Middle Ground.  This ground is between Grand Manan Bank and Marblehead Bank; its length from NW. to Se. is 1 1/2 miles, and it is about 1/2 mile wide.  Depths averaging 37 fathoms are found on the southern edge on a hard, rocky bottom, increasing to over 60 fathoms over much of the ground.  The remainder of the bank has a bottom of sand and gravel.  There is a shoal of 28 fathoms near the center with a bottom of rocks and stones.  The species and seasons of their abundance are much as on Grand Manan Bank and German Bank, but the Middle Ground is rather better as a cod ground than as a ground for other species, June, perhaps, being the best month for the fishing.

Marblehead Bank.  Situated between Grand Manan and German Banks, the shoal water bearing SSE. from Moosabec Light, distant 32 miles.  It is from 12 to 15 miles long and 7 or 8 miles wide, lying between 44 deg. 00’ and 44 deg. 10’ north latitude and 66 deg. 58’ and 67 deg. 13’ west longitude.  There are from 35 to 70 fathoms of water over it; the bottom is mostly clay and gravel.  The principal fishing is for cod, pollock, and haddock, but there are more or less hake and cusk to be had from this ground.

The best fishing season is from early spring through the early part of the summer, and this ground is of little account after July.  The same type of vessels operate here as on the neighboring banks, with an occasional larger vessel.  The craft are mostly hand-liners from Cutler, Jonesport, and Rockland, with a few vessels from the trawl fleets of Portland and others from the Canadian Provinces.  Haddock are found in the shoal water from May to October.  Cusk are on the eastern portion in from 60 to 70 fathoms virtually the year around.  Many large hake are present on the western edge in 80 to 90 fathoms in the summer.  The June and July cod school is the best, but this species is present in smaller numbers all the year.  Halibut are found all over the bank, being especially abundant in the eastern shoal water in spring and summer (April to October).  It seems necessary to leave the halibut trawls down for a longer set here than on other grounds in order to make a good catch.

German Bank.  This is one of the most important banks in the Bay of Fundy. (We are here referring to the German Bank in the bay and not to the part of Seal Island ground, so marked on some charts.) It bears Se. from Bakers Island Light, Mount Desert, from which the northeast part is about 52 miles distant.  Its length is about 15 miles, the width 9 or 10 miles.  It lies between 43 deg. 38’ and 43 deg. 53’ north latitude and 64 deg. 58’ and 67 deg. 15’ west longitude.  Depths are from 65 to 100 fathoms with soundings of 47 fathoms on the northern part.  The bottom is mostly tough red clay with spots of mud, sand, gravel, and pebbles on some parts.  The tides set in and out over this bank to and from the Bay of Fundy, the ebb SW. and the flood NE., but the currents are not so strong as might be expected.