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very good fares Lave been landed in the several departments of 

 fishing followed by Gloucester vessels. The receipts of bay mack- 

 erel, 1,400 barrels, fill a want that has long been felt, and indicate a 

 much better prospect for successful ventures in this line than was antici- 

 pated a few weeks ago. There have been 5 bay arrivals, the schooner 

 "Ellen M. Adams" being high line, with rising 400 barrels of good qual- 

 ity, and the '-Ralph E. Eaton " coining next about 300 barrels. The shore 

 fleet continue to report a scarcity of large mackerel, though a few2's and 

 and large 3's, are culled from most of the trips. The number of arrivals 

 for the week has been G, and the receipts about 000 barrels. Schooner 

 "Joseph Garland" brought in a fare of 240 barrels, the "Fleetwing" 100, 

 the other fires being in moderate amounts. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, Au- 

 gust 16, 1878.) 



Fish of all kinds have been in fair receipt the past week, but the 

 market continues firm except in mackerel, which are somewhat unset- 

 tled, though no coucessions have been made from the inside rates quoted 

 last week. The receipt of 12,000 barrels Provincial-caught mackerel 

 at Boston last week went far to supply present demands, but there is 

 no considerable accumulation of stock on this market. The number of 

 bay arrivals for the week has been 9, bringing 2,800 barrels, and 624 

 barrels have been received by freighters. Shore arrivals 6, with a catch 

 of 650 bands. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, August 30, 1878.) 



1878. — Small, catches of mackerel at block island and in 

 the gulf of saint lawrence. 



The mackerel fishery. — A large mackerel fleet, including a num- 

 ber of Gloucester vessels, put into Newport harbor on Saturday, and 

 report the catch of mackerel very light, in some instances scarcely suffi- 

 cient to feed the crew. The fleet sailed again on Monday. 



There is no news of especial encouragement from the bay fleet. 

 Mackerel put in an appearance there several weeks earlier than usual, 

 and the boat and net fishermen met with good success for awhile, but 

 the capricious fish seem to have abandoned their old haunts before the 

 arrival of the American fleet. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 28, 1878.) 



1878. — First arrival of mackeuel in boston. 



Schooner "Ellen M. Adams," of the southern mackerel fleet, arrived in 

 Boston yesterday afternoon with 70 barrels of mackerel, which is the 

 first arrival of the season at that port. — (Cape Ann Bulletin, Wednes- 

 day, April 24, 1878.) 



1878. — First arrival of mackerel at Gloucester. 



The schooner "Marion Grimes" arrived home from a southern mack- 

 erel-trip, on Wednesday, with about 250 barrels of mackerel, being the 

 first of the fleet to arrive at this port. Her catch was of good quality, 



