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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



MACKEREL FISHERY OF THE ATLANTIC COAST ^ 



In 1936, the mackerel fleet landed 40,221,600 pounds of mackerel, 

 a decrease of 24 percent as compared with corresponding statistics of 

 the preceding year. 



An unusual feature of this year's activity was the fishery in the 

 Block Island region, which extended from May 6 to November 25 

 and yielded more poundage than the Gulf of Maine. 



Of the total landings, about 3,000,000 pounds were tinkers (fish 

 under one pound) and 37,000,000 pounds were of larger sizes. The 

 tinkers were caught between July 1 and October 31, with 91 percent 

 of them being taken during August and September. 



Mackerel fishery of the Atlantic coast, 1936 

 CATCH: By areas in 5-day periods 



Note.— The roman numerals appearing in the box heads of the above table refer to the numbers given 

 these areas by the North American Council on Fishery Investigations. 



' This section, prepared by J. R. Webster under the direction of O. E. Sette of the Division of Scientific 

 Inquiry, includes landings at Portsmouth, Va.; Cape May and Wildwood, N. J.; New York, N. Y.; 

 Newport, R. 1.; New Bedford, Buzzards Bay, Provincetown, Boston, and Gloucester, Mass.; and 

 Portland, Maine, by purse-seine vessels "seiners," drift-gill-net vessels "netters," and such boats as fish 

 by the same methods and on the same grounds as the vessels. It does not include the catch of the smaller 

 boats or the catch by other forms of gear. 



