And Portland originates from Georges Bank, by far the greatest percentage of the swordfish get lande...

1. Fishing Grounds of the Gulf 1 09
And Portland originates from Georges Bank, by far the greatest percentage of the swordfish get
landed inside the ports ofBoston and Gloucester. A considerable area of the fish listed from this
ground under the heading "Miscellaneous" is made up of this species.
pollock, cod, Haddock, hake, halibut and cusk would be the principal food fishes procured from this
banking institution, ranking in volume from the order known as. In benefit, however, halibut takes
3rd place in this list. Fewer vessels fish here than on Georges Bank, in that season, even though cod
are plentiful here in winter months. At other seasons the codfishery on Browns Financial institution
compares positively with that of other banking institutions in the locality. Cod are present the year
all around, in Might and June feeding in depths of about 40 fathoms, going into 80 fathoms in
August, and into depths of about 100 fathoms in cold weather.
During August and July the halibut are found across the Northern Benefit, over a expand of ground
about 65 miles lengthy in 60 to 100 fathoms; and from this time until the hard weather from the
winter will begin the angling continues about the Northeast Peak (about 42? 00' N. and 66? 00' W.)
across the narrow location on the side of the all of a sudden deepening drinking water, beginning in
from 60 to 70 fathoms, then in the market to 200 as well as 300 fathoms. The winter minn kota
maxxum on Georges is very difficult and somewhat hazardous, so that the halibut fishery in these
waters is rarely carried on or, at best, by very few vessels after December or before March.
Cod are present on this page the year close to, perhaps the finest minn kota maxxum taking place in
May and June, when the minn kota maxxum are found in about 40 fathoms They enter into deeper
drinking water, about 60 fathoms, in August and into 100 fathoms since the cold weather
developments. This Seal Island soil may be regarded essentially being a feeding terrain for the cod,
which seem to appear in this article after the spawning season is above, to fatten upon the crabs and
mollusks dwelling on the bottom and on the herring and other small fish that swim forth and again
In the tide rips.
The figures of the catch from Clarks Bank have already been shown as well as those of Georges
Bank. of which, in fact, this region is a portion.
The percentage of cod taken here by these vessels is quite small, even smaller than that from other
grounds fished with the otter-trawl technique. Pollock and hake, as well, make a tiny item in the
fares from the neighborhood of your South Shoal. In the regular otter-trawl fare haddock can make
up the increased part of the get because, as a rule, this type of equipment is operated mostly around
the smooth, soft sandy bottom which this types prefers. The otter-trawl fishery the following is at its
best from early May throughJune and July, as well as the first stop of August. Few travels are
claimed from this terrain at other seasons. Perhaps the haddock foliage the shoal grounds right here
earlier than in the event it moves out from the same depths in The Route.
St. Georges Bank, more generally called Georges Banking institution. [15] This is by far the largest
and most important minn kota maxxum ground near the coast of the us and is second to none in the
american Atlantic except the Fantastic Bank of Newfoundland. It lies eastward of Cape Cod and
Nantucket Shoals and it is apparently an extension in the latter, ever since the water is not any
deeper in between the southern area of the shoals along with the western area of the bank in
comparison to many places on it. Its southern restriction, as proven on the chart, is 40? The 50-
fathom collection extends 7 miles even farther south, though 40' to the north latitude. The southern

2. limit, therefore, might be considered to be about 40? 30' and the upper as 42? 08' to the north
latitude. The eastern portion is in about 66? as well as the western within 69? west longitude.
According to the charts of the Shoreline Survey, the highest length through the northeastern
towards the southwestern extremity is about 150 miles; the best width, N. and S., about 98 miles.
Cusk are present right here during many of the year in 80 fathoms on the tough bottom. Pollock are
few on this soil at any time of the year. This species, together with herring and mackerel, are
abundant about the "shoreline soundings" of Close off Island Floor, whence, following the abundant
food items furnished through the smaller minn kota maxxum, they range a brief distance in to the
Bay of Fundy. Many mackerel are taken in the traps in the vicinity of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, which
seems to symbol the restrict of their penetration in any sizeable schools around the western
shoreline of Nova Scotia.
