412' REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



34. Weirs and gill-nets. 



35. Twenty-five feet deep and of different lengths, with pounds or 

 traps at the ends. Gill-nets are 115 feet deep. Sweep-nets are 150 

 fathoms long and 25 deep. 



36. There are no vessels in the business. 



37. Ten men to a seine or weir. 

 o8. Four hours each day. 



39. More on the ebb than on the flood. 



40. It does. The warm southwest winds are the most favorable. 



41. There are none. 



42. They are sold to the Gloucester codfish fleet and to spring-mack- 

 <8rel fishermen for bait. 



43. There is no oil establishment here. 



47. About $1.50 in 1873. 



48. The season makes a difference. In the spring they are very poor 

 and in the summer and fall very fat. 



55. A guano factory on Vineyard Sound. 



58. It does not diminish them perceptibly. We have in our bay (1875) 

 thirteen fish-weirs within twelve miles, which are set from the 15th of 

 April until the 1st of June. These weirs are set in from two to five 

 fathoms of water. We catch all kinds of fish, for if the leader of a 

 school falls into our traps the rest follow, and thus tons of fish of all 

 kinds are taken. 



26. Statement of Alonzo Y. Lothrop, Hyannis, Mass., February 18, 1874, 



and January 1, 1875. 



1. Pogy. 



2. Favorably. 



3. Greatly diminished. 



4. Not many in the immediate vicinity ; large numbers east and west. 



5. It does, apparently, in this section. 



6. In May and September. 



7. They swim high and make a ripple ; attract sea-gulls and other 

 birds. 



8. From the Gulf Stream. They follow up rivers and bays. Have 

 caught them in " dip-net" two miles up Shoal Eiver in two feet of water. 



9. Eegular and certain. 



10. No. 



11. All fish more abundant in this section on " flood." 



12. From New York to Maine, near shore, rivers, bays, and bends. 



13. Shoal water. 



14. Leave the coast in cold weather. 



15. Yes. 



16. Never noticed. Have seen resemblance in smaller fish. 



17. In September or October. Should say in a body. 



18. Southern. 



