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nets, shrimp trawl, and on long lines. Also observed at St. John, in Minas 
channel and basin, Annapolis basin, and St. Mary bay, and at Pubnico harbour, 
Yarmouth county. 
Gadus callarias, L. 
Abundant :at Grand Manan, but decreasing in abundance toward Passa- 
maquoddy bay. All sizes from yearlings on. Chiefly the intermediate sizes 
in Passamaquoddy bay. No larve have been found, although the eggs are to 
be found in the spring. A few young individuals have been taken in Passama- 
quoddy bay and in Minas basin in the late summer, and they appear to be fairly 
common in St. Mary bay. The quantity of cod taken diminishes very rapidly 
from the mouth to the head of the Bay of Fundy, but a few go very far in, 
occurring in Minas basin. Taken in seine, weirs, gill nets and shrimp trawl, and 
on long lines. Also at Canada Creek, Kings county, Annapolis basin, St. Mary 
bay, and Port Maitland, Yarmouth county. 
Melanogrammus aeglifinus (L.) 
Found regularly and frequently in abundance in the Bay of Fundy and in 
Passamaquoddy bay, except during the winter. Those commonly seen are 
quite large. Intermediate sizes are very rare. Yearlings are occasionally 
found in the Western Archipelago and at times in the cavities of Cyanea. They 
have also been taken in St. Mary bay. Larvae and very young have never been 
found. Taken on long lines. Records also from Hall’s Harbour, Kings county, 
St. Mary bay, and off Seal island, Yarmouth county. 
Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill) and 
Urophycis chuss (Walbaum) 
These closely related species both occur commonly in immense quantities 
on soft bottom both in the Bay of Fundy and in Passamaquoddy bay during 
the summer. The majority of the specimens taken seem to be referable to the 
first species. All sizes from yearlings on are found. The younger individuals 
appear in the spring and are found near shore and far into the estuaries, while 
the larger ones keep off shore chiefly on soft bottom, occurring in depths as 
great as 100 fathoms. No larvae have been found, and only a few very young 
have been taken, and that in the Bay of Fundy. Also at St. John, in Minas 
channel and basin, at Harbourville, in Annapolis basin and St. Mary bay, 
‘and at Yarmouth. The adults enter the bay in the early summer, appearing 
in Passamaquoddy bay usually some time in July. They leave in October. 
They seem to enter the St. John river in the autumn. In any event they are 
to be found throughout the winter in Kennebecasis bay, where they are fished 
through the ice. 
The younger individuals do not leave Passamaquoddy bay as early as the 
adults, and in some seasons they may be found as late as the latter part of 
December, and return to some extent as early as April. They remain in the 
Bay of Fundy all winter. Taken in weirs, seines, gill nets, shrimp trawl, beam 
trawl, and on long lines. 
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