REPORT OP COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. CLXIII 



The following- table shows the fish receipts at Gloucester classified 

 by fishing-gTOUiids. From this it appears that 3,420 tares of flsh were 

 brought into Gloucester during the year; of these, 644 were from 

 grounds east of the sixty-sixth meridian of west longitude and 2,776 

 from grounds west of that line. Tlie largest number of trips from the 

 more eastern grounds were from La Have, Western, and Grand banks, 

 and from the Cape Shore, and the catch consisted chiefly of fresh halibut, 

 salt cod, and salt mackerel. The aggregate receipts from this region 

 were 36,373,016 pounds, of which 19,250,165 pounds were from the 

 Grand Banks. The grounds oft' the coast of the United States yielded 

 40,576,331 pounds of fish which went to Gloucester. More fares came 

 from the shore grounds adjacent to the IsTew England coast than from 

 any of the oft'shore banks; 1,590 arrivals from these grounds brought 

 in 12,098,638 pounds, mostly cod, hake, i)ollock, and mackerel. The 

 most important of the offshore grounds was Georges Bank; 674 fares 

 of fish were received from there, aggregating 12,690,158 pounds, chiefly 

 cod. Cashes Bank, South Channel, Browns Bank, and Nantucket 

 Shoals are other important grounds in this section. 



Summarii hy fishing-grounds of thefishery irrodiicts landed at Gloucester, Mass., in 1S91, 



by American fishing vessels. 



