APPENDIX. 179 



Season of 1907. 



Scup. Sciip did not appear until May second. On this date three were caught. 

 Single catches were then made until May tenth, when one and a half barrels were 

 caught. There was a rapid improvement in number, and on the fourteenth the 

 big run began. The culmination date was May twenty-first, and on June tenth 

 the catches began to diminish. The season closed June twenty-fourth. 



The first week in June the fishermen were greatly troubled by the jelly-fish, 

 which were present in sufficient numbers to clog the nets. 



Mackerel. The first mackerel made its appearance on May second, but it was 

 not until May seventeenth that the first catch was made. On this date 294 

 barrels were brought in. These fish were quite large and many weighed four 

 Ijounds or more and only fifty-five to sixty were required to fill a barrel. The 

 catches of mackerel then increased steadily, June fourteenth marking the com- 

 mencement of some very heavy catches. On July first the mackerel-fishing at 

 Newport was extraordinary; 270 barrels were caught in four single hauls, and 

 yet many fish were lost because the nets broke with the weight of the fish. The 

 mackerel-fishing continued good for number of weeks. 



The first "tinkers" arrived on June tenth. 



Squiteague. Two squitague were caught the twenty-first of May, and from 

 this date no more were caught until June eighteenth. On this date quite a 

 number were caught, and on June twenty-fourth the "run" began with a catch 

 of 250 barrels. The largest catch of the season was on June twenty-seventh, 

 when the Fisheries Company caught 300 barrels in one haul. The run of squi- 

 teague continued good for sometime. 



Butter-fish. The first catch of these fish was on May tenth, when two were 

 caught. No more were seen until May twenty-fourth. On this date 50 barrels 

 were caught in one haul. 



Other Fish. Three striped bass were caught May second, and on May thir- 

 teenth they were more plentiful than scup, and twelve were caught in one trap. 



The first sea bass was caught May eight. 



Sea robins appeared May ninth. 



Squid appeared May tenth. 



May eighth a salmon weighing 22 pounds was caught by Capt. Petty at Sa- 

 konnet Point. Nearly every summer one or two small salmon are caught which 

 weigh from two to three pounds, but it is said that none as large as this one has 

 been caught in forty years. 



