gray sole are caught in the spring and summer. High prices for gray sole make 

 it worthwhile to fish for small quantities immediately east of the Lightship 

 dumping buoy. Yellowtail flounder are caught at the edge of shoaling bottom 

 to the south in January and March. Some cod are caught inshore of the Lightship 

 Grounds but details of this fishery have not been determined yet. 



Whiting is caught west of Stellwagon Bank from June to October and Atlantic 

 herring are caught on or near the bank during their October spawning period. 

 Both of these species swim off the bottom and are less affected by bottom condi- 

 tions than the demersal species mentioned above. 



Gill nets are fished in winter and spring for cod on the northern exten- 

 sion of Stellwagon Bank, on hard bottom 2 miles N.NW of the Boston Light dung- 

 ing ground, and south of the ground in less than 40 meter depths. 



A disadvantage of fishing in the vicinity of the dumping grounds is the 

 possibility of catching waste materials. A number of concrete "coffins" .con- 

 taining radioactive waste have been caught south of the foul ground. Containers 

 of foul smelling chemicals have also been caught here. Around the Boston Light 

 ground, parts of the bottom have been systematically swept clear of timbers by 

 the draggers. Large masses of saltmarsh peat have been a problem in the past, 

 but these appear to be broken up after several years. Fishermen have observed' 

 the greater accuracy of recent disposal projects. 



Lobster . Approximately 10 relatively large lobster boats from both the north 

 and the south shores fish the dumping ground. Lobsters migrating into deeper 

 water reach this area in October or November. Recently, lobstering at the dump- 

 ing ground has been ended in January by the incursion of draggers. A test made 

 in the summer showed that lobsters were absent at this time. A relatively large 

 number of "culls" are caught in the dumping ground. 



