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  OTTER-TEAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  stowed, 
  the 
  hose 
  is 
  turned 
  onto 
  the 
  deck 
  and 
  the 
  checkers 
  cleaned 
  in 
  

   readiness 
  for 
  the 
  next 
  haul. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  continues 
  day 
  and 
  night 
  The 
  crew 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  two 
  

   watches, 
  working 
  six 
  hours 
  each. 
  The 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  hauls 
  per 
  

   24 
  hours, 
  under 
  ordinary 
  circumstances, 
  is 
  about 
  10 
  to 
  12, 
  although 
  

   this 
  will 
  vary 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  ground, 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  

   net 
  mending 
  necessary, 
  and 
  the 
  weather. 
  Including 
  the 
  passage 
  to 
  

   and 
  from 
  the 
  fishing 
  grounds, 
  from 
  four 
  days 
  to 
  a 
  week 
  is 
  usually 
  

   required 
  to 
  get 
  a 
  full 
  fare 
  of 
  fish. 
  

  

  FISHING 
  BANKS 
  OF 
  WESTERN 
  NORTH 
  ATLANTIC. 
  

  

  The 
  principal 
  fishing 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  North 
  Atlantic 
  and 
  

   their 
  approximate 
  areas, 
  are 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Square 
  milos. 
  

  

  Grand 
  Bank 
  36, 
  000 
  

  

  Green 
  Bank 
  — 
  1, 
  450 
  

  

  St. 
  Pierre 
  Bank 
  4,800 
  

  

  Quereau 
  Bank 
  3, 
  000 
  

  

  Misaine 
  Bank 
  1, 
  S20 
  

  

  The 
  Gully 
  1, 
  200 
  

  

  Western 
  Bank 
  6, 
  320 
  

  

  Le 
  Have 
  Bank 
  790 
  

  

  Le 
  Have 
  Ridges 
  1,575 
  

  

  Roseway 
  Bank 
  175 
  

  

  Browns 
  Bank 
  1, 
  375 
  

  

  Seal 
  Island 
  Ground" 
  1,250 
  

  

  Georges 
  Bank 
  — 
  8, 
  498 
  

  

  South 
  Channel 
  (about) 
  1,300 
  

  

  Total 
  69,553 
  

  

  Grand 
  Bank. 
  — 
  ^The 
  Grand 
  Bank 
  lies 
  southeast 
  of 
  Newfoundland, 
  

   and 
  in 
  area 
  is 
  about 
  equal 
  to 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  offshore 
  banks 
  com- 
  

   bined. 
  It 
  extends 
  from 
  latitude 
  42° 
  57' 
  to 
  47° 
  04' 
  N., 
  and 
  from 
  lon- 
  

   gitude 
  48° 
  06' 
  to 
  54° 
  11' 
  W. 
  

  

  Its 
  outline 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  an 
  irregular 
  triangle, 
  with 
  sides, 
  respectively. 
  

   264, 
  225, 
  and 
  264 
  miles 
  long. 
  In 
  both 
  area 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  its 
  fisheries 
  

   the 
  Grand 
  Bank 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  fishing 
  ground 
  in 
  the 
  world. 
  

   Its 
  principal 
  fishery 
  is 
  that 
  for 
  cod, 
  which 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  ves- 
  

   sels 
  from 
  France, 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  the 
  Canadian 
  Provinces, 
  and 
  

   Newfoundland. 
  The 
  fishing 
  season 
  lasts 
  from 
  April 
  to 
  October. 
  

   Halibut 
  also 
  are 
  taken 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers. 
  

  

  Green 
  Bank. 
  — 
  Green 
  Bank, 
  situated 
  between 
  Grand 
  Bank 
  and 
  

   St. 
  Pierre 
  Banks, 
  is 
  of 
  comparatively 
  little 
  importance, 
  although 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  halibut 
  grounds 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  deep 
  water 
  near 
  its 
  south- 
  

  

  « 
  No 
  name 
  is 
  given 
  on 
  the 
  charts, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  known 
  to 
  fishermen 
  as 
  the 
  Seal 
  Island 
  

   Ground 
  ; 
  it 
  lies 
  between 
  Browns 
  Bank 
  and 
  Seal 
  Island. 
  

  

  