122 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table showing by apparatus with which taken the quantity and value of the New England 

 mackerel catch in 1S90, 1S91, and 1892 — Continued. 



THE NEW ENGLAND STATES. 



In connection with the canvass of the mackerel fishery in the New 

 England States, an investigation of certain other important fisheries 

 of the region was undertaken, as mentioned in the last report of the 

 division. Circumstances prevented a general canvass of the New Eng- 

 land fisheries, and it was necessary to restrict the inquiries to those 

 subjects having special interest. The branches considered were the 

 fisheries for shad, alewives, herring, menhaden, salmon, smelt, lob- 

 sters, whales, oysters, clams, and scallops; the canning of sardines and 

 lobsters; and the manufacture of menhaden oil and fertilizer. Com- 

 plete data were obtained for all of these, the statistics relating to the 

 calendar year 1892, and the descriptive matter indicating the principal 

 changes in methods of fishing, abundance of fish and other products, 

 and the general condition of the industry since the period covered by 