Nantucket Shoals (Southern Shoal). This name is used to the minn kota maxxum terrain about
Nantucket Lightship, which marks the existing South Shoal and the New South Shoal, the two
making a continuous reef of unusual form some 10 to 12 miles in length and from 1 to 3 miles vast.
The northern end of this lies about 12 miles S. by E. from Sankaty Mind (the Old To the south Shoal),
and also the southern extremity of the New South Shoal reaches to about 20 kilometers S. ? E. from
the exact same point. The fishing ground is mostly on the S. of the shoals and approximately the
lightship, where otter trawling is carried on in most directions in the ship other than from N. to NE.,
where rest the vessels sunk from the German submarine in the past due war. This fishery is also
carried on WNW. from the cruise ship for a range of 40 miles, even into 7 fathom depths near
Muskeget Inlet.
Close Island Soil. This is called also on the graphs in its northwest part, the German Banking
institution and is placed off the european part of Nova Scotia. Very few charts present it, as it is
somewhat tough to define its exact limitations. It is a straight continuation of the shore soundings,
which slope gradually through the land towards the S. and W. and continue in a northerly path
beyond what might be considered the range of the grounds. To the S. it runs nearly to Browns
Lender, from which it can be separated from a narrow gully 70 to 80 fathoms deep. To the N. it
reaches 38 miles above Seal Island and to the NW. about 35 a long way from the very same island.
The southern limit of the terrain is in 43? and the northern 43? 45' north latitude, while the
american boundary may be placed at 66? 40' west longitude. The entire terrain outside the 3 mile
restrict covers an area of 1,250 miles.
Haddock are also existing all the season, the universities being most abundant and the number very
best in Jan and Feb, if the minn kota maxxum are in about 50 to 60 fathoms. Apparently they are
offered into depths of from 27 to 30 fathoms in Mar and April for spawning.
The larger part of the sail fleet is found minn kota maxxum about the grounds from the eastern area
of the Station and of the western side of Georges Financial institution, in part to emerge from the
damage that this otter trawlers cause to them in pulling away their gear. It is usually impossible of
these steamers in order to avoid some damage of this kind: specially is this the situation in the
thicker weather so prevalent oil Georges. During the summer months of your "mackerel years" a
large find of this kinds is taken from the waters of the Route.
The part of the whole lender is approximately 8,050 rectangular miles, all of which, except for the
shoals, can be found in summer for the taking of cusk, haddock, cod and halibut and hake, with a
great deal of mackereling and swordfishing, and also the taking of other species.
In its manufacturing Georges Bank itself is somewhat evenly split between haddock and cod, the cod

3. demonstrating a slightly bigger proportion. The South Route, on the traditional western edge of
Georges, shows predominantly as a haddock ground, along with the haddock in the Channel is
regarded as a better minn kota maxxum than that from Georges. Georges Bank itself is also a
significant haddock terrain in the spring and early summertime, when this kinds abounds concerning
the Cultivator Shoal (SE. by S. 88 miles from Highland Light. Cape Cod) in depths from 18 to 30
fathoms; and at the same period along the Upper Edge (140 to 200 miles E. by S. ? S. from Boston
Lightship in about 41? to 42? N. lat. and 66? to 88? W. long.) in 45 to 80 fathoms in summer, the fish
moving off into the much deeper water (90 to 100 fathoms) inside the neighborhood of the Corner of
the Channel since the winter is available on. The majority are found in Mar, when they come back
from the deep water, when fishing is maintained 65 a long way SE. from Highland in 70 fathoms;
then they enter in to the 40-fathom depths in the North Shoal westward to the Corner of The
Channel over the Northern Benefit. In April the Cultivator Cove is nice ground even into 20-fathom
depths.
Haddock, also, can be found all the season, the duration of greatest plethora being typically January
and February. In March and April they can be most abundant in 27 to 30 fathoms; at other
conditions they are in 50 fathoms and greater, especially in winter months, when generally they are
available in 80 to 100 fathoms. Cusk can be found in the deep water each of the year.
