404 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
Gertie Evelyn, Georges, 48,000 pounds haddock. Schooner Edith Em- 
ery, Georges, 60,000 pounds haddock.” 1 
It is therefore evident that, with such conditions prevailing, the 
beam-trawl can not be profitably employed off the Atlantic coast, even 
supposing extraordinary catches could be taken in it. However, should 
the demand for flat-fish increase in the future, which is extremely prob- 
able, it will doubtless be found that beam-trawling can be prosecuted 
ofi our eastern shores with profit and success, while, in a country having 
such a vast extent of sea-coast as the United States has, and such 
varied fisheries, it is impossible to say what may not be done with an 
apparatus which is so effective as is the beam-trawl for the capture 
of ground fish. The fact that the “paranzella” has been profitably em- 
ployed on the Pacific coast is a matter of interest in this connection, 
and indicates that there may be, in that region, an opportunity to use 
the beam-trawl, which is a much more effective form of apparatus. 
1 Boston Daily Herald, February 12, 1886. The names 44 Georges” and “La Have” 
refer to Georges Bank and La Have Bank, -where the fish -were caught. 
