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It seems not to be stopped at much in the winter months, though evidently there is no reason why this must not be an all-the-12 months fishing ground. It furnishes, nevertheless, a very good summertime handline fishery for cod at dogfish time, and in the spring weeks it abounds in cod, cusk, and hake, all minn kota parts of huge size.

Roseway Bank. This bank is N. in the western a part of La Have and SE. of Shelbourne Light, Nova Scotia: 31 miles SSE. from the whistling buoy off Lockport, Nova Scotia, for the southeastern side. It is oblong in shape and of small degree--about 270 square geographical miles. Its greatest length is 21 miles and its greatest breadth 15 mls. It stretches from 43? 12' to 43? 33' north latitude, and from 64? 25' to 64? 52' west longitude as well as the northwest corner is connected with the shore reduce of 60 fathoms by way of a narrow throat. Depths come from 33 to 48 fathoms. The bottom is ofyellow sand and gravel, and rocks; on the Northeast Top the bottom is of yellow-colored pea gravel and mud.

Currents in this area are not virtually so powerful as about Cape Browns and Sable Financial institution, their common direction being WSW. and ENE the westerly much the more robust, though the pressure and path of both of these are much relying on the wind.

Hake, halibut and pollock occur, the best minn kota parts months simply being from May possibly to October, when the financial institution is resorted to by craft from western Nova Scotia, even though principal fish used here arecod and haddock, and cusk. A number of New The united kingdom craft also fish here.

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[Table 9--Landings by minn kota pieces vessels at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the external grounds from the Gulf of Maine, 1927]

[Table 10--Landings by fishing vessels at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the minn kota parts reasons of the Georges Bank area, 1927]

[Kitchen table 11--Landings by the otter-trawl fleet at Gloucester and Boston, Mass., and Portland, Me., from the sport fishing grounds of the Georges Bank region, 1927]