Generally, the varieties of fish found here and the months of their finest abundance tend to be as on
Browns Bank. The principal fishes taken are cusk, cod, haddock and halibut and hake, and a
extremely small amount of pollock. Except for the haddocking, the best fishing season is from March
to October. Halibut are said to obtain been really plenty here in the past but are said to have already
been comparatively uncommon in recent years, even though occasional good fares are brought from
the grounds, probably more commonly early in the year and early on summer plus some at other
seasons. In April they may be found most often in 80 fathom depths; in May possibly in 30 to 40
fathoms, in June the very best halibuting is had in 25-fathom depths or even in shoaler water. (The
halibut get shown for your year picked (1927) is unusually modest, most yrs yielding a fair amount of
this species from this ground. Apparently no member of the American citizen halibut fleet visited
this ground to the year.)
The Record on the Fishery Industry of the usa, in 1887, says that the 1st attempt at fishing here (in
which there is any record) was made in 1821 by a few Gloucester vessels. In accordance with the
same authority, began in 1830, although not fully established as a permanent industry right up until
1835, the cod and halibut market.
What is apparently a gradually deepening extension of Seal Tropical isle Ground is available about
65 miles SSE. from Mount Desert Rock and roll and 60 miles W. from Seal off Island. There appears
to be no distinguishing reputation for this area.
It will be documented that the volume of otter-trawl fares from this soil is little. It is only in recent
years that it method of angling continues to be employed right here, the bottom having been thought
to be too rough for the profitable operation of gear on this type upon it.
Tides here are quite as strong as about the eastern aspect of Georges Bank, the ebb through an
average energy of 1 1/3 miles an hour as well as the flood is somewhat stronger. The best strength
from the flood tide sets W. the ebb in nearly an complete opposite direction.
DuringFeb and March, and April big schools of cod make their appearance on the bank. At this
season these are found most abundantly on the "Winter months Minn Kota Maxxum Ground"; a part
of Georges lying eastward and southeastward of the To the north Shoal in between the parallels of

4. 41? 42 and 30'? 00' north latitude and 66? 38' and 67? 30' western side longitude. The location of
this Winter months Minn Kota Maxxum Ground is all about 1,100 square miles. This area of the bank
looks entirely presented over to the codfish, because it is too shattered, sharp, and rocky to impress
the haddock. Depths listed below are from 30 to 40 fathoms, deepening away from the North Shoal.
This place is essentially a spawning ground for the cod, which appear to come on the hank in the
SE., because they almost invariably, after reaching the ground, shift slowly towards the N. and W. as
spring methods. This is toward the shoals. But more or less minn kota maxxum are caught on
different parts of the earth at all times of the year, though hardly ever are they found so plentiful as
as soon as the winter college is on the floor, as soon as the spawning season is over the schools of
cod split up. Many of the winter months school move on to the inner seas of the gulf and others go
over to Browns Bank, in which the early comers seem to happen in the first events of April, although
cod are found along the Northern Edge virtually the year around.
Browns Bank. This bank lies in a northeastern course from Georges and is split up from it with a
gully 15 miles vast, in which the depths range from 100 to 450 fathoms. Its area is about 2,275
square a long way. The greatest span, from SE to NW, is 63 miles as well as the greatest width is 43
miles. It is actually situated among 64? 52" and 68? 29" western side longitude, and 41? 50" and 43?
02" northern latitude. There is a small rocky shoal around the northern component, on which, it is
stated, there is not 9 to 15 fathoms. The bank ski slopes away from the shoal, S. and E. to depths of
55 to 75 fathoms, but far away of 12 or 15 miles away from, it again rises to 30 to 50 fathoms. This
area of shoal water, within the 50 fathom restriction, is 50 miles long and has an average width of 15
miles. North of your shoal this type of water deepens suddenly to 70 and 80 fathoms. The bottom is
essentially coarse pea gravel, pebbles and sand and rocks and is also rich in animal life. The area of
the lender is approximately 1,370 sq . geographical kilometers.
Phelps Banking institution. This lender lies 38 miles SE, ? S. from Sankaty Go Light and agrees more
or less in craze, shape and size and character from the bottom with Fishing Rip. Depths are from 10
to 17 fathoms. Around the southeast side of this is placed Rogers Minn Kota Maxxum Terrain, with
24 to 40 fathoms more than fine grey sand. It really is perhaps mainly a haddock ground.
