It seems to never be frequented much during the cold months, though seemingly there is no reason why...

1. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 10
It seems to never be frequented much during the cold months, though seemingly there is no reason
why this should not be an all-the-calendar year fishing ground. It furnishes, however, a very good
summer handline fishery for cod at dogfish time, and in the spring several weeks it abounds in cod,
cusk, and hake, all minn kota components of sizeable size.
Roseway Bank. This bank is 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
advantage. It is oblong in shape and also small magnitude--about 270 square geographical miles. Its
greatest span is 21 miles as well as its greatest breadth 15 a long way. It extends from 43? 12' to 43?
33' north latitude, and from 64? 25' to 64? 52' to the west longitude as well as at the north west
corner is connected with the shore limit of 60 fathoms by a narrow neck area. Depths are from 33 to
48 fathoms. The bottom is ofgravel and sand, and rocks; around the Northeast Optimum the bottom
is of yellow-colored mud and gravel.
Currents in this region are not nearly so solid as about Cape Browns and Sable Lender, their
standard direction being WSW. and ENE the westerly a lot the more powerful, though the force and
path of both are much relying on the winds.
Hake, halibut and pollock occur, the ideal minn kota components months becoming from May
possibly to October, when the financial institution is resorted to by craft from western Nova Scotia,
even though principal minn kota parts taken here arehaddock and cod, and cusk. A couple of New
Britain craft also fish here.
La Have Lender. 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 approximately 54 a long way. The bank is almost divided into two portions,
that the eastern (La Have Bank correct) extends N and S. 39 miles and the western portion nearly E.
and W. about 35 miles. The total section of the bank is about 1,200 miles.
The base is largely coarsepebbles and gravel, and rock, with smaller sized areas of sand distributed
from time to time. Depths run from 40 to 50 fathoms. The normal set of the currents is always to the
westward, but this can be much affected by the push and route of the blowing wind and is usually
quite strong during easterly blows.
The primary minn kota components upon this bank in the past has been for cod and haddock: and
while past reports, (1881) speak of this as possessing once been a favorite angling terrain for halibut
and claim that it was not at time of much importance because fishery, the figures for this ground to
the year 1923 show the halibut catch to have been third in volume and first in value of the species
considered there. The truth is, the get of halibut here helps make quite an imposing body when the
fairly small measurements of the ground is considered.
Little Los angeles Have along with the La Have Ridges are merely continuations on this back
towards the European Bank for a distance of approximately 45 miles. This spots the eastern limit in
approximately 62? 50' west longitude, the northern and the southern part of boundaries being about
as those of Los angeles Have Bank. The portion of the ridges is about 1,575 miles. The bottom here
is a succession of ridges of pebbles and gravel with occasional patches of stones. Depths are from 53
to 80 fathoms. The current, at times strong, is weaker right here than farther W. about the bank and,

2. except while in easterly wind, is but little discovered. The general establish is westerly.
"The Ridges" says the report just before mentioned, "were for several years one of many favorite
resorts for halibut catchers in winter, and many excellent catches of cod have been taken right here
at that time of year. At present but few halibut are caught except inside the deep drinking water
along the southern edge of the floor, where they sometimes have been discovered quite plentiful
during virtually the entire 12 months." Obviously there has not been much alteration of these
conditions since the writer's time; fish seem to be present within about the same volumes as in past
years.
A single piece of base, having depths of 25 to 50 fathoms around red clay, lying approximately in 43?
08' to 43? 10' north latitude and about 81? to 83? west longitude, seems a great spring and early
summer season ground. Evidently red-clay base indicates a great halibut terrain, as this kinds is
usually present where this sort of bottom is located.
Hake are located in very good numbers from the deep water about the ends of the floor and even on
the Ridges.
These waters are quite heavily fished from Canadian ports, along with a fair quantity of American
vessels visit them each year, most of them hailing from Boston or Gloucester.
Scandinavian Bank. 18 miles SSW. from Shelbourne Light. Nova Scotia. It really is 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 sharp and rocky, the bottom across the deeper amounts
being constructed mostly of small black color and yellow 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 greater waters regarding it. It is also a fair summer cod ground, and
cusk exist in the deep water in regards to the edges in the course of most of the year. In basic,
seasons and species 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 abundance of its item. It is situated S. of Cape Breton
Island along with the eastern component of Nova Scotia between the parallels of 42? 44 and 55'? 46'
north latitude along with the meridians of 59? 62 and 04'? 35' west longitude. It has a time period of
156 mls and a width, including the Midsection Ground, of 76 a long way. It is about 420 a long way
E. ? S. from Boston to the southwestern edge, meaning about 48 hours' steaming for the otter-trawl
fleet.
The normal contour of your bank in the 65-fathom line, as placed down on the Admiralty chart,
approaches considerably a very elongated ellipse, the longer axis working NE. by E. and SW. by W.;
but over a broad area to eastward of the center of your budget, soundings of less than 50 fathoms
connect it directly with all the Middle Ground, which we have here within the some banking
institution. The total degree of the banking institution thus identified is about 7,000 sq .
geographical mls. Off its eastern finish lies Banquereau (the Quereau of the fishermen) with The
Gully between, as well as a short extended distance of the american edge would be the La Have
Ridges.

