340 BEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [250] 



Porta. 



Number of 

 vessels. 



Tonnage. 



Number of 

 crew. 



IL188ACHU8ETT8— Continued. 



Dartmouth 



Dennis 



Eastham 



Essex 



Gluu cester 



Harwich 



Hingham 



Lynn 



Manchester 



Marblehoad 



Martha's Vineyard 



Nantucket 



Newburyport 



Orleans 



Plymouth 



Provincetown 



Rockport 



Salem 



Scituate 



Salisbury 



Traro 



WeUfleet 



Yarmouth 



Total Massachusetts 



OTHKE BTATKS. 



Maine* 



New Hampshire 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



Maryland 



Total other States 



Grand total 



1 



47 



3 



1 



241 



48 



37 



4 



1 



1 



6 



3 



67 



6 



6 



61 



42 



1 



13 



4 



52 



79 



14 



117 



3,096 



170 



71 



13, 639 



3, 231 



2,492 



167 



45 



30 



421 



1C8 



4,343 



336 



561 



4,322 



1,537 



80 



715 



305 



8, 626 



5,411 



990 



16 



585 



23 



10 



326 



577 



491 



33 



8 



5 



65 



30 



707 



54 



65 



688 



283 



9 



119 



48 



581 



852 



169 



59,4 17 



9,998 



*One of the writers, who was familiar with the mackerel fishery at this time, takes the responsi- 

 bility of Baying that there were probably 200 vessels on the coast of Maine in 1851 engaged in the 

 mackerel fishery, and that Mr. Starbuck's table in this respect is incomplete. 



1852. — FmST MACKEREL OP THE SEASON. — PRICES. 



Several lots of new No. 3 have been received, the first of the season, 

 and sales have been made at $5.50, and some a shade under. — (Glouces- 

 ter Telegraph, June 9, 1852.) 



1852. — Mackerel reported plenty at western nova scotia. 



The Yarmouth (IST. S.) Herald of the 5th instant says : "We rejoice to 

 learn that the mackerel fishermen [gill-netters] at Tusket Islands and 

 other parts of the coast between Yarmouth and Cape Sable have taken 

 good hauls within the last few days." — (Gloucester Telegrax)h, June 19, 

 1652.) 



1852. — Successful seining at isle @f shoals. 



Great quantities of these fish [mackerel] have visited our shores the 

 past few weeks, and the fishermen at the Shoals have been doing a smart 

 business. These fish are rather shy of the hook, but are taken in seines 