The Sankaty Head ground is about 20 miles lengthy by about 8 kilometers wide, stretching out from
55 miles SE. from Highland Light to 78 mls SE. by S ? S. from the identical point (the base of the
Funnel), and is bounded on all sides by items of bottom much less favorable for the operation of the
otter trawl because of the presence ofstones and sponges, or other obstacles, which interfere with
the free passage of the world wide web over the underside but provide less difficulty to the line-trawl
fishermen. A great spring haddock ground lies ESE. 65 miles through the Highlands in 70
fathoms. best in April and March. As being the cold weather improvements the fish move away in
great component from these reasons, going into the deeper water, the grabs of the winter and fall a
few months being taken mainly In depths of from 60 to 100 fathoms. At this season and also in these
depths the locality of the Corner of the Funnel, Clarks Area. and the region W and N of the
Cultivator usually have a good winter school of haddock. This has been particularly sizeable during
the past about three year. (1923 to 1925). Thus, it could be seen the Channel is a vital ground
throughout most of the 12 months.
The Station. [14] The Channel spots the western edge of Georges Bank. That old Eldridge chart
states that for the anglers the 30 fathom bend running southerly from Competition Point, however
its restrictions are relatively indefinite. Cape Cod, boundaries its western edge. This ground is a lot
visited through the Boston fleet, both cruise and heavy steam, line trawlers and otter trawlers, the
fleet of Gloucester, and the otter-trawl fleet containing developed in The Big Apple in recent years.
Possibly the most important is the fact part lying 25 miles E, even if this area will be all good fishing
floor in the suitable season. ? S. from Sankaty Head, Nantucket. Here is a level, sandy base, where,

5. in the course of May,July and June, and August, the otter trawlers operate effectively in 18 to 30
fathoms water, making a capture that is comprised principally of haddock, having a considerable
percentage of cod, especially in July and June, together with a fair amount also ofpollock and cusk,
and hake. Small halibut are fairly abundantright here and also, these sea food getting of from 5 to R
pounds, rarely bigger. Flounders are abundant, with a good number of "lemon bottoms" and "grey
soles," which are extremely popular with the buy and sell.
[Table 4--Fishing reasons of the Georges Area, showing the principal species taken upon them.]
Rose and Crown Shoal. This is a little piece of terrain 7 mls ESE. from Sankaty Head. The minn kota
maxxum place lies in between the Round Shoal and Crown and Rose buoys, making a expand
perhaps 6 miles long by 1? miles large. Sometimes great minn kota maxxum may be had from 6 to 12
mile, from Great Round Shoal buoy. The cod is definitely the principal varieties caught, pollock
being next in relevance, and a few haddock, as somewhere else on and approximately these shoals.
The depths here are from 70 to 100 fathoms over a broken underside ofgravel and mud, and in
places okay sand. The ground falls away rapidly on all sides besides toward Close off Island and the
Nova Scotia coast, departing an area at its end of somewhat indeterminate size, perhaps 18 or 20,
miles, and having a extended distance across around 8 miles at its widest component.
There is a small shoal called Pollock Rip, with a range of 7 fathoms, having SW from Seal Island,
distant 9? miles; but otherwise the ground slopes quite gradually, the depths getting from 15 to 70
fathoms. The bottom is mainly coarse pebbles and pea gravel with the occasional rocky locations of
better or a lot less extent. The tides sweep over this ground with considerable push out from and in
toward the Bay of Fundy. the flood running strongest.
Depths range from 2 to 50 fathoms. In the western part, between the parallels of 41? 10' and 41? 53'
north latitude and also the meridians of 87? 68 and 20'? 37' west longitude are a number of shoals,
known as the East Shoal, Northern Shoal, South west Shoal. Cultivator, etc. The Southwest Shoal is
the biggest, being 15 miles long SSW and NNE., with the average width of 2? miles. The positioning
of the center on this shoal is 41? 39' north latitude and 67? 48' to the west longitude. There are
actually from 2 to 15 fathoms water on the shoals and between them are depths of from 12 to 30
fathoms. The tide sweeps above these with great pressure, causing robust rips, and during rough
weather conditions the sea pauses heavily about them, rendering approach to their locality
extremely dangerous.
