Apparently there is no reasons why this should not be an all-the-year fishing ground, but it seems t...

1. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 10
Apparently there is no reasons why this should not be an all-the-year fishing ground, but it seems to
never be frequented much in the wintertime. It furnishes, even so, a very good summertime handline
fishery for cod at dogfish time, and in the spring a few months it abounds in cod, cusk, and hake, all
minn kota pieces of large size.
Roseway Bank. This bank is situated N. of your western a part of La Have and SE. of Shelbourne
Light, Nova Scotia: 31 miles SSE. from the whistling buoy off of Lockport, Nova Scotia, on the
southeastern advantage. It is oblong in shape and of small extent--about 270 square geographic
miles. Its greatest span is 21 miles along with its greatest breadth 15 mls. It runs from 43? 12' to 43?
33' north latitude, and from 64? 25' to 64? 52' to the west longitude as well as at the northwest
corner is connected with the shore restriction of 60 fathoms from a narrow the neck and throat.
Depths come from 33 to 48 fathoms. The bottom is ofyellow sand and gravel, and rocks; on the
Northeast Maximum the bottom is of discolored pea gravel and mud.
Currents in this area are not nearly so strong as about Cape Browns and Sable Banking institution,
their standard direction simply being WSW. and ENE the westerly much the stronger, though the
power and course of both of these are much affected by the winds.
Hake, pollock and halibut occur, the very best minn kota elements months becoming from May
possibly to October, when the financial institution is resorted to by craft from western Nova Scotia,
even though the principal minn kota parts considered here arecod and haddock, and cusk. A couple
of New England craft also fish here.
Los angeles Have Bank. Situated eastward of Browns S and Lender. and E. of Roseway Bank. It
extends from 42? 34' to 43? 26' north latitude a distance of 52 miles, and from 63? 50' to 65? 07'
western longitude a distance of approximately 54 kilometers. The bank is almost divided into two
portions, which the eastern (La Have Bank proper) extends N and S. 39 kilometers and the western
portion practically E. and W. about 35 mls. The total portion of the bank is about 1,200 miles.
The bottom is largely coarsegravel and pebbles, and rock and roll, with smaller sized areas of sand
distributed occasionally. Depths operate from 40 to 50 fathoms. This can be much relying on the
pressure and direction of the blowing wind and is normally quite powerful during easterly blows,
even though the general group of the currents is to the westward.
The primary fishing upon this bank in the past has been for cod and haddock: and while past reports,
(1881) speak of this as getting once been a favorite sport fishing soil for halibut and suggest that it
was not at time of much importance for the reason that fishery, the figures with this ground for the
year 1923 show the halibut catch to have been third in volume and first in value of the species used
there. In reality, the capture of halibut here makes quite an imposing physique when the
comparatively small size of the ground is known as.
Little La Have as well as the La Have Ridges are simply just continuations with this back in the
direction of the Western Bank for any distance around 45 miles. This areas the eastern limit within
62? 50' west longitude, the north and the southern area of boundaries being about as those of La
Have Financial institution. The portion of the ridges is approximately 1,575 miles. The base here is a
succession of ridges of gravel and pebbles with occasional patches of stones. Depths are from 53 to
80 fathoms. The current, from time to time strong, is weaker here than even farther W. on the bank

2. and, except during easterly wind, is but little discovered. The general set up is westerly.
"The Ridges" says the report well before mentioned, "were for many years one of several favorite
resort hotels for halibut catchers in the wintertime, and many good catches of cod have been taken
at that year. At present but few halibut are captured except in the deep drinking water along the the
southern part of edge of the floor, where they sometimes have been discovered quite plentiful during
practically the entire season." Obviously there has not been much alteration of these situations since
the writer's time; species of fish appear to be present in about the same volumes as in previous
years.
1 piece of base, having depths of 25 to 50 fathoms more than red clay, lying roughly in 43? 08' to
43? 10' north latitude and about 81? to 83? west longitude, seems a good spring and early summer
ground. Apparently red-clay underside indicates a great halibut terrain, as this types is usually
existing where this type of bottom is available.
