Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Mussel Shoal Ground This is a mussel-covered bottom lying 8 miles ESE. from the Eastern Wolf and 9 miles from Point Lepreau. It runs in an E. and W. direction and is about 2 miles long by 1 mile wide. Depths are from 40 to 50 fathoms.

This is a mussel and scallop bed. where large cod are usually in abundance in winter. Pollock are plenty here in June. and hake are here and in the surrounding Hake Ground in all the summer months.