72 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
arrival at the home port with frozen fish was on January 7, and the last 
on March 8. Herring of large size and good quality were found very 
abundant both at Fortune and Placentia bays. Twenty-six cargoes 
were secured at the former and two at the latter place, while one vessel 
in search of pickled herring sailed as early as September 17, securing 
her cargo at Bay of Islands. Unfortunately one schooner was caught 
in the ice at one of the harbors of Placentia Bay before taking any her- 
ring on board, and still remains ice-bound. All of the others secured 
full cargoes, and three made two trips apiece. All arriv ed home in 
safety and found a ready market for their herring at reasonable and 
satisfactory prices, selling mostly at $1 per hundred, count. The bulk 
of the receipts was used for bait. A few cargoes found sale at Hew 
York and Philadelphia, these being chiefly used for food. 
The following table gives the detailed account of the herring business 
with Newfoundland for the winter of 1886-’87 by Gloucester vessels, 
these being, as far as known, the only American vessels employed in 
the trade. In addition to these, at least two Provincial vessels, namely, 
the Anna Bobinson and the Festina Lenta, carried cargoes of frozen 
herring from Newfoundland to New York. 
Quantity of frozen and pickled herring brought from Newfoundland by Gloucester vessels, 
from December 2, 1886, to March 8, 1887. 
Name of vessel. 
Date of sail- 
ing. 
Date of re- 
turn. 
Frozen 
herring. 
Pickled 
herring. 
Where obtained. 
Where sold. 
Cecil H. Low 
Cecil H. Low (sec- 
ond trip) . 
Jennie Seaverns.. 
Spencer F. Baird . . 
A. B. Crittenden . . 
Gertie Evelyn — 
Orient 
Nov. 20, ’86 
Jan. 21, ’87 
Jan. 7, ’87 
Feb. 16, ’87 
Davy Crockett . . . 
Herman Babson . - 
Samuel V. Colby . . 
Isaac A. Chapman. 
Centennial 
Nellie M. Davis. .. 
Mayflower 
Wiiliam H. Jordan. 
Maggie and Lilly. 
Battler 
Porter S. Boberts . 
Molly Adams 
Molly Adams (sec- 
ond trip). 
Arthur D. Story . . 
Arthur D. Story 
(second trip). 
Harry G. French. . 
Marguerite 
*John W. Bray . .. 
Alice C. Jordan. .. 
Mystery 
William D. DaMey 
John G. Whittier. 
James and Ella 
Total 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Dec. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Jan. 
Sept. 
Dec. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Jan. 
Nov. 
Nov. 
Jan. 
Dec. 
1, ’86 
1, ’86 
11, ’86 
3, ’86 
3, ’86 
1. ’86 
10, ’86 
11 , ’86 
14, ’86 
15, ’86 
28, ’86 
28, ’86 
22, ’86 
24, ’86 
24, ’86 
24, ’86 
27, ’86 
18, ’87 
17, ’86 
20, ’86 
2, ’87 
2, ’87 
18, ’87 
21, ’87 
26, ’86 
26, ’86 
7, ’87 
11, ’86 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Mar. 
Dec. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
1, ’87 
1, ’87 
7, ’87 
1, ’87 
1, ’87 
31, ’87 
4, ’87 
7, ’87 
24, ’87 
17, ’87 
15, ’87 
15, ’87 
4, ’87 
7. ’87 
29, ’87 
2, ’87 
8, ’87 
7, ’87 
2, ’86 
3, ’87 
17, ’87 
4, ’87 
Mar. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
8, ’87 
7, ’87 
4, ’87 
16, ’87 
28, ’87 
Number. 
400, 000 
350, 000 
400, 000 
350. 000 
320. 000 
350, 000 
450, 000 
350, 000 
350, 000 
380, 000 
330, 000 
420. 000 
300, 000 
400, 000 
350, 000 
333, 000 
400. 000 
340, 000 
50, 000 
425, 000 
Barrels. 
40 
30 
50 
100 
40 
40 
50 
40 
60 
50 
75 
50 
30 
350, 000 
400, 000 
400, 000 
50 
1, 100 
100 
60 
100 
Fortune Bay 
do 
do ... 
do . . . 
do ... 
— do ... 
do ... 
. .. do ... 
do ... 
do ... 
do ... 
....do... 
do ... 
do . . . 
do ... 
do ... 
...do ... 
— do ... 
Placentia Bay 
Fortune Bay. 
Bay of Islands. 
Fortune Bay. .. 
Placentia Bay.. 
Fortune Bay . . . 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Do. 
New York, N. Y. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Do. 
New York, N. Y. 
Gloucester, Mass. 
New York, N. Y. 
Do. 
Philadelphia, Pa. 
New York, Y. Y. 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Do. 
New York, N. Y. 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
Do. 
New York, N. Y. 
300, 000 
500, 000 
360, 000 
380, 000 
360, 000 
50 
Fortune Bay. . 
...do 
...do 
... do 
...do 
Gloucester, Massk, 
Philadelphia, Pa, 
New York, N. Y 
Gloucester, Mass. 
Do. 
10, 118, 000 
3, 145 
* Schooner John W. Bray was frozen in at one of the harbors of Placentia Bay soon after reaching 
there, and still remains ice-bound. 
