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tongues and sounds, $2,282 ; shell fish, $10,000; other fish, $8,000; fish oil 

 other than shore, $100,000. Total value, $3,909,500. 



In 1867 there were 220 Gloucester vessels engaged in the Bay St. Law- 

 rence mackerel fishery, and only 50 off shore. 



Products since 1875, excluding hake, pollock, cask, shell fish and oil : 



1876 — Georges codfish, 26,975,000 lbs.; Bank do., 18,627,000 lbs. ; Bank 

 halibut, 11,453,000 lbs.; Georges do., 3,005,100 lbs.; mackerel, 95,422 bbls.; 

 herring, 35,800 bbls. 



1877 — Georges codfish, 23,755,000 lbs.; Bank do., 16,865,000 lbs.; Bank 

 halibut, 14,319,000 lbs.; Georges do., 1,814,000 lbs.; tietched do., 850,000 

 lbs. ; Greenland do., 100,000 lbs.; mackerel, 49,044 bbls.; herring, 28,500 

 bbls. 86 Gloucester vessels fished for mackerel in the Bay St. Lawrence 

 this year. 



1878 — Georges codfish, 24,158,000 lbs.; Bank do., 12,202,500 lbs.; Bank 

 halibut, 10,914,500 lbs.; Georges do., 524,100 lbs.; Greenland do., fletched, 

 120,000 lbs.; mackerel, 55,742 bbls.; herring, 27,000 bbls. This was the 

 year when the herring fleet was driven away from the shores of Newfound- 

 land. 125 fares, about 30,000 bbls., sea-packed mackerel, were received 

 from the Bay St. Lawrence. 



1879 — Georges codfish, 23,144,000 lbs.; Bank do., 13,247,000 lbs.; shore 

 do., 3,742,000 lbs.; Bank halibut, 11,717,400 lbs.; Georges do., 995,500 

 lbs.; Greenland do., fletched, 500,000 lbs.; mackerel, 48,643 bbls.; herring, 

 20,000 bbls. 429 vessels were employed, of which 338 hailed ^rom Glouc- 

 ester ; 104 followed Georges all the season, and 82 the Bank cod and hali- 

 but fisheries. 25 vessels made Bay St. Lawrence trips for mackerel. 



1880 — Georges codfish, 27,511,000 lbs.; Bank do., 20,247,000 lbs.; shore 

 do., 1,721,000 lbs.; Bank halibut, 7,940,000 lbs.; Georges do., 1,125,450 lbs.; 

 Greenland do., fletched 80,000 lbs.; mackerel, 116,793 bbls.; herring, 30,000 

 bbls. The fleet numbered 441 vessels, of which 334 were owned in Glouc- 

 ester. 107 followed the Georges fishery exclusively, and 90 confined their 

 operations to the Bank cod and halibut fisheries, and 17 made Bay St. 

 Lawrence trips, bringing some 3,505 bbls. mackerel. 



1881 — Georges codfish, 22,510,000 lbs.; Bank do., 20,955,280 lbs.; shore 

 do., 3,245,360 lbs.; Bank halibut, 7,178,800 lbs.; Georges do., 1,087,400 lbs.; 

 fletched do., 25,000 lbs.; Greenland do., fletched, 428,290 lbs.; mackerel, 163,- 

 851 bbls.; frozen herring, 13,318,000. The fleet numbered 437 vessels, of 

 which 343 were owned in Gloucester. 62 followed the Georges fishery ex 

 clusively, 26 Western Bank fishery, 10 Grand Bank codfishery, 25 Bank hal- 

 ibuting, and 29 shore and Bay of Fundy codfishery. Only 2 vessels visited 

 the Bay St. Lawrence for mackerel, and their catch was less than 50 bbls. 