Hake are located in good numbers within the deep normal water about the ends of the floor and
even around the Ridges.
These waters are usually heavily fished from Canadian ports, and a fair quantity of American vessels
visit them each year, the majority of them hailing from Boston or Gloucester.
Scandinavian Bank. Eighteen miles SSW. from Shelbourne Light. Nova Scotia. It can be about 3
miles lengthy in an E. and W. direction by about ? mile wide. Generally, the bottom is level, with
depths from 50 to 70 fathoms; the shoal parts are rocky and razor-sharp, the bottom on the deeper
parts being composed mostly of small black color and discolored pebbles.
This really is a summer halibut ground (August and July) in depths from 45 to 60 fathoms, and
halibut occur in October in the further waters regarding it. It is also a reasonable summer cod
ground, and cusk exist in the serious water about the edges while in most of the season. In varieties,
general and seasons are far as on Roseway.
American Bank. This is one of the most important minn kota parts grounds from the western
Atlantic, whether as regards dimension or the abundance of its item. It is placed S. of Cape Breton
Island and also the eastern a part of Nova Scotia between the parallels of 42? 55' and 44? 46'
northern latitude as well as the meridians of 59? 04' and 62? 35' west longitude. It has a time period
of 156 miles and a thickness, including the Midst Ground, of 76 mls. It is about 420 mls E. ? S. from
Boston to the southwestern edge, which suggests about 48 hours' steaming for the otter-trawl fleet.
The typical contour from the bank within the 65-fathom range, as set down on the Admiralty graph,
approaches somewhat a very elongated ellipse, the more time axis running NE. by E. and SW. by W.;
but over a large area to eastward of the center of the lender, soundings of less than 50 fathoms
connect it directly with all the Middle Ground, which we have now here within the some banking
institution. The total degree of the financial institution thus defined is about 7,000 sq geographical a
long way. Off its eastern finish lies Banquereau (the Quereau of the fishermen) with The Gully
between, plus a short length of the american edge are definitely the La Have Ridges.
The depths off the southern side of the bank improve rapidly from 80 to1 and 700,200, and also
1,400 fathoms. On the eastern stop is Sable Island, [16] "graveyard of ships", anarrow and very long,
crescent-shaped elevation seemingly minimizing in region each year, created entirely of sand that

3. has been blown Into innumerable dunes and hummocks. Off of both ends of the island are long and
hazardous yellow sand bars. The length of the island is 20 mls; its finest width is around 1? miles. It
is said that this Northwest Light-weight has been relocated three times due to the fact that the
european end of the island is literally amazed. It is in an E. and W. direction, along with the depth
water over the cafes for a range of 7 to 10 miles out does not go over 2 fathoms, and even 10 miles a
greater distance out the depths do not go over 10 to 11 fathoms. Within recent years fishermen have
reported the appearance of a fine sand shoal about 5 or 6 miles SE. from your Northeast Light-
weight. This is believed to appear at low normal water.
In general, the lender slopes S. and W. from the island, depths including 18 to 60 fathoms. The
bottom is mostly sandy with patches of pebbles and gravel. Currents are sometimes very strong
about Sable Tropical isle and are relatively irregular; seemingly they are very much influenced by
the winds. Around the other parts of your bank typically there is but little recent, whatever there
may be usually tending toward the west.
Previously the cod and halibut were the meals fishes most taken on this page, but with the changed
approaches in the fishery (as the development of the otter-trawl fleet) as well as a changed style in
our general public the haddock catch is among the most second most important in the invoices of
minn kota parts readily available waters. The halibut fishery stands next in the checklist. Other
bottom feeders happen in less amounts, the pollock and the cusk perhaps becoming next to be able
of relevance, with hake and a considerable amount of the various flatfishes in the otter trawls. These
latter are marketed as sole.
Remembering the tiny amount of haddock from the fares taken from these seas in past years, the
writer asked several old-time fishermen as to its abundance in the past. The reply was usually yes
and Oh, there were always haddock there; sometimes they worried us a lot." Then, noting my
surprise at so getting it, "You know, the haddock isn't much as being a salt minn kota parts."
