Apparently there is no good reason that this must not be an all-the-calendar year minn kota componen...

1. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 10
Apparently there is no good reason that this must not be an all-the-calendar year minn kota
components ground, nevertheless it seems to not be been to much in the winter. It furnishes,
nonetheless, a very good summer season handline fishery for cod at dogfish time, and in the spring
weeks it abounds in cod, cusk, and hake, all fish of big size.
Roseway Bank. This bank lies N. in the western component of La Have and SE. of Shelbourne Light,
Nova Scotia: 31 miles SSE. from the whistling buoy off Lockport, Nova Scotia, to the southeastern
side. It is oblong in shape and also of small degree--about 270 square geographical miles. Its
greatest duration is 21 miles and its particular greatest breadth 15 a long way. It stretches from 43?
12' to 43? 33' north latitude, and from 64? 25' to 64? 52' to the west longitude and at the northwest
corner is connected with the shore restriction of 60 fathoms by way of a narrow the neck and throat.
Depths come from 33 to 48 fathoms. The bottom is ofgravel and sand, and rocks; around the
Northeast Optimum the bottom is of yellowish pea gravel and soil.
The pressure and course of both are much affected by the winds, although currents in this region
are certainly not nearly so strong as about Cape Sable and Browns Bank, their general route being
WSW. and ENE the westerly much the stronger.
The primary fish taken listed here arecod and haddock, and cusk, but hake, halibut and pollock
occur, the very best fishing months becoming from Could to October, when the financial institution
is resorted to by craft from western Nova Scotia. A number of New Great britain craft also fish here.
Los angeles Have Banking institution. Situated eastward of Browns Bank and S. and E. of Roseway
Bank. It extends from 42? 34' to 43? 26' northern latitude a distance of 52 kilometers, and from 63?
50' to 65? 07' western longitude a distance of around 54 mls. The bank is nearly divided into two
portions, that the eastern (La Have Bank proper) extends N and S. 39 miles and the traditional
western portion practically E. and W. about 35 miles. The total portion of the bank is all about 1,200
miles.
The bottom is largely coarsegravel and pebbles, and rock, with smaller areas of sand distributed
from time to time. Depths manage from 40 to 50 fathoms. The overall set of the currents would be to
the westward, but this can be much influenced by the pressure and direction of the breeze and is
usually quite solid during easterly blows.
The main fishing upon this bank in past times has been for haddock and cod: and while previous
reports, (1881) speak of this as experiencing once been a favorite minn kota parts ground for halibut
and state that it was not at time of much importance in this fishery, the figures for this particular
ground to the year 1923 show the halibut find to have been third in volume and first in value of the
species taken there. In fact, the get of halibut here helps make quite an imposing body when the
comparatively small scale of the ground is known as.
Little La Have as well as the La Have Ridges are merely continuations on this back toward the
European Bank for a distance around 45 kilometers. This locations the eastern limit within 62? 50'
west longitude, the upper and the southern part of boundaries getting about as those of Los angeles
Have Financial institution. The portion of the ridges is about 1,575 miles. The base here is a

2. succession of ridges of gravel and pebbles with occasional sections of rocks. Depths come from 53 to
80 fathoms. The current, from time to time strong, is weaker on this page than farther W. in the
bank and, except while in easterly wind, is but little observed. The general set is westerly.
"The Ridges" says the report well before mentioned, "were for a variety of years one of several
favorite resorts for halibut catchers in the winter months, and many good catches of cod were taken
here at that period. At present but few halibut are found except in the deep water along the the
southern area of edge of the soil, where they sometimes have been found quite plentiful during
almost the entire season." Apparently there is not much alternation in these circumstances since the
writer's time; minn kota parts appear to be present within about the same levels as in former years.
One particular piece of bottom part, having depths of 25 to 50 fathoms above red clay-based, lying
around in 43? 08' to 43? 10' north latitude and about 81? to 83? west longitude, seems an excellent
spring and early summer time ground. Obviously red-clay base indicates an excellent halibut terrain,
as this types is usually present where this kind of bottom can be found.
Hake are found in good numbers inside the deep normal water about the sides of the floor and even
about the Ridges.
