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winter migration from the more northerly and easterly parts of the Gulf of Maine. 

 It has been known that many of these cod spawn on the southern wintering grounds, 

 but it was not until the spring of 1930 that large numbers of fry were obtained there. 

 At that time (April) Albatross II trawled hundreds of fry 1% to 2% inches long on 

 bottom, the most southerly catch being in latitude 36°21' N. 13 



Haddock, Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus) 



The haddock, formerly unknown beyond the Straits of Belle Isle, in the western 

 Atlantic, has now been reported from West Greenland (Jensen and Hansen, 1930, p. 

 52). From Icelandic waters comes a record of a giant haddock 44 inches long and 

 weighing about 37 pounds (Thompson, 1929, p. 29). 



long-finned hake, Urophycis chesteri (Goode and Bean) 



The capture of several specimens on the northern edge of Georges Bank in 

 September 1929, in 85 to 100 fathoms, and of many to the westward and in the central 

 basin of the Gulf of Maine the summer of 1931, in 70 to 140 fathoms, suggests that 

 this species is more plentiful in the gulf than was previously supposed. 



This hake is said to be a summer spawner but very little is known concerning its 

 rate of growth, hence we report captures of 3 fish 57 to 71 mm on April 26, 1931, and 

 of 16 fish of 74 to 110 mm taken late in July, suggesting that a length of 4 or 5 inches 

 is reached at 1 year of age. 



Spotted hake, Urophycis regius (Walbaum) 



The scarcity of this hake within the Gulf of Maine is emphasized by the fact that 

 not a single one was captured there in the numerous hauls made recently by the 

 Albatross II. To the southward, however, many were trawled between Cape Hat- 

 teras and the offing of Delaware Bay in 5 to 45 fathoms (chiefly in less than 20 fath- 

 oms) from February to May 1930 and 1931. 



Although the spotted hake reaches a length of at least 16 inches, large fish are 

 relatively rare. The longest of about 600 specimens taken on 14 stations by the 

 Albatross II was only 130 mm (5% inches). In the largest catch (Apr. 8) the dominant 

 size was 2 to 2}{ inches. 



Four-bearded rockling, Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus) 



The rockling has recently (July 1931) been trawled in the central basin of the 

 Gulf of Maine where it was expected, but heretofore unrecorded. The fact that one 

 was taken in latitude 36°56' N., off Cape Charles, Va., on February 10, 1930, in only 

 12 fathoms, shows that in the most southerly parts of its range, it is not restricted to 

 deep water, as previously supposed. 



Cusk, Brosme brosme (Muller) 



A fish 40 inches long and weighing 27 pounds, trawled by Albatross II in the 

 central part of the Gulf of Maine, in 120 fathoms, is the largest definitely recorded 

 from the Gulf of Maine. 



'« These were taken during the course ol O. E. Sette's mackerel investigations. 