The early minn kota maxxum for the swordfish normally takes place in this particular vicinity, and
then in normal conditions mackerel are normally found here in abundance from May 15 to August,
and, as is the custom using this uncertain minn kota maxxum, it might appear here again inside the
late tumble.
The cruise fleet works here also, but, typically, more of these vessels are found on the floor lying
some 10 mls farther eastward, on the edge of Georges in somewhat deeper water (30 to 50 fathoms)
over a rougher and rockier bottom part, where you will discover a greater proportion of cod in the
capture than around the western region.
[Footnote 14: Capt. John Smith wrote of this location: "In the direction of the To the south and
Southwest on this Cape (Cape Cod) is found a very long and hazardous shoal of rocks and sands. But
so far because i incircled it, I found thirtie fadom drinking water aboard the shore, plus a strong
current; which makes mee thinke there exists a Channell in regards to the shoales; where by is the
greatest and finest minn kota maxxum to be Summer, Winter months and had in all of the that

6. Countree. But the Savages say there is absolutely no Channell; but that the shoales begin from the
main at Pawmet, towards the Ile of Nausit; and thus extends past their information into the seas."
How the captain's good reputation for far-visioned intelligence may not be organised too softly, let
these figures talk, taken since they are from the bureau's records of the landings in the three plug-ins
of Boston, Gloucester. and Portland for the year 1927, when the fares from his "Channell"
numbered 2,036, with a poundage of 121,688,693 and a value of $3,607,358.]
The swordfish get there on Georges on the Southwest Part and on the Southern Edge about June 5,
and the touring schools move over the lender, northward limited, up to August 10. In reality, all
through the season when they are within northern seas, even around November, they may be found
on Georges. Probably the very best area of the lender for this kinds is around the parallel of 41? N.,
where the shoal rises steeply out of "blue normal water."
Elsewhere depths regular from 13 to 18 fathoms around the inner areas of the reasons, whence they
slope apart gradually from your shore soundings into 50, 80, or maybe more on the outer edge,
where ground slips away swiftly into the deeps. For the most part this region has a base of beach
sand, but you can find small expands of coarse gravel, shatteredpebbles and shells, and a few dirty
spots.
Nantucket Shoals Sport fishing Rip is an elongate bank lying 29 kilometers SE. from Sankaty Mind
Light. It really is 10 miles long inside a SW and NE Southeast and path Rip (Nantucket Shoals) is
placed SE. from Sankaty Brain 35 a long way. It has depths from 8 to 10 fathoms above an area
about 10 miles long by 2 kilometers wide, with from 22 to 30 fathoms over the sandy base around it.
The Southwest Part. So that you can clear the shoals, then SSE, (120 a long way SSE. from Highland
Light, Cape Cod, with 45 to 80 fathom depths) is a good soil for haddock from the beginning from
the fall around about Holiday, after which the very best winter minn kota maxxum with this species
is found on the Southeast Part (arrived at by steaming 145 kilometers ESE. from Boston Lightship.
40 to 50 mls, depending upon what part of the soil it is wanted to species of fish). Jan is perhaps the
ideal minn kota maxxum month after this part of Georges.
Over the majority of the bank the bottom is yellow sand, although areas of tough ground (gravel,
pebbles, and rocks) of greater or less magnitude are found in certain localities. Its position involving
the Bay of Fundy and also the Gulf Source cause the tide to run swifter than on other financial
institutions and to swirl around as opposed to passing immediately over, forward and backward. The
writer has seen two men have trouble in keeping an empty dory against the recent.
OFFSHORE Banking institutions
Nantucket Shoals, Madisons Place. SSE. 13 miles front Round Shoal buoy, has 9 fathoms over a
clean hard bottom of yellow sand. It is about 3 mls long, from SE. to NW. by 1? a long way wide. It is
a flounder terrain for the higher part of the year and a excellent cod terrain in November and
October. As they are the tip elsewhere with this neighborhood, tides are hefty over this ground.
