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bers of blueflsh, weakfish, and mackerel are taken daily. On Friday 

 and Saturday the fishermen found it impossible to dispose of their 

 catches, and most of those who had loads of mackerel were obliged to 

 cast anchor and salt them. On Friday the fishing company at Southold 

 caught 100,000 at one haul. — (Cape Ann Light and Gloucester Tele- 

 graph, Gloucester, Mass., May 31, 1873.) 



1873. — The southern mackerel fleet at Newport. 



One hundred and fifty sail of mackerel catchers put into Newjjort 

 Harbor on the 5th instant, in consequence of thick weather. They re- 

 l^ort mackerel more jdenty of late, the catch the previous days aver- 

 aging about 25 barrels to a vessel. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 13, 



1873.) • 



1873. — The southern mackerel fishery. — prices. — the bay 



fleet. 



The iSTewport southern mackereling fleet has been doing only fairly. 

 The "Miantonoraoh" has taken three fares of Iresh mackerel, caught 

 by seine, into New York, of 45,000 fish; the " Lizzie Thompson" has 

 taken there two fares of 13,000 fish, and the " G. W. Brown" has taken 

 two fares of 25,000, making in all 83,000 fresh mackerel taken into New 

 York by Newburyport vessels. One firm has received $2,000 for fresh 

 mackerel sold, and has about the same amount to come. 



By the hook the schooner "Matilda" has caught l?-,000, and the 

 " John Gerard " 8,000, and these also have been carried into New 

 York. 



The southern mackerel fleet, as a whole, have not done so well this 

 season as last. A large proportion of the fleet have sold their mackerel 

 fresh in New York, and some of the seiners have made good stocks; 

 but the hookers have done very slim. Some fourteen sail have thus far 

 arrived home, averaging about 100 barrels. The market being bearer 

 of old mackerel, the new stock have been in good demand, recent fares 

 selling at $10.25 and |8.25 i)er barrel, with prospect of advance on these 

 prices, A large fleet will visit the Bay of Saint Lawrence the present 

 season. The early fleet have already sailed, and by the 1st of July 

 there will probably be a hundred vessels in readiness to start. The 

 shore mackereling fleet will be smaller than that of last season, and 

 comprised mostly of seiners. — (Cape Ann Advertiser, June 13, 1873.) 



1873. — The first fare from George's. — a good haul. 



Schooner " Mary Odell," of this port, arrived from George's on Monday 

 with 210 barrels of mackerel, the first fare from there this season. They 

 lost most of the first haul the}' made in consequence of a shark going 

 through the seine just as thej' had commenced baihng out. After repair, 

 ing the seine, they made another immense haul, filling all their barrels 



