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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
Tagging year 1928: 973 Nantucket cod tagged; 23 recaptured; none have been 
reported from localities to the northward or eastward. On the Chatham ground 26 
cod were tagged and none was recaptured. 
The recapture localities of the Nantucket fish which went to the north and east 
are shown in Figure 13. Some idea of the amounts of cod caught on certain of these 
Figure 13. — Kecaptures made to the northward and eastward of Cape Cod (excepting the South Channel region) from 22,228 
cod tagged on Nantucket Shoals from 1923 to 1928. Each dot indicates one fish 
grounds may be had from the following catches landed at Portland, Gloucester, and 
Boston during the year 1924: Immediate shore waters, from Cape Cod Bay to 
eastern Maine, 5,000,000 pounds; Stellwagen Bank, 280,000 pounds; Jeffreys Ledge, 
1,000,000 pounds; and Georges Bank, 21,000,000 pounds. On Browns Bank, from 
