2 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



3. — American methods. 



Twine ''--V '' 



Size of mesli 7 



Size of tlie nets 8 



Method, of hanging and tanning 8 



Dutch method of tanning cotton nets 8 



Floats - 8 



Sinkers 8 



Anchors 8 



Buoys 8 



C— THE FISHEKIES. 



1.— The Norwegian fisheries. 



Date of introduction of cod gill-nets 9 



Where nets are most extensively used 9 



Season when nets are mostly used 9 



Boats used in the net-fisheries 9 



Number of men to a boat 9 



Number of nets to a boat 9 



Methods of setting the nets 9 



How and when the nets are hauled 10 



Results of the fisheries 10 



Statistics of the Lofoten Island fisheries 11 



Comparative earnings of the net-fishermen 11 



Increase of the net-fishery 11 



Quality of the netted fish 11 



2. — The Newfoundland fisheries. 



Where the nets are mostly used 11 



When and how the nets are used 12 



The catch 12 



3. — The American fisheries. 



Introduction of cod gill-nets 12 



Causes which led to the use of nets in the cod-fisheries 12 



The method of underrunning nets introduced 13 



Where the nets have been used 13 



Kind of boats employed , 13 



Number of men to a boat 13 



Number of nets to a boat 13 



Methods of setting the nets 14 



How and when the nets are undeiTun 14 



Eesults of the net-fishery for cod 14 



Quality of cod taken in nets 15 



Advantages that may result from the use of nets by bank cod-fishermen.. ..... 15 



D.— EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



