41C BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



and (luring the process of dissection photographs could be made of the 

 case, junk, white-horse, &c. Such a cruise could be made in about two 

 weeks, and skeletons enough secured to supply the National Museum 

 and perhaps to stagnate the market. Of course the boats' crews should 

 be selected with the greatest care, and each be commanded by a compe- 

 tent officer. 

 Nantucket, Mass., October 21, 1882. 



76.— A STRAIT COD UP THE HUDSON. 



ByBARNET PHILLIPS. 



[From a letter to Prof. S. F. Baird.] 



Under date of yesterday Capt. Jacob LeRoy,of New Hamburg, N. Y., 

 writes : 



"The codfish that I caught here was taken in an ice net 100 meshes 

 by 80 meshes square [long and wide] seined in two-thirds [contracted 

 one-third on the cork-line]. This fi.«-h laid in the slack of net in a Un- 

 sized mesh. It was a female, all spawned out, and weighed Gi pounds." 



Times Office, 



New York, January 19, 1883. 



77.— SUCCESS OF THE COD CJIEE-IVET FISHERY. 



[From the Cape Ann Weekly Advertiser, March 2, 1883.] 



Large Codfish. — Schooner Blue Jay, Capt. Charles Ellis, of this port, 

 engnged in the Ipswich Bay net cod-fishery, landed a fare of 135 codfish 

 at Bockport last week, which weighed 4,135 pounds, averaging over 

 30i pounds each. This was the largest average by the fare that we 

 have recorded. 



In 1881, the schooner Morrill Boy, Capt. Russell G. Gill, jr., took on 

 one trip, net-fishing, 319 fish, weighing 9,570 pounds, an average of 

 30 pounds. Last year, schooner David A. Osier, Capt. Warren Osier, 

 landed a fare of 228 codfish, taken in nets, which weighed G,500 pounds, 

 an average of 28 pounds each. Two of these fish weighed 98 and 9G 

 pounds respectively. 



The net cod-fishing industry in Ipswich Bay continues to be a success, 

 and it is probable that this method will become a permanent one in the 

 shore fishery. It has now been pursued three seasons and has demon- 

 strated its advantages over trawl fishing, in the large saving of expense 

 for bait and the larger size of the fish secured, the smaller fish escaping 

 through the meshes of the nets. 