It will be observed that in 1923 the haddock capture here was a very good secondly to the cod catch
in poundage, even though not so important proportionately. In the otter-trawl catch out of this
ground it will probably be noted how the positions of the two species are reversed. These steamers
certainly get more than 2 pounds of haddock to 1 of cod on other overseas grounds--maybe the
result of working in the shoaler waters and on the better bottom because of the difficulty of dragging
over the rocky and kelp-covered soil, which the cod seems to choose, as a rule. If it is so desired,
nevertheless the bottom around the Western Bank is of these nature concerning offer small
obstruction to the passage of your net, to ensure virtually all elements of it may be fished by this
technique; and this, included in the recognized movements from the cod universities makes it
possible at certain seasons of year to catch a greater proportion on this species.
Haddock are found regarding the bars at both ends of the isle in March and from that time to around
June 1 in from 15 to 22 fathoms. They are also plentiful 18 kilometers W. in the Northwest Lighting
at the same seasons and also at the same depths. DuringMight and Apr, and June they come in next
to the island in from 10 to 17 fathoms--even going to 1 fathom. Through the remainder of the year
(with the exception of the cooler months, if they have moved off into greater water) they may be
found throughout the bank on sandy bottom in 28 to 30 fathoms, where most of the ray trawl sport
fishing is carried on.
There exists a good cod school annually on the relatively level bottom along the european and
southwestern sides of the ground in 70 fathoms plus more from Feb 1 to May 1, and in most years a
certain amount of this varieties is adopted this area. In May this school may have moved on to a
piece of bottom about 20 miles lengthy lying SW. from the North west Light and achieving depths

4. averaging 27 fathoms. With acceptable fishing for cod on the American Bank throughout most of the
calendar year, they seem to be most abundant in the first of March to June. The winter school in this
article appears to be smaller compared to that on Georges, but apparently this species appointments
this floor in considerable numbers during the spawning year. In the wintertime the cod are mainly
identified upon the western part of the bank, relocating to the shoaler waters in the direction of
Sable Isle as the early spring advances (while in March and April), the "Flex" of the island as well as
the neighborhood of the bars in 2 to 4 fathoms, where they could be seen taking the hook or can be
"jigged." being favorite grounds. The ground lying W. from the Northwest on, about and Light the
Northwest Bar (18 miles W, from the light-weight), is a favorite cod floor in May and June. The shoal
water within the rocky bottom part WNW from your Northwest Lighting furnishes good cod angling
from June 10 to July 1. This piece begins just beyond the 3-mile expand of breakers running outside
the land and extends overseas in a generally westerly path to 24 fathoms. Significantly hand-lining is
carried out here.
Inside the shoal normal water, in Apr and May, the fish seem to be giving on the "lant," (Ammodytes
americanus). It is said that the minn kota parts taken at the base close to the island are smaller than
those located farther west. The shoal water from the northern shoreline of the isle is said to obtain
good cod grounds and favorite locations for "dory palm-lining." The cod schools seem to get there on
the Northern Peak (SE. from the Northeast Light 40 miles to SE ? S. from identical point 28 miles) at
the end of March and also the first of April, moving N. and W. on the island. The cod of Sable
Tropical island are reported to be fine, organization minn kota parts, perhaps because of the
abundance from the "red clams" (bank clams) on these grounds.
The cod and haddock fishery is carried on by American and Canadian cruising otter and vessels
trawlers, an increasing number of English and French vessels of the second option class engaging in
the fishery of this terrain each year.
Halibut are located on the Western Financial institution virtually all the entire year at depths varying
using the seasons. Being a halibut financial institution, this, with The Gully and Quereau--actually,
all a single piece of terrain--ranks next only to the Grand Financial institution Itself. The ideal minn
kota pieces 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 Top of Pike, 85 a long way W. by S. through
the Northwest Light-weight of Sable Island; S. and SW. of Sable Island from 12 to 38 miles; SW. 20
miles in 60 fathoms in May possibly; thence out into 150 and 100 fathoms in June; in fact, after the
100--fathom curve along the edge of this bank, past the Northeast Top (40 kilometers SE. from the
Northeast Lighting), into the Gully and around the The southern part of Prong of Quereau to the
Middle Prong. Apparently they leave this piece of underside in July. Where the normal water is so
shoal that they can be observed taking the bait or tinkering with the catch before taking, frequently
the minn kota elements are close to the island in the spring. InMay and April, and June a good
halibut ground is in 18 fathoms 24 miles WNW. from Sable Island.
