412 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISEIERIES. 



34. Weirs and gill-nets. 



35. Twenty-five feet deep and of different lengtlis, uitli pounds or 

 traps at tbe ends. Gill-nets are 115 feet deep. Sweep-nets are 150 

 fatboins long and 25 deep. 



36. There are no vessels in the business. 



37. Ten men to a seine or weir. 



38. Four hours each day. 



39. More on the ebb than on the flood. 



40. It does. Tbe warm southwest winds are the most favorable. 



41. There are none. 



42. They are sold to the Gloucester codfish fleet and to spring-mack- 

 erel fishermen for bait. 



43. There is no oil establishment here. 



47. About $1.50 in 1873. 



48. The, season makes a difference. In the spring they are very poor 

 and in the summer and fall very fat. 



55. A guano factory on Vineyard Sound. 



58. It does not diminish them perceptibly. "We have in our bay (1875) 

 thirteen fish-weirs within twelve miles, which are set from the 15ih of 

 April until tbe 1st of June. These weirs are set in from two to five 

 fathoms of water. We catch all kinds of fish, for if the leader of a 

 school falls into our traps tbe rest follow, and thus tons of fish of ail 

 kinds are taken. 



2G. Statement of Alonzo Y. Lofhroi), Hijannis, Mass., February 18, 1874, 



and January 1, 1875. 



1. Pogy. 



2. Favorably. 



3. Greatly diminished. 



4. Xot many in the immediate vicinity ; large numbers east and west. 



5. It does, apparently, in this section. 

 G. In May and September. 



7. They swim high and make a ripple ; attract sea-gulls and other 

 birds. 



8. From tbe Gulf Stream. They follow u]) rivers and bays. Have 

 caught them in " dip-net" two miles up Shoal Hiver in two feet of water. 



9. Eegular and certain. 



10. No. 



11. All fish more abundant in this section on " flood." 



12. From New York to Maine, near shore, rivers, bays, and bends. 



13. Shoal water. 



14. Leave the coast in cold weather. 



15. Yes. 



16. Never noticed. Have seen resemblance in smaller fish. 



17. In September or October. Should say in a body. 



18. Southern. 



