116 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



No vessels are engaged in tlie menhaden fisheries at New Shoreham, 

 E. I. (Block Island), nor in the vicinity of Point Judith. 



Fisheries of Connecticut. 



163. In the vicinity of Fisher's Island Sound, according to Capt. Will- 

 iam H. Potter, of Mystic, Conn., there are employed 14 large boats and 

 30 small, and about 240 fishermen. There are 14 gangs working be- 

 tween the Thames Eiver and Stonington, Conn. 



Between the Thames and the Connecticut, Capt. S. G. Beebe states 

 that there are 8 sloops of about 20 tons, each carrying about 10 men. 

 Luce Bros., of East Lynne, have 1 steamer, 9 sloops, 48 fishermen^ and 

 40 factory hands. 



Mr. E. E. Ingham, of Saybrook, Conn., thinks that between Saybrook- 

 and New Haven there are employed about 14 vessels and 80 men, but 

 this estimate is undoubtedly too great. 



In Western Connecticut, according to Mr. G. W. Miles, there are 

 employed 7 gangs, with 21 sloops and 230 men. Mr. F. Lillingstou, of 

 Stratford, puts the figures at 30 sloops and 300 men. 



Fislieries of New Yorlc. 



1G4. For the Eastern District of Long Island, Mr. W. S. Havens 

 estimates GO vessels and 540 men. Captain Sisson, for 1873, put it at 105 

 vessels and 400 men ; in this estimate he probably includes the lighter 

 boats. 



Hawkins Brothers, of Jamesport, N. Y., employ 110 men, 50 of whom 

 are factory workmen. 



The Sterling Company, of Greeuport, N. Y., employ 3 gangs, consist- 

 ing each of 8 men, 2 boys, and a cook, working from 3 yachts and 6 

 lighters. 



Mr. Joseph D. Parsons, writing from Springs, Suffolk County, New 

 York, December 10, 1877, states that in that vicinity 43 vessels and 175 

 men are employed in the menhaden fishery. 



At the entrance to New York Bay and off Sandy Hook the fish are 

 taken for the sardine factories, small sail-boats of about 10 tons being- 

 used. 



Fislieries of New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. 



105. In the vicinity of Little and Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Mr. 

 A. G. Wolf, keeper of Absecum light-house, states that there are 10 

 vessels and 40 men employed ; this includes the gill-net boats of 4 

 and 5 tons, sloops, schooners, and one steamer of about 15 tons. This 

 perhaps includes the Somers Point Oil Works, where, according to Mr. 

 Albert Morris, there is a gang of 9 men with 3 vessels. 



In Delaware Bay there are no menhaden fisheries, though many of 

 these fish are taken in seining for other kinds. 



In Chesapeake Bay no eflbrt is made to take them in quantity except 