These waters are quite heavily fished from Canadian ports, plus a fair variety of American vessels
visit them each year, a lot of them hailing from Boston or Gloucester.
Scandinavian Bank. 18 miles SSW. from Shelbourne Light. Nova Scotia. It is about 3 miles lengthy in
an E. and W. direction by about ? distance wide. In general, the bottom is level, with depths from 50
to 70 fathoms; the shoal parts are difficult and razor-sharp, the bottom on the deeper amounts being
created mostly of small black colored and yellow-colored pebbles.
This really is a summer halibut ground (July and August) in depths from 45 to 60 fathoms, and
halibut occur in October in the further waters about this. It is also a good summer cod ground, and
cusk are present in the deeply water in regards to the edges throughout most of the calendar year.
In periods, species and general tend to be as on Roseway.
Traditional western Bank. This is one of the most critical minn kota pieces grounds of the western
Atlantic, whether as regards dimensions or the large quantity of its product or service. It lies S. of
Cape Breton Island and the eastern part of Nova Scotia between the parallels of 42? 44 and 55'? 46'
to the north latitude along with the meridians of 59? 04' and 62? 35' west longitude. It has a
duration of 156 kilometers and a breadth, including the Midsection Ground, of 76 kilometers. It is
about 420 mls E. ? S. from Boston to the southwestern edge, which implies about 48 hours' steaming
for the otter-trawl fleet.
The normal contour of the bank inside the 65-fathom series, as set down on the Admiralty chart,
approaches somewhat a very elongated ellipse, the more time axis working NE. by E. and SW. by W.;
but over a extensive area to eastward of the center of the financial institution, soundings of less than
50 fathoms connect it directly with all the Middle Floor, which we have here in the some bank.
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deteriorating hoses.The total degree of the lender thus identified is about 7,000 square geographical
a long way. Off its eastern finish lies Banquereau (the Quereau of the anglers) with The Gully
between, and a short length of the american edge will be the La Have Ridges.
The depths off the southern edge of the bank boost rapidly from 80 to1 and 700,200, as well as 1,400
fathoms. At the eastern finish is Sable Island, [16] "graveyard of vessels", along and narrow,
crescent-shaped height seemingly lessening in location each year, created entirely of sand which has
been blown Into innumerable hummocks and dunes. Away from both finishes of the tropical island
are dangerous and long sand bars. The length of the island is 20 miles; its very best width is all
about 1? a long way. It is said the Northwest Light has been shifted three times simply because that
the european end in the island is literally mesmerised. It lies in an E. and W. direction, along with
the depth of water over the night clubs for a distance of 7 to 10 miles out does not exceed 2 fathoms,
and even 10 miles even farther http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/ out the depths do not go over 10
to 11 fathoms. Within the past few years fishermen have reported the appearance of a yellow sand
shoal about 5 or 6 miles SE. in the Northeast Light. This is thought to appear at low water.
In general, your budget slopes S. and W. from the island, depths which range from 18 to 60 fathoms.
The bottom is usually sandy with patches of pebbles and pea gravel. Currents are often very strong
about Sable Island and are considerably irregular; seemingly they are significantly influenced by the
winds. In the other parts from the bank typically there is but little existing, whatever there exists
usually tending toward the west.
Previously the cod and halibut were the foodstuff fishes most taken on this page, but with the
changed strategies in the fishery (as the growth and development of the otter-trawl fleet) as well as
a changed preference in our general public the haddock catch has become the second most essential
in the invoices of minn kota parts from the waters. The halibut fishery stands third in the listing.
Other bottom part feeders appear in less amounts, the pollock and the cusk perhaps becoming next
in order of significance, with hake and a great deal of the various flatfishes in the otter trawls. These
latter are marketed as sole.
Remembering the small amount of haddock in the fares obtained from these seas in previous years,
the writer asked a variety of old-time fishermen as to its abundance in the past. The answer was
normally yes and Oh, there have been always haddock there; sometimes they worried us a good
deal." Then, noting my surprise at so adding it, "You know, the haddock isn't much as being a salt

4. sea food."
