^^^^ GILL-NETS IN THE COD FISHERY 977 



^:rfs;";:y:;:-:;;ssi:t=:::;:;::':: 



IS accomplished. When the end of the oan- is e-u IumI 1 . v 



As will be readily understood, this method of lishino- ,.,„ u. .. • , 

 i.i^e, udmelj, uhile the gear is still out, the vessel imv t-iL-.. 1.,.. 



Ipswich Bay, where the nets have been chiefly used more oarti.nl-n.iv 

 ni the winters of 18S0-'8 1 •iiid Ism '<i'> 1; ., ""7"' "^^^« P'^iticnlarly 



a.no„ot of animal lmZT,^::it:,ZT''ir'^''*"'^ ""' =" ■^'"='" 



schools visit tUe bay.larino the winf.M-ln!/. 5 ' ""'' '"'S" 



aud generally ...nah, uutil\ to i^"," ' rfm 'tI''"*."' '^P™-*"""""' 

 along the northern part of the bay n^tw m 1 ^"ftomHrT'''' "' 

 abont 15 fathoms of water k1,p,/h,„..„ • . ""^ ■^'""'•^■' '" 



other point, along the last ' """^ "^ "^''^ '^"™°* «- "^ '"-.V 



obl^rita :::::;;;:. srtr;r,r ^-rr '''""''■"^'' ""-^ '-■ 



ing the past two orttreo wU, er. iw V wt" '" "^'"'*'" ^"^ <""- 



the fi,sh cuu-ht iu this b^v h! f V ""'' """ " ''"■«« P""on of 



in,' ehree-fomh of "m 1^ fodam^etr'Tf" ''"'".''"'' ""'«^^^-'- 

 been told by the fishermen f„?, Tl"» I"ece of gronnd, I have 



aeemstobeLarmh^wiTcod whiirtheT"' T'"" "' "" ^«'''"" 

 quite barren of fish. A » to C^nt "t'T^l"""'"" '""^"''■^ "" I'" 

 this area bears south by Z l Wha 1 B^:^' , f f'p' "" ''"'"'^ "'' 

 sonthwest by west from t,:"" ','''"'' ^''f ''S'"' Portsmouth, and 



somewhat irregulr n out ine S, fl ■"'' '"' '"' "' ^"'"'"'- " '« 

 «sb are ta.en.'but ^Z^l^^^ZZ::2f^^' T "''T'^ "'" 

 formation, it does not differ .,f oii , 1 '^'' pliysical con- 



mediatcVsurro'^ll'f ^f f j~^/-^«^;^^^ --^^ «Iope im- 

 '>ottom. Thefishermpn lVo.r ^^^'^^ ''' "^ "^^^l" «" the 



^Pniigs in th!s 1 1 t^eul^, r r.'"''""' '''''''' ^'"^ ^^^^^^' ^'^ freshwater 

 . this paiticular locality, around which ,hc cod love to gather; 



