8 INLAND FISHERIES. 



" The menliaden business as a whole has been much more 

 profitable than last year. There was a fair run of this fish in our 

 section early in the season, also in Buzzard's Bay, but none on 

 Maine Coast. 



The bod}^ of menhaden have been located between Sandy Hook 

 and Delaware Bay and the body has been a very large one and 

 the fish fat." 



Mackerel have been exceedingly plenty this season, and the 

 largest catch ever known here has been made. Since early 

 summer they have been constantly in our waters until November. 

 The average has been small in size, but we know of one that was 

 18^ inches. 



The following from J^. 1^. Herald gives a connect idea of the 

 abundance of these fish : 



A BIG RUN OF MACKEREL. 



For some reason not altogether accounted for there has been a 

 greatly increased mackerel catch during the season just closing, 

 and unprecedentedly large schools have made their a^Dpearance in 

 some places. This has brought the supply of fish up and prices 

 down. 



There have been large schools of mackerel off the Long Island 

 shore. Sunday the waters about Far Rockaway were filled with 

 these fish, and the sport of catching them was entered into by all 

 the summer sojourners. A single boat, with one net, in a few 

 minutes caught enough to nearly swamp the craft. But most of 

 the catch were small fish. In places in Jamaica Bay the waters 

 were fairly blocked by the fish, and fishermen landed more than 

 have been caught in years before along the entire coast. 



From all along the coast between Hatteras and Nova Scotia, 

 comes the story of big schools and large catches. The fishermen 

 of Nova Scotia say they are taking twice as many as during any 

 season in the last six years. From Newport comes the informa- 

 tion that three mackerel are now being caught for every one taken 

 during the past seven years. One of the largest catches ever 

 made at Newport Avas in 1890, and the present year has eclipsed 

 that record. 



