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opening about 165 feet wide. At the southeast corner it 

 receives water from Trap's Pond through Manada Creek. The 

 fishery was established as a private enterprise in 1840 by the 

 Trap Pond Fishing Company. Serious consideration should 

 be given to the proposition of closing the present opening 

 of Sengatocket Pond and connecting Trap's Pond with Eel 

 Pond, thus forming an outlet for Sengatocket Pond through 

 Trap's and Eel ponds into Edgartown Harbor. In this way 

 a more valuable fishery would be created, and a fresh-water 

 pond for ducks and geese would be provided. This work 

 could be done by the town, after compensating the present 

 members of the company, in order that it may be developed 

 for the benefit of the public, and leased for five-year periods 

 by the town. In this way a fishery which in the hands of 

 private individuals has become of little importance may be 

 developed for the benefit of the public. Objection to such a 

 plan may be made by summer residents who use Sengatocket 

 Pond as a harbor; by fishermen because of the destruction 

 of a small quahaug fishery; and by farmers because of their 

 being deprived of a source of seaweed for fertilizer. 



Trap's Pond and Manada Creek. — Trap's Pond, Edgartown, 

 is connected with Sengatocket Pond by a ditch known as 

 Manada Creek, and receives a small stream from Lily Pond. 

 A few alewives enter for spawning, but the Trap's Creek 

 Fishing Company does not bother with this small fishery, 

 confining its efforts to catching white perch. 



Job's Neck Pond. — Job's Neck Pond is a natural pond 

 approximately 90 acres in area, connected with Great Pond, 

 Edgartown, by an artificial ditch. The fishery is privately 

 controlled by riparian owners, who are lessees of Great Pond, 

 and is of little interest, except inasmuch as it is connected 

 with the fishery in Great Pond. 



Oyster Pond. — This natural body of water is about three- 

 quarters of a mile west of Job's Neck Pond, Edgartown. 

 Two ditches are cut annually through a stretch of low sandy 

 beach to allow the alewives to enter, thereby lowering con- 

 siderably the surface level of the pond. Formerly 50 or 60 

 barrels were caught yearly, but lately the catch has not been 

 more than 5 or 6 barrels. The lessees, who pay $25 a year to 



