Fishing Grounds of the Gulf of Maine

Newfound. This ground is 45 miles SE. by S. from Mount Desert Rock and has depths of 90 to 100 fathoms over a gravelly bottom It is about 12 to 15 miles long. ENE. and WSW., by 7 miles wide, lying in the track of the Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) to Boston steamers. Apparently, this title is given to some rediscovered old ground and with a new generation of fishermen displaces the old name.

This is not a haddock ground, but cod. cusk, and hake (large fish) are abundant here in the spring. Perhaps this is an all-the-year fishing ground. but thus far no further information about it has been obtainable.