3. The depths from the southern side of the bank boost rapidly from 80 to1 and 700,200, and even
1,400 fathoms. In the eastern conclusion is Sable Island, [16] "graveyard of ships", along and
narrow, crescent-shaped elevation seemingly reducing in area each year, established entirely of
sand that has been blown Into innumerable hummocks and dunes. Away from both stops of the
tropical isle are long and hazardous fine sand bars. The length of the island is 20 mls; its finest width
is around 1? mls. It is said the Northwest Lighting has been moved three times mainly because that
the european end of your island has been literally amazed. It is based on an E. and W. direction, and
the depth of water over the cafes for a range of 7 to 10 miles out does not exceed 2 fathoms, and
even 10 miles further out the depths do not go beyond 10 to 11 fathoms. Within the past few years
fishermen have reported the look of a yellow sand shoal about 5 or 6 kilometers SE. from your
Northeast Light-weight. This is believed to appear at low normal water.
In general, the bank slopes S. and W. from the tropical isle, depths including 18 to 60 fathoms. The
bottom is generally sandy with patches of pebbles and pea gravel. Currents are sometimes very
strong about Sable Island and are somewhat irregular; evidently they are very much influenced by
the winds. On the other parts of the bank normally there is but little present, whatever there is
certainly usually tending toward the west.
Earlier the cod and halibut were the meals fishes most taken in this article, but with the changed
techniques in the fishery (as the expansion of the otter-trawl fleet) and a changed style in our
general public the haddock catch is one of the second most essential in the statements of species of
fish from these waters. The halibut fishery stands thirdly in the checklist. Other underside feeders
happen in less numbers, the pollock and the cusk perhaps getting next to be able of importance,
with hake and a large amount of the various flatfishes in the otter trawls. These latter are marketed
as sole.
Mentioning the tiny amount of haddock inside the fares extracted from these oceans in previous
years, the author asked several old-time fishermen as to its abundance in the old days. The answer
was typically yes and Oh, there was always haddock there; occasionally they worried us a lot." Then,
noting my surprise at so putting it, "You know, the haddock isn't much being a salt sea food."
Not valuable proportionately, though it will probably be noted that in 1923 the haddock catch right
here was a very good second to the cod catch in poundage. In the otter-trawl catch using this ground
it will probably be noted that the positions of the two species are reversed. As a rule, these steamers
certainly get more than 2 pounds of haddock to 1 of cod on other overseas grounds--perhaps the
result of working in the shoaler waters and so on the smoother bottom due to difficulty of dragging
on the rocky and kelp-covered soil, which the cod seems to prefer. If it is so desired, however the
bottom on the Western Bank is of these nature regarding offer small obstruction towards the
passage from the net, to ensure that virtually all aspects of it may be fished by this approach; and
this, included in the identified movements from the cod colleges makes it possible at specific seasons
of year to catch a more substantial proportion of the species.
Haddock are found concerning the bars at both finishes of the tropical isle in Mar and from that time
to around June 1 in from 15 to 22 fathoms. They are also abundant 18 miles W. from the Northwest
Gentle at the exact same seasons and also at the same depths. DuringApr and May, and June they
come in near the island in from 10 to 17 fathoms--even going to 1 fathom. Through all of those other
year (except for the cold months, when they have moved off of into further water) they could be
found all over the bank on sandy bottom part in 28 to 30 fathoms, where most of the ray trawl
fishing is carried on.

