18 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



good fares; 13 sail from shore fishing; one with fresh halibut, two with 

 salt. Yesterday there were a half million pounds of fish in the harbor 

 on board vessels. The weather has been bad on the coast. The fish- 

 ermen have not had it so bad on the Banks. The schooner Joseph Story 

 arrived last night ; she has been south after squid. The squid fishing 

 is a failure this year. She has been gone three weeks, and got a buck- 

 etful of squid. She has been as far as Newport, and found nothing but 

 a few scattering squid. Two barkes arrived yesterday from Liverpool 

 with cargoes of salt; so it has been a prosperous week for Gloucester. 

 Some of the vessels are fitting out for Greenland. I think five sail will 

 go this summer. 



Arrivals for the past week are as follows: 660,000 pounds salt fish 

 from Western Banks, 560,000 pounds from George's, 65,000 pounds shore 

 fish, 45,000 pounds halibut, 655 barrels mackerel. A good week's work. 



Gloucester, Mass., May 21, 1882. 



There have been 20 arrivals from Gloucester this week ; 18 from West- 

 ern Bank; 3 from the Banks, with fresh halibut; 6 from the inshore 

 grounds. 



Mackerel are taken now with seines in Boston Bay and off Chatham. 

 Mackerel have advanced — salt mackerel 50 cents on a barrel. The de- 

 mand for all kinds of fish is large. Dried George's cod have advanced 

 81 on a quintal. The fishing looks well for this season. There are no 

 mackerel in the market. Schooner Geneva Mertis was here yesterday 

 with 50,000 pounds of pollock caught with seines off Chatham. They 

 sold at $1.75 per hundred pounds, which was the largest price paid for 

 green pollock since the war. George's cod have been selling at $3.50 a 

 hundred out of the vessel. All kinds of fish are high. You will find 

 by the monthly reports on fish that the Western Bank vessels have 

 done well. Two schooners arrived this morning from Grand Bank with 

 halibut, 35, 000 each. A vessel is in Boston with 200 barrels of fresh 

 maekerel caught off Chatham. 



Gloucester, Mass., May 28, 1882. 



GROWTH OF niKROK CARP SENT TO GEORGIA BY THE UNITED 



STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



By I!. IIEYSER. 



(Letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.) 



Thinking you might be interested in hearing from the mirror carp 

 you so kindly furnished me with in November, 1879, I am pleased to be 

 able to inform you that they have grown 1 finely, and now weigh from 4 

 to 6 pounds each, and at this time have a large number of young ones 

 just out and hatching. 



Office of Clerk Superior Court, Morgan County, 



Madison, Oa., May 11, 1882. 