The Traditional western Bank is apparently a good serving ground for cod and halibut because it
abounds in shellfish and crustaceans, and at certain intervals there are many more compact species
of minn kota parts after it, like the lant and herring, where these varieties and the haddock, also,
especially prey. A large amount of swordfish is taken here in August and September, mainly by
American vessels.
Banquereau. Split up from the Traditional western Bank from the Gully, this has a very irregular
form--the main bank approximately rectangular, using a narrow westerly extension of comparatively
standard form. Its length, E. and W., is about 120 miles, its greatest size about 47 miles, and its
particular total area about 2,800 miles.

5. The principle portion of the financial institution lies between 44? 04' and 45? 01' north latitude and
67? 59 and 10'? 00' west longitude, along with the western prolongation lies in between 44? 44 and
24'? 42' north latitude and 69? 80 and 00'? 05' west longitude. In line with the places that
measurements are taken, northern of Banquereau lies Artimon, distant 3 miles, and Misaine, distant
from 2 to 15 miles. The currents allow me to share of various force, very much influenced by the
wind, so that several days of strong tides may be combined with intervals should there be little if any
existing.
In the eastern element of Quereau is definitely an area of shoal ground referred to as Rocky Bottom,
having a depth of about 18 fathoms; elsewhere depths operate from 18 to 50 fathoms. There are
actually scattered patches of fine sand and gravel, even though in most cases the bottom is rocky.
Cod and halibut are the principal food fishes taken, hake and haddock and cusk being taken in small
numbers. The Difficult Bottom, a shoal ground of 20 to 25 fathom depths on the eastern part, was
much resorted to by dory handliners in summer season. Occasional good fares are taken to the
western side, even though the cod are most plentiful around the eastern section of the bank. The
ideal cod minn kota parts on this bank is produced by May until September, once the schools collect
to feed upon the lant, squid, crustaceans, and shellfish, then quite abundant.
Halibut are found right here all the year off the edges in 100 to 400 fathoms. Some of these might be
minn kota parts in migration northward, although apparently these are feeding and breeding
grounds just for this species, and it is not strange for a school to remain for weeks as well as months
in a single locality.
The main halibut reasons are along the southern and eastern borders in the bank--the Southwest
Prong and the South west Cove (in about 44? N. lat. and between 58? 58 and 30'? 55' W. long), the
center Prong (44? 14' N. lat. and 58? W. long.), and also the Eastern Slope (44? 28' to 45? 00' N.
lat.)--in depths of 150 to 400 fathoms. These strong-h2o areas are rocky and support a really rich
development ofcorals and gorgonians, sea anemones, etc. The Eastern Slope has a good amount of
bank clams in depths of 25 fathoms. These beds are excellent hand-line grounds for cod. The halibut,
too, rss feeds to a sizeable extent after these reddish colored clams.
The Stone Fencing off the eastern slope of Quereau is definitely a rocky piece of ground packed with
"bushes" (corals) in 250 fathoms. This is an excellent halibut ground although it is practically
impossible to haul the gear by hand and using the "gurdy" (a curler turned with a fastened and
crank to the dory's bow for winding up the trawl) gets to be necessary. The occasional fares of
halibut are taken about and on the Rocky Bottom part in 20 to 25 fathoms from July 1 to August 1.
The Gully. This is actually minn kota maxxum parts the deep waterway between Banquereau and
Sable Island or Western Financial institution. It expands in an WNW. and an ESE. direction northern
of Sable Island, transforming somewhat abruptly S. at its eastern end and continuing lower between
the eastern end of Western Banking institution and the Southwest Prong of Banquereau. The whole
length is all about 80 miles, the greatest size about 20 miles. Depths range from 68 to 145 fathoms
spanning a bottom of sand, gravel and rocks and mud. The rocky and gravelly portions kind several
ridges separated by areas of better materials, other than in the eastern section, where the intervals
involving are mostly covered by pebbles and sharp stones. Ocean currents are generally westerly, of
diverse strength, a lot affected by the easterly winds.