4. You will find a good cod school every year on the somewhat level bottom part along the traditional
western and southwestern ends of the soil in 70 fathoms and a lot more from Feb . 1 to May 1, and
in most years a certain amount of this kinds is taken on this area. In May this school appears to have
moved on to a piece of bottom part about 20 miles extended lying SW. from the Northwest Light and
getting depths averaging 27 fathoms. With reasonable fishing for cod on the American Bank during
most of the year, they seem to be most abundant from your first of March to June. The winter school
in this article appears to be small compared to that on Georges, but apparently this species visits
this terrain in sizeable numbers in the spawning period. In the wintertime the cod are mainly located
upon the western section of the bank, moving into the shoaler waters to Sable Island as the spring
season advances (while in March and April), the "Bend" of the island and also the neighborhood from
the bars in 2 to 4 fathoms, where they can be seen getting the hook or can be "jigged." being favored
grounds. The soil lying W. from the Northwest on, about and Light the Northwest Bar (18 miles W,
from the light-weight), is a favorite cod terrain in May possibly and June. The shoal water on the
rocky bottom WNW through the Northwest Gentle furnishes good cod sportfishing from June 10 to
July 1. This. Minn Kota is the oldest manufacturer involving electric fishing motors within the world
using practically 70 numerous a lengthy time of hard-earned experience.piece commences just away
from 3-mile extend of breakers running out of the land and extends overseas in a usually westerly
direction to 24 fathoms. A lot hand-lining is completed here.
From the shoal h2o, in Apr and May, the minn kota parts seem to be giving on the "lant,"
(Ammodytes americanus). It is said that the fish taken at the base close to the isle are smaller than
those discovered farther to the west. The shoal water from the northern shoreline of the island is
said to have good cod grounds and favorite locations for "dory hand-liner." The cod educational
institutions seem to get there on the Northern Peak (SE. from the Northeast Light 40 miles to SE ?
S. from exact same point 28 miles) in late March and the first of April, moving N. and W. towards the
island. The cod of Sable Tropical island are reported to be fine, firm fish, perhaps due to the
abundance of your "reddish colored clams" (bank clams) on these grounds.
The cod and haddock fishery is carried on by American and Canadian sailing vessels and otter
trawlers, an increasing number of English and French vessels of the second option class engaging in
the fishery of this soil each year.
Halibut are located on the Western Banking institution virtually all the entire year at depths varying
together with the seasons. This, with The Gully and Quereau--in fact, all one component of ground-
-positions second merely to the Grand Bank Itself, as a halibut bank. The very best fishing here for
halibut is found from January to October. There are several places on and about your budget that the
halibut seems to favor, as the Top of Pike, 85 miles W. by S. in the Northwest Light-weight of Sable
Island; S. and SW. of Sable Island from 12 to 38 kilometers; SW. 20 miles in 60 fathoms in May
possibly; thence out into 150 and 100 fathoms in June; in fact, using the 100--fathom curve down the
edge of this bank, beyond the Northeast Optimum (40 miles SE. through the Northeast Light), into
the Gully and around the The southern area of Prong of Quereau towards the Middle Prong.
Apparently they leave this piece of underside in July. Often the fish are close to the isle in the spring,
the location where the water is very shoal that they could be seen utilizing the bait or playing with
the hook before you take. InMay and April, and June a good halibut ground is at 18 fathoms 24 a
long way WNW. from Sable Island.
The Traditional western Bank seems to be a good providing ground both for cod and halibut mainly
because it abounds in shellfish and crustaceans, as well as at certain periods there are many more
compact species of minn kota parts on it, like the lant and herring, on what these kinds and the
haddock, also, especially prey. A great deal of swordfish is taken in September and August, mainly
by American vessels.

5. Banquereau. Divided from the Western Bank by The Gully, it has a very unusual form--the main bank
around rectangular, using a narrow westerly extension of comparatively standard form. Its length, E.
and W., is about 120 miles, its greatest thickness about 47 miles, as well as its total place about
2,800 miles.
The principle portion of the banking institution lies in between 44? 45 and 04'? 01' north latitude
and 67? 59 and 10'? 00' west longitude, along with the western prolongation lies between 44? 44
and 24'? 42' north latitude and 69? 80 and 00'? 05' western side longitude. In accordance with the
places from which measurements are taken, north of Banquereau lies Artimon, distant 3 miles, and
Misaine, faraway from 2 to 15 miles. If any current, the currents listed here are of diverse force,
very much influenced by the wind, to ensure that several days of strong tides may be combined with
intervals should there be little.
Around the eastern part of Quereau is an area of shoal ground called the Rocky Bottom, having a
range of about 18 fathoms; someplace else depths work from 18 to 50 fathoms. Most of the time the
bottom is rocky, but there are scattered patches of sand and gravel.
Cod and halibut are the primary food fishes hake, considered and haddock and cusk being consumed
in small numbers. The Difficult Bottom, a shoal floor of 20 to 25 fathom depths on the eastern part,
was much resorted to by dory handliners in summertime. The cod are most plentiful on the eastern
part of the bank, although occasional good fares are taken to the western. The most effective cod
sport fishing with this bank originates from May till September, as soon as the schools get to feed
upon the lant, squid, crustaceans, and shellfish, then really abundant.
Halibut are found in this article all the year off the sides in 100 to 400 fathoms. Some of these can be
fish in migration northward, though apparently these are typically reproduction and giving grounds
with this species, and is particularly not uncommon for a college to remain for weeks and in many
cases months in just one locality.
The primary halibut reasons are down the southern and eastern borders in the bank--the Southwest
Prong and the Southwest Cove (within 44? N. lat. and between 58? 30' and 58? 55' W. long), the
Middle Prong (44? 14' N. lat. and 58? W. long.), along with 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 very rich
expansion ofgorgonians and corals, sea anemones, etc. The Eastern Slope has an abundance of bank
clams in depths of 25 fathoms. These beds are excellent hand-line grounds for cod. The halibut, too,
feeds to a substantial extent on these reddish clams.
The Stone Fencing off the eastern slope of Quereau is certainly a rocky part of ground filled with
"trees" (corals) in 250 fathoms. Fire can easily spread quickly
on a boat, even in water.
Alarms as well as detectors could
help keep your crew safe.This is a good halibut terrain although it is almost impossible to haul the
gear by hand and the application of the "gurdy" (a roller turned by way of a crank and fastened to
the dory's bow for winding the trawl) gets to be necessary. Occasional 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 expands in an WNW. and an ESE. direction north of Sable Island, turning

