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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 285 



caught in gill-nets by an American schooner on the Labrador coast. 

 Indeed, it is a fact thai one Provincial vessel, at least, the Festina Lente, 

 Capt. Andrew Hammond, of Lockport, Nova Scotia, was engaged 

 during the past season in mackerel seining on the New England coast. 

 It seems only proper to allude to this tact in this connection because it 

 goes to prove that the claims made by the Canadians concerning the 

 superiority of the mackerel fisheries in their waters is wholly without 

 foundation. There is every prospect that in future years a fleet of Can- 

 adian vessels will be engaged in mackerel seining on our coast, instead 

 of our fishermen being compelled to resort to Provincial waters, as was 

 the case when hand lining was the principal means of capture. In this 

 connection, and as a fair demonstration of the importance and pros- 

 perity which the mackerel fishery has reached at the present day on 

 our coast, should be mentioned the remarkable and unparalleled stocks 

 which have been realized by some of the vessels from the sale of their 

 fish. The following extracts from the Cape Ann Advertiser give a 

 statement of the most important stocks made by the vessels engaged 

 in the mackerel fishery during the season when this species can be taken, 

 namely, from April 1 to about the middle of November: 



"Two of the largest mackerel stocks ever landed at this port or in 

 New England have been made by the schooners Nellie N. Eowe, Capt. 

 Eben Lewis, and the Edward E. Webster, Capt. Solomon Jacobs, the 

 past season, comprising eight months of time actually employed. The 

 net stock of the Eowe was $35,537, and of the Webster $34,229. The 

 average share of the Webster's crew was $959.75, and the steward, Mr. 

 Warren Fowles, with his extra pay of $160, made for his season's work, 

 $1,129.75."— (Cape Ann Advertiser, November 17, 1882.) 



"The following good stocks are reported in the mackerel fishery by 

 vessels hailing from this port : Schooner J. H. French, Capt. John Chis- 

 holm, net stock about $20,000, crew shared $615; schooner Leona, Capt. 

 Willard Pool, net stock $19,715.72, crew shared $582; schooner Carl 

 Schurz, Capt. Jed. Warren, net stock since June 6, $15,608, crew shared 

 $468— stock for the year, $23,222, crew sharing $733.86; schooner John 

 D. Long, Capt. Charles Hardy, net stock $18,500, crew shared $571; 

 schooner Helen M. Crosby, Capt. Joseph Swim, net stock $18,020, crew 

 shared $596; schooner Ivanhoe,Capt. James Crowley, net stock $16,941, 

 crew shared $525; schooner Golden Hind, Capt. Solomon Eeed, net 

 stock $16,323, crew shared $594; schooner John S. McQuin, Capt. 

 Henry G. Coas, net stock $16,035.57, crew shared $517."— (Cape Ann 

 Advertiser, November 24, 1882.) 



It should be borne in mind that the above figures, large as they may 

 appear, represent only the net stock made by the several vessels, and 

 that to get a more correct idea of the value of the fish taken we must 

 add to the stock of each schooner from two to three thousand dollars. 

 This will give us, approximately, the amount for which the fish were 

 sold. 



