X.—THE HALIBUT FISHERY.—DAVIS’ STRAIT.* 
By NEwTon P. ScuppEr, A. M. 
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* The following _article is the result of a trip taken, in 1879, upon a Gloucester fishing 
vessel, Professor Baird, convinced that it would be one of the best methods of col- 
lecting information respecting the sea-fisheries, sent representatives of the United 
States Fish Commission upon some of the regular fishing trips of the Gloucester ves- 
sels, to note and report everything of interest. With this object in view, the writer 
was sent on the fishing vessel Bunker Hill, Capt. John McDonald, bound to Davis’ 
Strait for halibut. 
It was decided that, since the Davis’ Strait fishery formed a fishery by itself, it 
would be better to write its history up to the present time than to confine this report 
to the trip of the Bunker Hill. 
The writer acknowledges with pleasure his indebtedness to Mr. R. E. Earll, then in 
charge of the Fish Commission station at Gloucester, for his kindness in arranging for 
comfortable quarters and outfit; to Mr. A. Howard Clark, for notes of statements of 
fishermen and others relating to this fishery, and to Capt. J. W. Collins for many val- 
uable suggestions. Nor would he forget to mention with gratitude the kindness and 
aid of the fishermen with whom he was brought into so intimate contact. The captain 
offered every advantage in his power, consistent with the interest of the fishery, and 
the rest were equally generous. There is probably no class of men more generous and 
self-denying than the Gloucester fishermen, and recent events only confirm this state- 
ment. 
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