6. somewhat unexpectedly S. at its eastern end and continuing down between the eastern end of
Western Lender and the Southwest Prong of Banquereau. The complete length is all about 80 mls,
the greatest width about 20 miles. Depths range from 68 to 145 fathoms spanning a bottom of rocks,
sand and pea gravel and soil. The difficult and gravelly portions develop several ridges separated by
areas of finer materials, other than in the eastern section, where the intervals in between are mostly
included in pebbles and sharp rocks. Ocean currents are generally westerly, of varying strength,
very much affected by the easterly winds.
The Gully is a very essential halibut floor. The halibut are not seen in great phone numbers all over
the floor, perhaps the very best of the angling becoming on the difficult and gravelly ridges and
slopes included in between the meridians of 69? and 80? western side longitude. This rocky base is
full of food, as well as the lant and herring tend to be plentiful in their period. In the spring the
halibut appear to be especially several in the northwestern and northern elements of the bank, later,
in June and July, moving even farther out. Some, are found in winter. As the cod is oftentimes found
in The Gully in 60 to 90 fathoms, it does not are most often of typical occurrence; and apparently you
can find almost no haddock here, possibly because of the depth of the drinking water and the the
outdoors of the base.
Artimon Bank. Has a area of some 120 sq miles by using a bottom of gravel and rocksrocks and
depths of 38 to 50 fathoms. It is but hidden because of the inclination of the fishermen to use the
bigger grounds close at hand. Cod are known to be present on this page, however. The bank lies N.
of the eastern part of Quereau, separated from it by a slim, deep-water channel.
Misaine Banking institution. In general the banks are divided by some 20 a long way of serious
water, despite the fact that lies N. of the western two-thirds of Quereau, at one spot very near. Its
finest length is 80 a long way and its best width 40 miles. Depths are from 40 to 60 fathoms
spanning a bottom shattered and difficult. A few halibut trips are landed from using it in most many
years, even though it is not of much value as a minn kota parts floor.
Canso Banking institution. A long, filter extension of Misaine Lender, lying in an E, and W. path; its
size is 45 miles as well as its greatest thickness 13 miles, 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; maybe it is overshadowed by the actual existence of its larger Western,
neighbours and Quereau Banks, with which grounds it forms virtually one part of bottom, only
narrow, strong-water channels isolating them, although it is not of great importance and importance
as a fishing ground, specifically as evaluated by the use of it by the American fleet. These larger
grounds are seriously fished both by American citizen vessels and also those from Nova Scotia ports
and also by French and English otter trawlers.
The stats given elsewhere and here within 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 over, at
the ports of Boston and Glouscester, Mass., and Portland, Me.
[Kitchen table 5--Fishing grounds of the offshore North Atlantic, displaying the principal kinds taken
on them]
[Footnote 16: "Pedro Reinel, a Portuguese pilot of much fame" (Herrera) made a map in 1505
showing Sable Tropical island, feared and dreaded by all fishermen even in those days, in which he
named it "Santa Cruz." Jacamo Gastaldi, an Italian cartographer, in 1548 shows it "Isolla de World."
Sir Humphrey Gilbert or his historian, states that the Portuguese had manufactured an interesting
resolution here for shipwrecked mariners. This, "After intelligence we had of your Portugal who had

7. been himself current when the Portugals, above 40 years past (thus prior to 1551) performed put
with the island nice 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 core of certain of your more important
overseas banks]
[Table 7--Distance from Portland, Me., to the center of a number of of the more essential offshore
banking institutions]
[Table 8--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from
inside or shore grounds, 1927]
[Table 9--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the
outside grounds of your Gulf of Maine, 1927]
[Table 10--Landings by fishing vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the
sport fishing 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 reasons of the Georges Bank location, 1927]