Although it is not considered a halibut terrain, as compared with some of the other offshore banks,
Georges can show a very considerable capture of this kinds. Most of which take a greater or a lot
less amount of halibut, because of its nearness to the marketplaces it is far more intensely fished
than any other ground of equal area and by a far higher variety of products. The otter-trawl fleet,
each here and in The Station, takes a substantial amount of this types when its total catch is
considered; and they minn kota maxxum are mainly modest, of from 4 to 10 pounds in weight, with
only almost never a larger 1. The salt fishers, also, and the remainder of the market fleet combine to

7. produce an imposing total of your poundage of halibut from Georges along with its vicinity. The
Georges halibut is prestigious by the trade above the halibut from other reasons. Perhaps its flesh
could be superior, though for what explanation it is difficult to express, unless since, since the trips
to this soil average fewer days in length, the fish are received in the markets within a fresher
problem than are the ones from more distant banking companies.
The principal halibut grounds on Georges for that summer and early spring months (Apr to July) lie
between the Cultivator Shoal and the To the north Shoal in depths from 10 to 18 fathoms, and E., S.,
and SW. through the North Shoal in the identical soundings. This area is sometimes called Little
Georges. There are also a variety of mussel grounds on the south west part of Georges, having
depths averaging 20 fathoms, all of these furnish excellent feeding grounds and a significant catch
of halibut in the seasons when these species of fish will be in the shoal water.
A considerable portion of the minn kota maxxum listed underneath the heading "Miscellaneous" are
swordfish, which arrive upon this bank throughout their summer wanderings.
[Footnote 15. "The earliest document of this label (Saint Georges Shoal) that the writer has found
appears on a map found in the catalogue of Simancas, in Spain, where a graph said to are already
made by a surveyor sent to Virginia by James I of England, in 1610, was discovered in 1885 or 1888,
after having long before disappeared from England. This chart is believed to embody, besides the
work of Champlain and other tourists, the information contained in the English graphs of White-colored,
Pring and Gosnold, and probably of Waymouth's Perfect Geographical Road map. It is
considered to have been attracted by Robert Tyndall or Captain Powell." Genesis of the United
States. Alexander Brown.]
Nantucket Shoals; Davis Bank; Crab Bank. This is an irregular bit of bottom being untruthful in a
typically ENE. and WSW path at about 20 miles distance ESE from Sankaty Head. It really is
perhaps 14 miles extended by 5 miles broad at its broadest. Depths upon it are from 4 to 9 fathoms,
with soundings of 12 to 18 about it, over a underside of fine sand and shattered shells.
Mackerel are usually quite abundant on Georges with their season, usually being big or medium
sized minn kota maxxum. Herring also are found there in great deal but are somewhat distant from
market as fresh minn kota maxxum.
Within relatively recent years this ground has become much made use of by the otter trawlers,
which type of craft has evolved a effective fishery on this page, which is becoming operated in
steadily improving volume and takes a get that is primarily of haddock.
Nantucket Shoal--Wonderful Rip. Is 13 a long way E. by S. ? S. from Sankaty Head Lighting.
Nantucket. It can be 5 miles long from N, to S. and 3 miles broad. Over this region the depths are
from 9 to 18 feet, although the fishing is done primarily around the ends in 6 to 12 fathoms where
the bottom is gravel and shells engrossed in kelp and sponges. Here, as on all these shoals, the
greater section of the minn kota maxxum is done by that approach known as "rip minn kota
maxxum." Cod are taken chiefly by hand-lining in May. , and August.July and June
Older reports say (1880-81): "Halibut were formerly located here in plethora, but at the moment the
fishery is limited for an occasional trip off the the southern area of and european edge." It will likely
be noted which a fair quantity of halibut was taken in this article during 1923, when this banking
institution ranked thirdly in level of halibut undertaken, which appears a good exhibiting when the
somewhat small measurements of the ground is known as. Fairly excellent catches are already made
SW from the North west Peak of Browns, about 66? 50' west longitude and 42? 40' northern latitude,

8. down the 100-fathom contour and pursuing eastward on the southward of La Have and above,
perhaps to 63? western side longitude. The Southeast Maximum is perhaps probably the most
productive of the halibut grounds here, "setting" off from your shoaler components into the thin
deep-water station between this and Georges perhaps 20 miles remote.