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shore banks by regularly equipped vessels. The largest sup- 
ply is, of course, obtained from the banks of Newfoundland. 
This is many times the most.productive fishing-ground in 
the world, and has been frequented by English, French, and 
Dutch vessels for over three hundred years. The export of 
Newfoundland in 1876 represented about 390,000,000 pounds 
of? fresh:' fish * (1,300,006 quintals)s the’ entire catch or “We 
French fleet about 56,000,000 fresh fish (500,000 quintals); the 
entire catch of the Dominion fleet 250,000,000 pounds. In. 
round numbers, the yield of codfish on the fishing-banks of 
North America in 1876 cannot have fallen far short of 1,000,- 
000,000 pounds. The whole amount.taken on the coast of 
Northern Europe does not probably exceed half that amount, 
while the catch from the North Pacific is probably not more 
than 5,000,000 pounds. The intrinsic value of the annual 
catch of codfish for the world, at five cents a pound for the 
green fish, is not less than $75,000,000, and their value is 
considerably increased by the process of curing. 
Codfish are found on all soundings of less than two 
hundred fathoms in the North Atlantic. To the north they 
range far beyond the’ Arctic Circle, on the eastern’ side te 
Spitzbergen (lat. 78 deg. fi.), and on the American coast to 
Davis Straits at the Riscoll ‘Bank (67° deg:"n.): Their south= 
ern limit on the European coast is near the Bay of Biscay 
(40 deg. n.), and on our own coast at the Winter Quarter 
Shoal, near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay (37 deg. n.). 
About 1,500 vessels are employed in the cod-fishery of 
the United States. 
Maine has about 540, principally from Castine, Booth- 
bay, Portland, and Cape Porpoise. 
Massachusetts has about goo (according to the census of 
1875), chiefly from Cape Ann, Cape Cod, and Boston. 
