Title
Gloucester, Massachusetts and Maine coast, Grampus stations 10273-10301, William W. Welsh, April 17-22 and May 10 - July 15, 1915
Related Titles
Contained In:
Isaac Ginsburg Papers, circa 1911-1919, 1924-1958
Series:
SIA RU007187
Series:
Smithsonian Field Book Project : an initiative to improve access to field book content that documents natural history
By
Ginsburg, Isaac, 1886-1975
Welsh, William W., 1878-1921
Type
Book
Material
Archival material
Publication info
1915
Notes
English
The notebook documents work of William W. Welsh completed near Gloucester, Massachusetts and Maine coast, Grampus stations 10273-10301, April 17-22 and May 10 - July 15, 1915. Dated entries describe herring fishing industry, reports about locations and abundance of sea herring, purse-seining, observations of sea herring numbers, and results of interviews with local captains. Data is recorded with station number, date, time, depth, fish counts, and collecting results. When netting, lists type and quantity of sea life caught. Locations include the vicinity of Gloucester and Provincetown, Massachusetts as well as Boothbay and Blue Hill Bay, Maine.
Subjects
Blue Hill Bay
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Boothbay Harbor
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Field notes
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Fishing industry
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Gloucester
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Grampus (Schooner)
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Herring
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Ichthyology
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Maine
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Massachusetts
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Provincetown
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United States
BHL Collections
Smithsonian Field Books collection
Identifiers
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.97968
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