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Table II. — The New England cod fleet fishing east of longitude 65° west in 1886. 
Locality where fishing. 
Vessels 
carrying 
hand-lines 
onlj. 
Vessels 
carrying 
trawls only. 
Vessels 
carrying 
both hand- 
lines and 
trawls. 
Total. 
A. Vessels fishing for cod only: 
47 
9 
56 
5 
4 
9 
Grand Bank and banks west of longitude 
65° W. 
Western Banks exclusively 
2 
2 
49 
3 
2 
54 
Western Banks and bank's west of longitude 
65° W 
74 
74 
Total 
175 
16 
4 
1 §f 195 
B Vessels employed in cod and other fisheries dur- 
ing the year, but when in the cod-fishery, at times 
fishing east of longitude 65° W. : 
Grand Bank exclusively 
6 
6 
Grand and Western banks 
1 
7 
3 
11 
Grand Banks and banks west of longitude 
65° W 
1 
6 
7 
Western Bank exclusively 
15 
6 
2 
17 
Western Banks and banks west of longitude 
65° W 
4 
3 
13 
Total 
23 
25 
6 
54 
Note. — Vessels mentioned as having fished a portion of the year west of longitude 65° west are 
those which engaged for a short time in either the market fishery or the so-called George’s cod-fishery. 
The term Western Banks should, in every case, be understood to include not only Western Bank 
proper, hut also Quereau and La Have. 
Table III. — The New England off-shore cod and halibut fleets in 1886, classified accord- 
ing to fishing-grounds and bait supply. 
Ves- 
Fresh bait. 
Fishery. 
Fishing- grounds. 
sels. 
Kinds used. 
Whence obtained. 
Cod 
Grand Bank 
95 
Herring, capelin, mackerel, 
and squid, and occasionally 
Chiefly Newfoundland ; also 
New England and Nova 
Bank clams, cod-roe, birds, 
Scotia occasionally on 
and porpoise. 
banks. 
Do. .. 
Quereaxi and West- 
80 
Herring, mackerel, and squid. 
New England, Nova Scotia, 
ern banks. 
and occasionally New 
Brunswick. 
Do. .. 
George’s and 
Brown’s banks. 
180 
Herring, alewives. menhaden, 
New England, New Bruns- 
mackerel, and squid. 
wick, Nova Scotia, and oc- 
casionally Long Island, N. 
Y. 
Chiefly New England, but 
Halibut. . 
La Have, Western, 
55 
Herring, mackerel, cod, had- 
Quereau, Grand, 
dock, and refuse fish taken 
sometimes Nova Scotia for 
Green, and St. 
on trawls. 
first days of fishing; after- 
Pierre banks. 
wards on banks. 
Do. .. 
Off Greenland and 
6 
Chiefly halibut, but also cod 
Caught by crew. 
Iceland. 
and refuse fish taken on 
trawls. 
Fishing-grounds. 
Ves- 
sels. 
Salt bait. 
Fishery. 
Proportion of the vessels us- 
ing salt bait. 
Kinds used. 
Cod 
Grand Bank 
95 
Three-fifths 
Squid and clams ; occasionally 
Do... 
Quereau and West- 
80 
One-half 
herring and capelin. 
Squid and clams. 
ern banks. 
Do. . . 
George’s and 
180 
None 
Brown’s banks. 
Halibut. . 
La Have, Western, 
Quereau, Grand, 
55 
...do 
Green, and St. 
Pierre banks. 
Do... 
Off Greenland and 
Iceland. 
6 
All for first two or three days 
fishing . 
Chiefly herring. 
Note. — Bait such as bank clams, cod-roe, birds, halibut, porpoises, etc., obtained on the banks, is usu- 
ally called “ shack,” and the capture of fish with such lures is denominated 44 shack fishing.” Squid, 
capelin, or herring taken in quantities on the banks are not included among the material known a e 
shack. 
