400 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



4. All that were taken were sold fresh for bait, and would probably 

 not exceed 50 barrels. 



5. Probably. 



6. About the 9th of May ; the main body or smaller-sized ones about 

 July. 



7. They swim deepest when they first arrive, although usually with 

 their noses at the surface, so as to be plainly seen by birds, &c. 



8. "When first seen they move along the coast from the south toward 

 the north ; subsequently return toward the south across the bay. 



9. Their appearance is regular, but the number constantly decreasing; 

 have never known them to fail for a season. 



10. Seining tends to destroy the shoals, and large numbers are killed 

 that are not secured. And this fact tcill apply to all slioal as well as other 

 j^s7i, which, together with trawls, are fast destroying all our fishing busi- 

 ness. 



11. They move upward with the flow and back with the ebb tide. 



12. At the mouth of fresh-water streams. 



13. Shoal water, though they have been caught 4 fathoms below the 

 surface. 



14. They are usually found deeper when the water is cold, when they 

 first appear. 



15. The first shoal are, apparently, mother fish, as the shoals that 

 follow are smaller and younger. 



16. The young fish are found in inlets and coves the latter part of 

 August. 



17. They leave the coast the latter part of October in a body. 



18. Across the bay to the south. 



19. Unknown. 



20. A reddish substance resembling ground cayenne pepper. 



28. They are not. Very few are found in coves, &c. 



29. No. 



30. The parent fish do not destroy them. 



31. Worms are sometimes found in their gills. 



32. They are destroyed to some extent by sharks and blue-fish. 



33. No. 



34. 3^-inch mesh, formerly 4i inch, showing that the size of the fish 

 has diminished. 



35. Seines 150 fathoms long by 12 fathoms in depth are usually the 

 dimensions. 



36. Small boats are used here generally, although larger craft from 

 other ports fish within our waters. 



37. In larger vessels 10 to 13 hands. 



38. At any time during the day. 



39. No. 



40. No. 



41. None employed. 