The Gully is a very essential halibut soil. The halibut are not located in great amounts all over the
terrain, perhaps the best of the angling simply being on the difficult and gravelly slopes and ridges
included between your meridians of 69? and 80? west longitude. This rocky base is abundant in food,

6. as well as the lant and herring tend to be plentiful within their time of year. In the spring the halibut
are especially several in the northern and northwestern elements of the bank, later, in June and July,
moving further out. Some, are found within winter. While the cod might be found in The Gully in 60
to 90 fathoms, it can do not are most often of typical occurrence; and apparently you can find almost
no haddock here, most likely because of the degree of the normal water and the character of the
underside.
Artimon Bank. Comes with an area of some 120 sq miles using a bottom of gravel and rocksdepths
and stones of 38 to 50 fathoms. It is actually but little known because of the propensity of the
fishermen to use the greater grounds close up at hand. Cod are known to be present here, however.
Your budget lies N. of the eastern part of Quereau, separated from this by a thin, deep-water station.
Misaine Financial institution. In general financial institutions are split up by some 20 mls of strong
water, despite the fact that lies N. of the western two-thirds of Quereau, at one position very close
to. Its best length is 80 mls and its finest width 40 miles. Depths are from 40 to 60 fathoms over a
bottom broken and rocky. A few halibut trips are landed from using it in most several years, even
though it is not of much importance as a fishing ground.
Canso Financial institution. A long, narrow extension of Misaine Financial institution, lying in an E,
and W. route; its span is 45 miles and its particular greatest breadth 13 mls, its region being about
425 sq . miles. Depths range from 30 to 65 fathoms across a bottom of sand, with spots of gravel and
pebbles. It is not necessarily of much significance as a minn kota parts soil, especially as judged by
the use of it from the American fleet, though a lot more fished by vessels from Nova Scotia; perhaps
it can be overshadowed by the presence of its larger nearby neighbors, Quereau and Western
Banking companies, with which reasons it varieties virtually 1 piece of base, only thin, deep-water
channels separating them. These larger grounds are seriously fished each by United states vessels
and by those from Nova Scotia ports along with by French and The english language otter trawlers.
The stats given elsewhere and here with this report are taken from the published bulletins of the
United States Bureau of Fisheries, and include only the landings of vessels of 5 loads net, or over, at
the plug-ins of Boston and Glouscester, Mass., and Portland, Me.
[Desk 5--Angling grounds in the offshore North Atlantic, exhibiting the principal varieties taken upon
them]
[Footnote 16: "Pedro Reinel, a Portuguese pilot of great importance and fame" (Herrera) created a
map in 1505 demonstrating Sable Tropical island, feared and feared by all fishermen even in those
days, where by he referred to as it "Santa Cruz." Jacamo Gastaldi, an Italian cartographer, in 1548
shows it "Isolla de Arena." Sir Humphrey Gilbert or his historian, says that the Portuguese had made
an interesting arrangement here for shipwrecked mariners. This, "With intelligence we had of the
Portugal who has been himself provide when the Portugals, above 30 years earlier (thus just before
1551) performed put upon the island tidy and swine to dog breed, which were because exceedingly
increased."]
TABLES OF CATCH
[Table 6--Distance from Boston or Gloucester, Size., to the core of certain in the more important

7. offshore banks]
[Dinner table 7--Range from Portland, Me., to the center of a number of of the more valuable
offshore financial institutions]
[Table 8--Landings by minn kota parts vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me.,
from inner or shoreline grounds, 1927]
[Table 9--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the
outside grounds from the Gulf of Maine, 1927]
[Table 10--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the
sportfishing grounds of the Georges Bank area, 1927]
[Table 11--Landings by the otter-trawl fleet at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., from
the minn kota parts grounds of the Georges Bank place, 1927]