LIST OF MAPS FISHING GROUNDS OF THE GULF OF MAINE. . FISHING GROUNDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND, CAPE BRETON Facing page 11 14 OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA NEW ENGLAND FISHERIES CHAPTER I THE FISHING GROUNDS OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC The consideration of the fishing grounds embraces the geographical range of important food-fish, the kinds of fish found in a particular locality, the nature of the ocean bottom, whether muddy, sandy or rocky, and the depth and temperature of the water. Fishing grounds are inshore or offshore, according as they are adjacent to the coast or lie at considerable distances from the mainland. Inshore grounds are creeks, rivers, bays, harbors and nearby shoals. Offshore grounds are banks that may be elevated portions of coasts that have been submerged, like the small banks of the Gulf of Maine; or a part of the continental shelf, of which George's Bank off the east coast of Massachusetts is an example; or submarine plateaus, as the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. For purposes of this work the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic may be divided into three parts: the northernmost part, including Iceland, extends from Davis Strait southward along the east coast of Labrador to Cape Race in Newfoundland; the second part is more irregular in form, and is included between Cape Race and Montauk Point, Long Island; a third part occupies an unbroken stretch from Long Island to Cape Florida. The grounds extend over forty degrees of latitude from 65° to 25° north latitude. The distance from Holsteinborg in Green |