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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



publication by the Census Office. The catch for New York is obtained from the manuscript notes 

 of Mr. Fred Mather, while the figures for the Gulf of Mexico are gathered from data forwarded 

 by Mr. Silas Stearns. 



Table showing by States the quantity of Spanish mackerel taken in 1880, and the total catch for the United Stales. 



From the above table it will be seen that Virginia produces 85 per cent, of all the mackerel 

 taken, and that New Jersey fishermen catch over two-thirds of the remainder. This, as has 

 already been remarked, is largely due to the ignorance of the fishermen of many localities, both 

 as to the abundance of the species and to the proper methods of catching them. That the fishery 

 will soon be extensively developed in other places seems quite certain. 



