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in the courses of the larger rivers, a few in weirs. 

 In the days when the commercial catch for Massa- 

 chusetts was large enough to be worth reporting, 

 most of it was taken on hook and line north of 

 Plymouth, in weirs and traps south of Plymouth. 

 Besides the fish reported in catch statistics, a 

 considerable number are caught in autumn on 

 hook and line by smelt fishermen and by anglers 

 fishing especially for "frost fish," all along the 

 shores of northern New England and used for 

 home consumption. Hence they are not re- 

 ported or included in the fishery statistics. 



Tomcod bite any bait greedily. Clams, shrimp, 

 sea worms, or cut fish will serve, and they afford 

 amusement to a larger number of anglers in 

 harbors and stream mouths than the meager 

 commercial catch might suggest. 



Haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus (Linnaeus) 

 1758 



Jordan and Evermann, 1896-1900, p. 2542. 



Description. — The most obvious ways in which 

 the haddock differs from the cod are in its black 



Figure 96. — Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus). A, adult, Eastport, Maine, from Goode, drawing by H. L. Todd; 

 B, egg (European); C, larva (European) just hatched; D, larva (European), 4.2 mm.; E, larva (European), 15 

 mm.; F, young fry (European), 25 mm. B and C, after Heincke and Ehrenbaum; D, after Ehrenbaum; E and F, after 

 Schmidt. 