Not so valuable proportionately, though it will be noted that in 1923 the haddock catch right here
was a really good second to the cod capture in poundage. In the otter-trawl catch using this ground
it will probably be noted the positions of these two species are reversed. These steamers certainly
get more than 2 pounds of haddock to 1 of cod on other offshore grounds--perhaps the result of
functioning in the shoaler waters and so on the softer bottom as a result of difficulty of dragging
across the rocky and kelp-covered floor, which the cod seems to favor, as a rule. Nevertheless the
bottom in the Western Bank is of such nature as to offer very little obstruction to the passage in the
net, in order that virtually all aspects of it may be fished by this method; and this, included in the
recognized movements from the cod colleges makes it feasible at certain seasons of the year to catch
a larger proportion with this species should it be so preferred.
Haddock are found in regards to the bars at both stops of the tropical island in March and from that
time to around June 1 in from 15 to 22 fathoms. They are also ample 18 kilometers W. through the
Northwest Lighting at the very same seasons and also at the same depths. DuringCould and Apr, and
June they come in next to the island in from 10 to 17 fathoms--even going to 1 fathom. Through the
other year (apart from the colder months, when they have moved off into further water) they may be
found everywhere in the bank on sandy base in 28 to 30 fathoms, exactly where most of the beam
trawl minn kota parts is carried on.
You will find a good cod school annually on the somewhat level underside along the southwestern
and western ends of the ground in 70 fathoms and more from Feb 1 to May 1, and in most years
some this types is adopted this area. In May this school may have moved on to a piece of bottom part
about 20 miles extended lying SW. from the North west Light and having depths averaging 27
fathoms. With reasonable fishing for cod on the European Bank in the course of most of the year,
they seem to be most abundant from the first of March to June. The wintertime school in this article
appears to be small compared to that on Georges, but apparently this species sessions this floor in
significant numbers through the spawning year. In the winter months the cod are mainly discovered
upon the western section of the bank, stepping into the shoaler waters in the direction of Sable
Tropical island as the early spring advances (throughout March and April), the "Flex" of the island as
well as the neighborhood from the bars in 2 to 4 fathoms, where they may be seen using the hook or
can be "jigged." being beloved grounds. The soil lying W. from the Northwest Light, about and on
the Northwest Bar (18 miles W, from the gentle), is a beloved cod soil in Could and June. The shoal
water over the rocky bottom part WNW through the Northwest Light furnishes good cod minn kota
parts from June 10 to July 1. This piece begins just beyond the 3-mile stretch out of breakers running
out of the land and extends overseas in a usually westerly route to 24 fathoms. Much hand-lining is
completed here.
Within the shoal water, in Apr and May, the minn kota components seem to be feeding on the "lant,"
(Ammodytes americanus). It is said that the fish taken at the base close to the island are smaller
compared to those located farther west. The shoal water from the northern shore of the tropical isle
is said to obtain good cod grounds and favorite spots for "dory fingers-liner." The cod educational
institutions seem to arrive on the North Peak (SE. from the Northeast Light 40 miles to SE ? S. from
same point 28 miles) at the end of March as well as the first of April, relocating N. and W. for the
island. The cod of Sable Isle are reported to be fine, business fish, perhaps because of the
abundance in the "red-colored clams" (bank clams) on these grounds.
The cod and haddock fishery is carried on by American and Canadian cruising otter and vessels
trawlers, progressively more English and French vessels of the latter class participating in the
fishery of this floor each year.

5. Halibut are found on the Western Lender virtually all the entire year at depths varying together with
the seasons. This, with The Gully and Quereau--in fact, all one bit of ground--stands second simply to
the Grand Bank On its own, as a halibut bank. The ideal fishing here for halibut is found from
January to October. There are numerous places on and about your budget that the halibut seems to
like, as the Maximum of Pike, 85 mls W. by S. in the Northwest Lighting of Sable Island; S. and SW.
of Sable Island from 12 to 38 miles; SW. 20 miles in 60 fathoms in May; thence out into 100 and 150
fathoms in June; in fact, following the 100--fathom curve over the edge of this bank, past the
Northeast Top (40 miles SE. from the Northeast Lighting), into the Gully and around the The
southern area of Prong of Quereau to the Middle Prong. Apparently they leave this piece of bottom
in July. Often the minn kota parts are close to the isle in the spring, in which the water is very shoal
that they may be seen using the bait or playing with the hook prior to taking. InMay possibly and
April, and June a good halibut ground is 18 fathoms 24 kilometers WNW. from Sable Island.
