to avo'd aV. dracging areas and to locate t'^e arei at least a mile f»'om any 

 tow path and in an area where toDography and current speed and direction would 

 prevent transport toward dragging grounds. Dragging grounds near the study area 

 are shown in '^igure B-7. 



The "edge of the bottom" is the primary dragging ground in this area. In 

 the summer, ten inshore vessels may fish here on a given day for dab ( Hippoglos- 

 soides platesso-'des ) anc gray sole ( Glyptocephalus cynoglossus ) . In the winter 

 and ea-ly spring these are joined by larger vessels. On a given day as many as 

 25 vessels m-'ght fish here. These are based main'y in Portland and Cundys Harbor 

 wit!' a "ew coming fi-orr Biddeford. The catch is cod ( Gadus morrhua ), haddock 

 ( Me"ian?arammus aeglefinls ), and other groi'.ndfish. 



A DO'-t-'on 0* the ''edge of the bottom"; "eagle island narrows", is constricted 

 by an o-^-^shore mound. The "ordnance" tow is a relatively imoortant ground two 

 rn^le? northeast of the oroposed site. A less important ground consisting of a 

 sev-ies o' na-row oassages lies inside and paralle^ to the "edge of the bottom". 

 Th-'s "second edge" -"s fished by approximately five vessels for cod or pollock. 



'be proposed disoosal site is over four miles northwest of "Hue and Cry 

 Gf'''''ey' , a narrow tow o^ considerable importance •''O individual Portland based 



■^'jb tr;^.wlinq (-Pishinc with long baited lines) was historically carried out 

 0"^ rof-'h bottoms with en abudance of invertebrate fish food. These traditional 

 ■^•"shi'-'- ?.'-?'-'.s were rr^^cDed by Rich, 1930 (Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine, 

 'J.S. Com'-, -"ish., 1929, App. 3). Little tub traw'iing is now carried out in this 



T'r^ tr.idlticne."' grounds used by hook and lino fisheries are on broken bottom 

 w'th we" 1 dpveloppc 7''owt''' of •*^ouli"o o-garisms a^d ev^e probably feeding and 



