however, 12 vessels in this port with nets ou board. 

 During the past week there were caught in gill-nets and landed at 

 Portsmouth 00,000 pounds of codfish ; at Bockport, 40,000 pounds of 

 codfish; and at Gloucester, 10,000 pounds of codfish. 



Gloucester, Mass., February 22, 1885. 



Cod gill-nets. — The amount of codfish caught in cod gill nets dur- 

 ing the month of February, 1885, was as follows : 160,000 pounds landed 

 at Bockport, 150,000 pounds at Portsmouth, and 40,000 pounds at Glou- 

 cester. Vessels using cod gill-nets did not do well during the past 

 week. The codfish suddenly left Ipswich Bay on the night of Febru- 

 ary 24. The fishermen, however, think they will return, as this is not 

 the first time they have all left this bay in one night. 



George's Banks. — The codfish are abundant in some places on 

 George's Banks. In two days the schooner Bapid Transit caught 45,000 

 pounds of codfish on haddock trawls. The schooner Oresa, which carries 



8 dories, caught 14,000 pounds of codfish and 90,000 pounds of haddock 

 in three days. Haddock are also plenty ou George's Banks, and ves- 

 sels carrying G dories catch from 50,000 to 100,000 pounds in two days. 

 There were 2,000,000 pounds of haddock landed in Boston on Thurs- 

 day, Friday, and Saturday. The halibut catchers have uot done well, 

 some of them who have been absent seven weeks bringing home 

 only from 15,000 to 20,000 pounds. Most of the vessels went to the 

 Grand Banks, where they experienced rough weather, and found hali- 

 but scarce. 



Gloucester, Mass., March 1, 1885. 



Monthly summary. — The following is the summary of the fish 

 landed at Gloucester during the month of February, 1885 : 



Sixty arrivals from George's Banks, 44 of which landed 808,000 

 pounds of codfish and 104,000 pounds of halibut, and the remaining 16 

 327,000 pounds of fresh haddock ; 13 arrivals from the Banks, with 

 189,800 pounds of fresh halibut; 2 arrivals from Le Have Bank with 

 55,000 pounds of codfish and 14,000 pounds of halibut; 17 arrivals from 



