126 U. 8S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
MACKEREL FISHERY OF THE ATLANTIC COAST? 
Unlike the previous 2 years, in 1935 the mackerel fieet operated 
without quota restrictions of any kind and landed 53,142,300 pounds 
of mackerel, an increase of 32 percent as compared with the corres- 
ponding statistics of the preceding year, and the largest catch to be 
recorded since 1885. An unusual feature of this year’s activity was 
the catching of important quantities of mackerel in the waters off 
southern New England in the autumn. 
Of the total landings, about 11,000,000 pounds consisted of tinker 
size (under one pound each) and 42,000,000 pounds were of larger 
sizes. Practically all of the tinker mackerel were taken after the first 
of August. There were also landed 4,050 pounds of bull’s-eye 
mackerel and 97,052 pounds of frigate mackerel. 
Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast, 1935 
CATCH: BY AREAS IN 5-DAY PERIODS 













Southern Block Island Gulf of Maine 
(area X XIII,) (area XXII, west of | (area X XII, north of 
“ z Nantucket Shoals) Nantucket Shoals) 
Date Total 
Seiners | Netters Seiners Netters Seiners Netters 
Pounds | Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds Pounds 
327.0004) See ee a ee ee | eS oe ere ee | 32, 000 
90, 800 LOO) |. ts eee ree es |. Se ee | ee 90, 900 
475, 600 TLS 200) | 2s eee ee ees ee ee 589, 300 
718, 400 667600) | aes Saas |e So ee | eee 785, 000 
70} VOOg |= 2 eee S| ale ee 1, 170, 100 
1, 569, 060 15,800). 2-222 1, 575, 800 
723, S00 166900" | See eee 890, 800 
52, 500 211, 200 76, 000 344, 800 
pe at. es Seer 93, 200 415, 100 529, 700 
79, 600 53, 000 1, 326, 200 1, 498, 500 
42 2 ee 4, 400 3, 217, 900 3, 242, 900 
Bagh) Dace teal VE see) Leek 2, 605, 000 2, 612, 400 
Sent OL) See eee 1, 855, 100 1, 883, 400 
SE ed eee age 2, 005, 000 2, 009, 700 
SEES Sys Re ES 650, 800 , 093, 1, 744, 500 
a Pe ee Oe eee et eS eee 1, 971, 800 
EU AP. esl oe Nd 2 || ee Sees ee BP 919, 400 
ciety G1 Ole 982k SE Aaa ET SES ae aS | Peace |e ; 1, 154, 200 
SUED gS es eee Ee Ca ee ES |e ee (ers 2D y ; y 2, 908, 800 
ly 6= 205222 os a pe Se oa ee | eee 2, 180, 200 
Vy Qi 25 ede Pee Ses | 2 aS | oe ee 2, 261, 100 
JY 26 ols ae cS ees PE eS ee | eee 2, 947, 900 
ECT SER Lo ates ee eee ee | oe eee | See ee S| ee 1, 354, 000 
PATIBEO LOM Sa es ee | ee | 988, 300 
USSF Ll tse ca ete eR ll SARE TY | pee ae eto 2 Sts 1, 865, 300 
PANIES G=20 ee te ote eR Res a ee | Sees 1, 644, 800 
AIR 2125 bet fo Sore S25 lh eae nn ee |e ee 550, 900 
Aug. 319, 500 2, 162, 600 
Sept. 402, 600 1, 963, 600 
Sept. 82, 900 685, 800 
Sept. 4, 000 590, 300 
Sept. 148, 100 614, 500 
SOR U2 25 22 SS hee ee eee eee eee 393, 700 727, 100 
SOD (26-30 bese: Me Se eas a ee | eee 817, 900 833, 900 
OChR a5 a= Ne eS a eel | ae es i 568, 100 761, 100 
OctiG=lOe soe | ee 327, 600 355, 100 
OY eT a 0 ead eee BES Be ee a ee 55, 500 63, 500 
OCer G20 ce Se a Ce a as 281, 000 315, 400 
Octet obs 2 AE a a || aye Peed ae 759, 200 764, 800 
Ot 2631 ES NOY ag | ae VE een ee 1, 734, 200 1, 756, 100 
INOVcile bos 5 ee ee a ae 282, 700 285, 200 
INOW G10. Se es ake en! ee 562, 300 569, 000 
INOVSE15) 2 HE 28 De TE Sie ee 2 eee 5, 100 
Novicl6-20). oS eas ie es) 13, 900 26, 900 
INV 21H 25 te Sak eis ES een Pe 121, 700 196, 400 







NOVi-] 26530 Se Se Fe esl NBS cee (A; OOO NIC o= = ee oe eee eee 79, 100 154, 000 
7 This section, prepared by O. E. Sette of the Division of Scientific Inquiry, includes the landings at Cape 
May and Wildwood, N.J.; New York, N. Y.; Newport, R.1.; New Bedford, Woods Hole, Provincetown, 
Boston, and Gloucester, Mass.; and Portland and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, by purse-seine vessels, ‘‘seiners’’, 
and drift-gill-net vessels, ‘‘netters’’; and such boats as fish by the same methods and on the same grounds as 
theivessels. It does not include the catch of the smaller boats or the catch by other forms of gear. 