The European Bank is apparently a good providing ground for both cod and halibut mainly because
it abounds in shellfish and crustaceans, as well as certain time periods there are many smaller sized
species of seafood with it, including the lant and herring, where these species and the haddock, also,
specifically prey. A considerable amount of swordfish is taken in August and September, mainly by
American vessels.
Banquereau. Segregated from the American Bank through the Gully, it has a very irregular form--the
principle bank roughly rectangular, using a narrow westerly extension of comparatively standard
form. Its length, E. and W., is about 120 miles, its greatest width about 47 miles, and its particular
total place about 2,800 miles.
The principle portion of the financial institution lies among 44? 45 and 04'? 01' north latitude and
67? 10' and 59? 00' west longitude, and also the western prolongation lies in between 44? 44 and
24'? 42' north latitude and 69? 80 and 00'? 05' western longitude. Based on the places from where
measurements are taken, north of Banquereau lies Artimon, distant 3 miles, and Misaine, far-away
from 2 to 15 miles. The currents listed below are of different force, significantly influenced by the
wind, to ensure several days of strong tides may be accompanied by intervals if you find little if any
present.
About the eastern part of Quereau is surely an area of shoal ground known as the Rocky Bottom
part, having a depth of about 18 fathoms; someplace else depths run from 18 to 50 fathoms. You can
find scattered patches of beach sand and pea gravel, even though in most cases the bottom is rocky.
Cod and halibut are the main food fishes taken, haddock and hake and cusk being taken in small
numbers. The Difficult Bottom, a shoal terrain of 20 to 25 fathom depths on the eastern part, was
much resorted to by dory handliners in summer season. Occasional excellent fares are taken in the
direction of the to the west, even though the cod are most plentiful in the eastern section of the
bank. The best cod minn kota parts about this bank originates from May till September, if the
schools collect to feed upon the lant, squid, crustaceans, and shellfish, then extremely abundant.
Halibut are found right here all the 12 months off the sides in 100 to 400 fathoms. Seemingly these
are providing and reproduction reasons for this species, and it is not unusual to get a school to keep
for several weeks and even several weeks in one locality, though a number of these may be minn
kota parts in migration northward.
The main halibut reasons are down the eastern and southern borders of the bank--the Southwest
Prong and the South west Cove (within 44? N. lat. and between 58? 58 and 30'? 55' W. long), the
Middle Prong (44? 14' N. lat. and 58? W. long.), as well as the Eastern Slope (44? 28' to 45? 00' N.

6. lat.)--in depths of 150 to 400 fathoms. These strong-normal water areas are rocky and support a very
rich expansion ofcorals and gorgonians, sea anemones, etc. The Eastern Slope has loads of bank
clams in depths of 25 fathoms. These beds are excellent hand-line grounds for cod. The halibut, too,
feeds to a significant extent upon these reddish clams.
The Stone Fencing off the eastern slope of Quereau is definitely a rocky bit of ground loaded with
"shrubs" (corals) in 250 fathoms. This is a good halibut floor although it is practically impossible to
haul the gear manually and the use of the "gurdy" (a roller turned from a fastened and crank to the
dory's bow for winding in the trawl) gets to be necessary. Infrequent fares of halibut are taken on
and about the Rocky Base in 20 to 25 fathoms from July 1 to August 1.
The Gully. This is basically the deep waterway between Banquereau and Sable Island or Western
Banking institution. It stretches in an WNW. and an ESE. direction north of Sable Island, turning
somewhat suddenly S. at its eastern end and continuing downward between the eastern end of
Western Banking institution and the South west Prong of Banquereau. The whole length is about 80
a long way, the greatest width about 20 miles. Depths range from 68 to 145 fathoms over a bottom
of rocks, beach sand and gravel and soil. The difficult and gravelly portions develop several ridges
separated by areas of finer materials, apart from in the eastern section, where the intervals between
are mostly covered by pebbles and sharp rocks. Ocean currents are generally westerly, of different
strength, very much affected by the easterly wind.
