368 SEVENTH REPORT OF THE FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSION. 



Cod and Cape Ann. On account of its enormous size and great strength, it is often 

 destructive to the fishermen's nets. 



Dr. Storer says it comes into Massachusetts Bay about the middle of June and 

 remains till early in October. It was not uncommon to observe 50 or more in a day 

 at Provincetown. It feeds on Menhaden, Mackerel, Whiting, Dogfish and other 

 small fishes. The usual implement of capture at first was the harpoon, but, now 

 that its flesh has become valuable for canning and when marketed fresh, it is taken 

 in pound nets and by line fishing. The fish arrives on the coast in poor condition 

 and without value, but becomes very fat during the summer months, and is then 

 utilized for the oil, which is obtained from the head and belly by boiling, and 

 for its flesh, which is favorably regarded, either fresh, salted or preserved in cans. 



The Tunny is said to spawn in June, and the recently hatched young, according 

 to Yarrcll, weigh l^ ounces, growing to 4 ounces by August and 30 ounces in 

 October. Adults often weigh 1,000 pounds. The Killer Whale is the most dreaded 

 enemy of the Tunny. 



TUNNY. 



In Southern California this fish is highly prized by anglers who are fond of big 



game and hard play. In the Bay of Chaleur and off Caraquette, in the Gulf of 



St. Lawrence region, 100 Tunny were captured by means of baited lines, and the 



fishing was considered exciting, because the fish pulled with such violence as to 



endanger the lives of the fishermen by dragging them overboard. This kind of 



exercise might be had near Rockport, Mass., or off the New Jersey coast annually 



in summer. 



85. Bonito (Sirn/d sa?-da Bloch). 



Pclamys sarda DeKay, N. Y. Fauna, Fishes, 106, pi. g, fig. 27, 1842. 



Sania sarda Bean, Bull. U. S. F. C, VII, 138, 18S8 ; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. 

 S. Nat. Mus., I, 872, 1896 ; Bean, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., IX, 360, 1897, Graves- 

 end Bay. 



Color steel blue above, the sides silvery, the abdomen and under surface of head 

 silvery white ; from 10 to 20 dark bluish, narrow bands obliquely downward and for- 



