REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XIX 
The American catch of mackerel for 1886—Continued, 



















| ave Scotia | 
} “ hs New England | shore and Gulf | 1886. 
| Southern. shore. | of St. Law- | Total barrels. 
State. | Apparatus. | rence. 
| Sa | ers : i—_— 
| Cured. | Fresh. | Cured. | Fresh. | Cured. | Fresh.) Cured. | Fresh. 
| | | | | 
wid - | = | emis a 5 |= 
ae | | | 
Massachusetts ..| Vessels .-..-.-.--. 2,612 | 9,928 | 8,126 | 10, 032 | 54,633 |..---.- 65, 401 | 19, 960 
LO SABE EEE (Veins andvaraps stiacsecte esse aae [yd eo ie sOOke |i ae) Ser iceman 1,299 | 5,991 
IGRI oes eon in.5,< Wessels 25e) 24 i | 95 2, 550 6, 604 2,528 | 10, 727 780 | 17, 426 5, 898 
Dereon /-) | Weirs and traps ..|.--...-.]..-..2.- 80 G5 Ob |). eet Se (RE 80 950 
Mowsltampsiire.)| Vessels... 222.02 -|yae-secs|enne. a Ione ota D00Ueareese tees 125 | 1,500 
Rhode Island....| Weirs and traps -.|---..-..|.--..-- G50H | HL S100), |e eee eae 650 | 1,100 
Connecticut ..-.-. NACL) SRS aaa Pabeese | seracke 27D) seen [eee eaee Soars Pats), eee 
New York... 22 2\.-. Oo) soneecetees [eemeaeorte sans 50) |peeeeeee | 100) 35222 150) ieee 
Pennsylvania....|..-. AOS Sos Stereo ate actos 68 200) |: seeu es VAG ee cae 348 68 
y | 
Total ..... .. ET eS See | 2,737 | 12,586 | 17,409 | 22, 101 | 65,608 | 780 | 85,754 | 35, 467 

C.—THE SCHOONER GRAMPUS. 
In previous reports allusion has been made to the building of a sail- 
ing vessel for the work of the Commission, which was to be named the 
Grampus. The vessel was completed and went into commission on June 
Sth of the present year. Her operations are fully discussed in a report 
published in the appendix. 
The purposes for which this vessel was constructed are varied and 
important. For some time the Commission has felt the necessity of 
having a suitable sailing vessel, provided with a well, in which marine 
fishes can be kept alive and transported from the fishing grounds to the 
hatching stations on the coast where the eggs may be obtained for the 
purpose of artificial propagation. 
Such a vessel can also serve a useful purpose by bringing in alive 
marine species, not perhaps in a gravid condition, which can be put 
into large aquaria and thus afford to biologists an opportunity to study 
the habits of our ocean fauna under conditions that can not possibly be 
otherwise afforded. . 
Another important duty which it is believed may be performed by a 
welled vessel, that is seaworthy and swift, is to visit European waters 
and bring therefrom alive certain species of marine fishes which are 
held in high repute for food and do not occur in American waters. 
Among these may be mentioned the sole, turbot, plaice, and brill. The 
introduction and propagation of these species in our waters must be of 
great advantage to the United States, not only in giving to our people 
additional species of delicate food fishes, but in introducing for their 
capture the method of fishing with a beam trawl, which is not now in 
vogue here and might, perhaps, profitably employ many vessels and men. 
The Grampus has been fitted for using a beam trawl to test its 
utility in American waters in a commercial way. Although we have 
not the species of flat fishes which constitute the principal objects. of 
the beam trawl fishery in Europe, there are several kinds in our waters 
