This years fleet, including the Halifax steamer Seal is made up of 20 ships, or less than
last season - the Algerine and Labrador having been lost and the Fogota being engaged otherwise.
The vessels, captains and crews are:

Ship              Captain      Crew

Bonaventure       J. Parsons   270
Bellaventure      Job Knee     270
Florizel          Joe Kean     270
Nascopie          G. Barbour   270
Adventure         Jacob Kean   270
Stephano          A. Kean      270
Beothic           W. Winsor    270  [handwritten: "Not out being wrecked"]
Sagona            S.R. Winsor  177
Ranger            K. Knee      125
Eagle             E. Bishop    195
S. Cross          J. Clarke    121
Bloodhound        J. Winsor    166
Newfoundland      W. Kean      144
Diana             B. Barbour   145
Lloydsen          A. Barbour   157  [handwritten: "Wrecked"]
Viking            W. Bartlett  189
Erik              Job Kean     139
Kite              A. Yetman     51
Neptune           R. Bartlett  188
Seal (Halifax)    Farquhar     120

This year's crews will number 3807 men or 372 less than in 1912. The catch last
season was the smallest since 1897, and amounted to 175,130 seals; valued at
$329,264.29.