STATISTICS OF TI1E .MACKEREL FISDEKV. 



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Statement thowlny the number of vessels and their catch of sail mackerel in Hie flay of Saint /.(iicivwtr, tin- JVur Knylaiu. shore, 



and the /Southern maektrtl fixlierieu for the seimon of l.-.-l. 



[Compiled from annual report of Boston Fish Bureau for 1S81.] 



* None packed at Lome pint, t Numerous vessels from other ports included. JPart of the cntch landed at Boston and Portland. 

 Amount given packed at home pruts. 



NOTE. The Now England shore fleet mentioned above are only the vessels that fished nowhere else, to which may be added the 

 Southern and North Bay fleets, after they returned from their unsuccessful cruisu in those waters, making the total shore fleet two Lumln d 

 aud ninety-eight sail. 



3. STATISTICS OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY BY AMERICAN VESSELS IN TEE 

 GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE, 1873 TO 1882. 



By COL. DAVID W. Low. 



The following statement shows the extent of the mackerel fishery as pursued by American ves- 

 sels in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence for the years 1873 to 1881. The number of vessels and their catch 

 in the years 1873 to 1877, inclusive, is compiled from the reports of the collector of customs at Tort 

 Mulgrave, Nova Scotia; the number of vessels in 1878 and 1879 is from the same authority; the 

 catch for 1878 and subsequent years and the number of vessels in 1880 and 1881 are from reports of 

 the Boston Fish Bureau. The estimates of value and the catch within the three-mile limit are from 

 authentic sources. The value includes the labor of crews "messing" some of the fish by soak- 

 ing, scraping, and cutting off their beads, thus increasing their market value. The quantity of 

 mackerel caught within the three-mile limit, one-third of the total catch, is considered by compe- 



