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  OTTER-TRAWL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  Le 
  Have 
  Ridges. 
  — 
  Le 
  Have 
  Ridges 
  is 
  an 
  eastern 
  continuation 
  of 
  

   Le 
  Have 
  Bank, 
  with 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  about 
  45 
  miles. 
  Halibut, 
  cod, 
  and 
  

   bake 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  species 
  taken. 
  

  

  Roseway 
  Banlc. 
  — 
  Roseway 
  Bank 
  lies 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  

   Le 
  Have 
  Bank 
  and 
  southeast 
  of 
  Shelbume 
  Light, 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  and 
  

   is 
  of 
  small 
  extent, 
  about 
  21 
  by 
  15 
  miles. 
  Cod, 
  haddock, 
  and 
  cusk 
  are 
  

   the 
  principal 
  fish 
  taken, 
  but 
  hake, 
  pollock, 
  and 
  halibut 
  also 
  occur. 
  

   It 
  is 
  mainly 
  resorted 
  to 
  by 
  small 
  vessels 
  from 
  Nova 
  Scotia, 
  although 
  

   a 
  few 
  from 
  New 
  England 
  occasionally 
  fish 
  there. 
  

  

  Browns 
  Bank. 
  — 
  Browns 
  Bank 
  lies 
  northeast 
  of 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  

   from 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  separated 
  by 
  a 
  gulley 
  15 
  miles 
  wide. 
  It 
  is 
  about 
  

   63 
  miles 
  long 
  by 
  43 
  miles 
  wide. 
  Cod, 
  halibut, 
  and 
  haddock 
  are 
  the 
  

   principal 
  fish, 
  but 
  pollock 
  and 
  hake 
  are 
  also 
  found. 
  Cod 
  and 
  had- 
  

   dock 
  are 
  quite 
  plentiful 
  in 
  winter. 
  

  

  Seal 
  Island 
  Ground. 
  — 
  Seal 
  Island 
  Ground 
  is 
  a 
  direct 
  continuation 
  

   of 
  the 
  shore 
  soundings, 
  extending 
  south 
  nearly 
  to 
  Browns 
  Bank, 
  

   and 
  northwest 
  to 
  about 
  35 
  miles 
  beyond 
  Seal 
  Island. 
  Cod, 
  haddock, 
  

   and 
  pollock 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  fishes, 
  but 
  halibut, 
  cusk, 
  and 
  hake 
  are 
  

   also 
  taken, 
  and 
  occasionally 
  herring 
  and 
  mackerel. 
  The 
  fleet 
  resort- 
  

   ing 
  there 
  is 
  composed 
  chiefly 
  of 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  vessels. 
  

  

  Georges 
  Bank. 
  — 
  Georges 
  Bank 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  most 
  important 
  

   ground 
  near 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  and 
  is 
  second 
  only 
  to 
  

   Grand 
  Bank 
  in 
  these 
  respects. 
  It 
  lies 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  

   and 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals, 
  between 
  40° 
  30' 
  to 
  42° 
  08' 
  north 
  latitude 
  and 
  

   66° 
  to 
  69° 
  west 
  longitude. 
  Its 
  greatest 
  dimensions 
  are 
  about 
  150 
  by 
  

   98 
  miles. 
  On 
  its 
  western 
  part 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  dangerous 
  shoals. 
  

   During 
  February, 
  March, 
  and 
  April 
  large 
  schools 
  of 
  cod 
  and 
  had- 
  

   dock 
  appear 
  on 
  this 
  bank, 
  usually 
  on 
  the 
  " 
  winter 
  fishing 
  grounds," 
  

   whose 
  area 
  is 
  about 
  11 
  square 
  miles. 
  

  

  South 
  Channel. 
  — 
  South 
  Channel 
  is 
  practically 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  

   Georges 
  Bank, 
  or 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  it 
  .lying 
  west 
  of 
  69° 
  west 
  longitude 
  

   and 
  between 
  40° 
  45' 
  and 
  41° 
  45' 
  north 
  latitude 
  and 
  includes 
  the 
  

   ground 
  covered 
  by 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals 
  and 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  Chatham 
  

   Lights. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  prolific 
  ground 
  for 
  haddock 
  and 
  is 
  resorted 
  to 
  

   by 
  the 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester 
  fleets. 
  Its 
  closeness 
  to 
  the 
  markets 
  

   makes 
  it 
  possible 
  to 
  land 
  fresh 
  fish 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  

  

  COMPARISON 
  OF 
  THE 
  CATCH 
  BY 
  OTTER-TRAWL 
  AND 
  TRAWL-LINE 
  VESSELS. 
  

  

  The 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  catch, 
  as 
  measured 
  by 
  the 
  number, 
  and 
  espe- 
  

   cially 
  .by 
  the 
  relative 
  proportions 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  taken, 
  varies 
  with 
  

   the 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  with 
  the 
  apparatus 
  employed, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  

   seen 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  based 
  on 
  the 
  records 
  of 
  observers 
  

   stationed 
  on 
  both 
  otter 
  trawlers 
  and 
  line 
  trawlers 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   1913. 
  

  

  