The Gully is a very important halibut floor. The halibut are not located in great numbers all over the
soil, perhaps the best of the sportfishing simply being on the difficult and gravelly ridges and slopes
included in between the meridians of 69? and 80? to the west longitude. This rocky base is abundant
in food, and the lant and herring are often plentiful here in their year. In the spring the halibut are
most often especially many in the northern and northwestern aspects of the bank, later, in June and
July, moving further out. Some, are found in winter. As the cod is oftentimes found in The Gully in 60
to 90 fathoms, it can do not are most often of standard occurrence; and apparently there are actually
almost no haddock here, possibly because of the level of the h2o and the mother nature of the base.
Artimon Bank. Has a area of some 120 sq . miles with a bottom of stones and pea gravelrocks and
depths of 38 to 50 fathoms. It can be but unknown because of the inclination of the anglers to use
the larger grounds near at hand. Cod are known to be present right here, however. Your budget lies
N. of the eastern part of Quereau, separated from using it by a slim, deep-water channel.
Misaine Bank. Lies N. of the western two-thirds of Quereau, at one place very close to, but in
standard the banks are separated by some 20 miles of deep normal water. Its greatest length is 80
mls and its best width 40 miles. Depths are from 40 to 60 fathoms over a bottom cracked and rocky.
It is not of great importance and importance being a minn kota pieces ground, despite the fact that a
few halibut trips are landed from this in most yrs.
Canso Lender. A long, slim extension of Misaine Financial institution, lying in an E, and W. path; its
size is 45 miles along with its greatest breadth 13 a long way, its place being about 425 sq . miles.
Depths range from 30 to 65 fathoms across a bottom of sand, with spots of gravel and pebbles. More
fished by vessels from Nova Scotia; possibly it is overshadowed by the presence of its greater
Quereau, neighborhood friends and Traditional western Banks, with which grounds it forms virtually
one bit of bottom, only narrow, deeply-normal water channels isolating them, however it is not of
great importance and importance like a fishing ground, particularly as judged by the use of it by the
Us fleet. These larger reasons are intensely fished the two by American vessels and through those
from Nova Scotia ports as well as by French and British otter trawlers.

7. The figures given elsewhere and here in this report are taken from the published bulletins of the
United States Bureau of Fisheries, and include just the landings of vessels of 5 loads net, or older, at
the plug-ins of Boston and Glouscester, Mass., and Portland, Me.
[Kitchen table 5--Sport fishing grounds of the offshore Northern Atlantic, displaying the principal
species taken upon them]
[Footnote 16: "Pedro Reinel, a Portuguese pilot of much fame" (Herrera) crafted a map in 1505
showing Sable Tropical island, feared and feared by all fishermen even in those days, where he
named it "Santa Cruz." Jacamo Gastaldi, an Italian cartographer, in 1548 shows it "Isolla de World."
Sir Humphrey Gilbert or his historian, says that the Portuguese had made an interesting
arrangement here for shipwrecked mariners. This, "On intelligence we had of your Portugal who was
himself present when the Portugals, above 30 years prior (thus before 1551) do put after the island
great and swine to particular breed of dog, which were because exceedingly increased."]
TABLES OF CATCH
[Table 6--Distance from Boston or Gloucester, Volume., to the centre of certain from the more
important overseas banks]
[Table 7--Range from Portland, Me., to the center of a number of of the more essential offshore
financial institutions]
[Table 8--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from
internal or shore grounds, 1927]
[Table 9--Landings by minn kota elements vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland,
Me., from the exterior grounds of the Gulf of Maine, 1927]
[Table 10--Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the
sportfishing grounds of the Georges Bank region, 1927]
[Dinner table 11--Landings by the otter-trawl fleet at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland,
Me., from the sport fishing reasons of the Georges Bank place, 1927]