356 AMERICAN FISHES. 



Its wanderings are more limited than those of the Cod. It is not found 

 nearly as far to the north, while its southern range is no wider. Had- 

 dock are probably found in company with Codfish on all the northern 

 fishing grounds, as far south, at least, as the Capes of Delaware, though 

 concerning their occurrence in southern waters there is dearth of informa- 

 tion. In winter and spring they are taken in Fisher's Island Sound and 

 outside of Fisher's Island, on the coast of Eastern Connecticut; and also 

 in great quantities on Nantucket Shoals by the smacks, and are carried 

 thence with Cod into New York market. In 1871 it was estimated that 

 the catch of Haddock here was nearly equal to that of Cod, although the 

 latter usually predominates. They abound north of Cape Cod, in the 

 Gulf of Maine, and in the Bay of Fundy, in the Basin of INIinas, on the 

 coast of Nova Scotia, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and in the Bay of 

 Chaleur. In the Gulf of St. Lawrence, according to Capt. Atwood, they 

 are not very abundant, but the individuals taken are very large. They 

 are taken on the western coast of Newfoundland in winter ; their northern 

 limit appears to be marked by the Straits of Belle Isle, latitude 52° N. 

 In 1863 and 1864 they were found in abundance on the southern border 

 of the Grand Bank. They are not so frequent on the Grand Bank as on 

 the Western Bank, and, in turn, less common there than on George's 

 Bank. 



In the Eastern Atlantic the range of the Haddock is somewhat wider, 

 for they are found in the seas of Iceland, the whole length of the Scandi- 

 navian coast to East Finmark and Varanger Fjord, and on all the shores 

 of Great Britain, and in the North Sea, where they are particularly abund- 

 ant, though rarely or never entering the Baltic. There is no evidence 

 that they are found to the south of the English Channel. De La Blanchere 

 states that they are caught in considerable numbers on the coast of 

 jSIanche. In the Eastern Atlantic, then, they are found between the 

 parallels 48° and 66° ; in the Western Atlantic between parallels 38° 

 and 53°. 



Haddock are not so active and powerful as the Cod. Dr. Gili)in has 

 expressed the opinion that on the coast of Nova Scotia they do not retreat 

 so far from the shore in winter as the Cod, but this does not appear to be 

 true in Massachusetts Bay. 



Remarkable variations in the abundance of this fish are upon record ; 

 at certain times they have been exceedingly rare, at others abundant in the 

 extreme. 



