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Bay Saint Lawrence, 86. The herring fleet met with their usual success, and the cod and halibut 

 fisheries have been fairly profitable. The Bank and George's fleets have landed over 28,000 tons 

 of green fish, or enough to load a train of cars 50 miles in length. Prices have been well rnain- 

 tained throughout the year, and most of the stock has been closed out." 



The products for 1877, as given in the Fisherman's Own Book, exclusive of shore-fish and oil, 

 were 23,755,000 pounds George's codfish, 16,865,000 pounds Bank codfish, 14,319,000 pounds Bank 

 halibut, 1,814,000 pounds George's halibut, 850,000 pounds flitched Bank halibut, 100,000 pounds 

 Greenland halibut, 49,044 barrels mackerel, 28,500 barrels herring. Eighty-six Gloucester vessels 

 fished for mackerel in the Bay of Saint Lawrence this year. 



THE FISHERIES IN 1878. The Advertiser of January 3, 1879, says: 



"There were 2,180 arrivals during the year, averaging half a dozen a day, from the more impor- 

 tant fishing grounds. The arrivals do not include the boat and dory fishermen, the short trips off 

 shore in the winter cod and haddock fisheries, while only a part of the shore mackerel arrivals in 

 summer are reported. The number of Bank trips was 503, George's 1,234, Grand Manan, Bay of 

 Fuudy, and Eastport (herring), 30; Newfoundland and Magdalen Islands, 18; Greenland halibut 

 fishery, 2; Southern and Eastern mackerel trips, 280; Bay of Saint Lawrence mackerel trips, 113." 



The products for 1878, as given in the Fisherman's Own Book, exclusive of shore-fish and oil, 

 were 24,158,000 pounds George's codfish, 12,202,500 pounds Bank codfish, 10, 914,500 pounds Bank 

 halibut, 524,100 pounds George's halibut, 120,000 pounds Greenland flitched halibut, 55,742 barrels 

 mackerel, 27,000 barrels herring. This was the year when the herring fleet was driven away from 

 the shores of Newfoundland. One hundred and twenty-five fares, about 30,000 barrels, sea-packed 

 mackerel, were received from the Bay of Saint Lawrence. 



THE FISHERIES IN 1879. The Advertiser of December 24, 1879, gives the following review for 

 that year: 



"The fishing fleet of Gloucester the present year has numbered 429 vessels, of which 338 are 

 owned here, and 91 belong in other places, but have made this their headquarters for the whole 

 or a part of the active fishing season. We have had during the year a fleet of 104 Gloucester 

 schooners constantly employed in the George's fishery, many of them making over a dozen trips 

 each, and 48 other vessels have followed the branch a part of the season, making one or more 

 trips, the 152 vessels making over 1,000 trips, and landing at this port 23,144,000 pounds of codfish 

 and 995,500 pounds of fresh halibut. Eighty-two Gloucester vessels have been employed all the 

 year in the Bank fishery, some making one or two trips cod fishing and quite a number following the 

 halibut fishery and making five or ten trips each during the season. Thirty-two other Gloucester 

 vessels and 11 belonging elsewhere have ma-de one or more bank trips during the season, giving us 

 a total Bank fleet of 125 schooners, making over 500 trips, and landing at the Gloucester wharves 

 13,247,000 pounds of codfish and 11,717,400 pounds of halibut. The shore cod fishery was active 

 for a part of the season, and employed 47 Gloucester vessels and 47 belonging elsewhere, making 

 a total fleet of 94 vessels, which made nearly 200 trips, and landed here 3,742,000 pounds of codfish. 

 Concerning the rest of the fishing fleet, it is difficult to give accurate statistics. Most of the 

 southern mackerel fleet and a portion of the offshore fleet followed the market fishery, selling their 

 catch fresh in New York and Boston. Many of the vessels salting their catch sold them from the 

 pickle, without inspection, so that they go to the credit of other fish markets. The mackerel inspec- 

 tion of Glocester is estimated at 47,085 barrels of shores and 7,125 barrels of bays, making a total of 

 54,210 barrels. The Bay of Saint Lawrence fleet numbered about 25 vessels. About 100 Gloucester 

 vessels and 30 belonging elsewhere made this their headquarters in the shore mackerel fishery for 



