454 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
'Table IY. — Off-shore vessel fleet of New England in 1888, by hailing ports and fishing- 
grounds. 
'Customs district. 
Fisheries in which the vessels 
are employed. 
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Grand Bank and 
other banks east of 
Cape Sable. 
Grand Bank and 
banks west of Cape 
Sable. 
Banks east of Cape 
Sable, excluding the 
Grand Bank. 
Banks west of Cape 
Sable. 
Both on banks east 
and west of Cape 
Sable, excluding the 
Grand Bank. 
Total number of ves- 
sels fishing on 
Grand Bank. 
| Total number of ves- 
| sels engaged in off- 
| shore bank fisheries. 
Frenchman’s Bay. . 
11 
16 

1 
11 
16 
12 
16 
1 
2 
16 
13 
... do 
1 
2 
15 
13 
do 
do 
.... 
1 
do 
Total for Maine 
27 
32 
1 
27 
60 
Cod 
15 
13 
20 
7 
5 
27 
1 
14 
*6 
1 
92 
1 
3 
30 
62 
21 
5 
198 
28 
10 
■Salem and Beverly. 
Marblehead 
Boston. 
Halibut 
1 
Total. 
28 
32 
28 
21 
96 
31 
88 
236 
Cod 
3 
1 
1 
3 
4 
1 
do 
...do 
2 
1 
1 
l 
' 1 
Barnstable. 
Cod and halibut 
Total 
3 
1 
4 
Cod 
44 
3 
3 
4 
4 
1 
47 
65 
4 
New Bedford . 
Cod and halibut 
Total 
44 
. 3 
3 
8 
1 
47 
59 
Cod 
1 
1 
Stonington 
_ . do 

62 
13 
23 
7 
5 
27 
1 
18 
6 
1 
100 
1 
8 
32 
112 
21 
5 
262 
28 
15 
305 
Halibut 
Cod and halibut 
1 
Total for Massachusetts. . . 
Halibut 
75 
35 
28 
25 
109 
33 
138 
1 
3 
.1 
4 
.New London 
...do 
1 
Total for Connecticut 
4 
1 
5 
Cod 
89 
13 
23 
7 
5 
27 
1 
50 
6 
1 
100 
5 
8 
33 
1 
1 
139 
21 
5 
322 
33 
15 
Halibut 
Cod and halibut 
Grand total 
102 
35 
28 
57 
113 j 35 
165 
370 
* Iceland. 
Table Y. — Transactions of American fishing vessels in foreign ports in 1885. 
State and district. 
Number of ves- 
sels entering for- 
eign ports. 
Number of times 
entering foreign 
ports. 
Amounts expended. 
In cod fishery. 
In mackerel 
fishery. 
In halibut and 
other fishery. 
Total. 
Cod vessels. 
Mackerel vessels. 
Halibut and 
other vessels. 
Total. 
For bait. 
© 
h 
o 
£ 
For provisions 
and gear. 
For repairs and 
other purposes. 
Total 
Maine : 
Portland district 
12 
2 
3 
17 
48 
8 
17 
73 
$690 
$53 
$376 
315 
$1, 434 
Other districts 
19 
5 
11 
35 
429 
4 
49 
482 
478 
57 
386 
525 
1, 446 
.Massachusetts : 
Gloucester 
86 
38 
35 
159 
364 
232 
152 
748 
17, 153 
2, 625 
19, 557 
14, 726 
54, 061 
Barnstable district 
18 
3 
21 
29 
3 
..... 
32 
335 
98 
1,161 
976 
2, 570 
Other districts 
6 
1 
1 
8 
15 
3 
23 
563 
167 
889 
1, 482 
3, 111 
Total 
141 
49 
50 
240 
885 
250 
223 
1,358 
19, 219 
3, 000 
22, 379 
18, 024 
62, 622 
