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Bluefish were first caught June seventeenth. 



Menhaden came into the Bay on June fifth. 



On the twenty-eighth of May a 16i pound salmon was caught off Newport. 



June 28, 1909, the crew of the Shenandoah, Capt. James Gannon, sighted a 

 monstrous sea turtle swimming leasurely at the surface. It was captured, 

 brought to Newport, and placed on exhibition at J. W. Hammond & Co.'s Fish 

 Market. 



This specimen was of the " leather back " or " Luth " species {Sphargis coriacea), 

 a sub-tropical form that has been found to occur as far north as Massachusetts 

 Bay. It was the only one that has been reported off Newport for a number of 

 years. 



The weight and measurements were as follows: weight, 930 pounds; length 

 of carapace, 6 feet, 9 inches; greatest width, 2 feet, 10^ inches; depth, 1 foot, 

 8 inches. 



Calendar of Scup Season off Newport, 1905-1909. 



Calendar of Mackerel Season off Newport, 1905-1909. 



