IV -MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



Bt G. Brown Goode, Joseph W. Cou-ins, R. E. Earll, and A. Howard Clark. 



ANALYSIS. 



Page. 



I. NATURAL HISTORY, BY G. BROWN GOODE 1 



A. — Life history of the mackerel 3 



1. Geographical distribution - 3 



2. Migrations .. 5 



3. Abundance.. -- 13 



4. Food 15 



5. Reproduction — . . 21 



6. Rate of growth and size - 26 



7. Enemies - 27 



B. — Studies of the movements of the mackerel schools 29 



8. Hind on the causes of irregular movements 29 



9. Hind on the causes of the alleged annual variations in the number 



of mackerel 35 



10. Observations of American fishermen on the movements of the mack- 

 erel schools 37 



II. THE MACKEREL FISHERY OF THE UNITED STATES, BY G. BROWN 



GOODE AND CAPT. J. W. COLLINS 48 



C. — The purse-seine fishery 48 



11. The fishing grounds 48 



12. The fishermen 49 



13. The vessels 49 



14. Apparatus and methods of fishing -- 52 



16. Taking care of the fish - 73 



17. Running for the market .- 75 



18. Landing the cargoes 75 



19. Financial profits of seining 75 



20. History of the use of purse-seines - 77 



21. The attempted use of the purse-seine in Norwegian waters 80 



D. — The mackerel hoOk fishery 81 



^2. Fishing grounds 82 



23. The fishermen 83 



24. The vessels 84 



25. Apparatus and methods of fishing 85 



26. Care of the fish 98 



27. Homeward passage and disposition of the fish 102 



28. Financial profits of the hook fishery 103 



29. Itinerary of a mackerel voyage to the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by 



Maj. D. W. Low 105 



E. — The mackerel gill-net fishery 



30. Implements, methods, and results of "mackerel dragging" 107 



F. — The spring southern mackerel fishery 112 



31. The fishing grounds 112 



