56 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



"Hake"(lyr)* 4, 257 quintals . 12,774 



Cusk {Brosmius vulgaris) 2, 349 quintals 7, 047 



Pollock 9, 417 quintals 32, 964 



Herrings 38, 292 barrels 153,168 



Coast fisheries by 'Hhe dory fishermen": 



Fresh fish 89,738 



Prepared fish 185, 697 



Fish-oil . 8, 945 



Mackerel 18, 172 barrels J^o. 1 327, 112 



Mackerel. 7, 065 barrels Ko. 2 . . . . 184,780 



Mackerel 21, 763 barrels No. 3 ... . 174, 104 



Mackerel 4. 039 barrels ^^o. 4 . . . . 24, 205 



Total $3, 900, 586 



Furthermore : 

 Pickled fish : 



31,750 herrings, valued at $13, 494 



163 barrels cod, 40;^ barrels swordfish 1, 097 



410f barrels trout, and 76| barrels fins ...... 4, 042 



21^ barrels salmon, 250 barrels tongues, &c. . 2, 282 



Clams, &c 10, 000 



All other fish 8, 000 



Qil, not mentioned above 100, 000 



138, 915 



Grand total $4, 039, 500 



These figures will show the prices of the commonest American fish- 

 ing products. It will be noticed that roe is not mentioned, as but few 

 roe-fish are caught, and as nearly all the roe is used for bait. 



Next in importance to the Gloucester fisheries are those of New York 

 and Boston, then those of Portland, Me., Baltimore, California, and Ore- 

 gon. The coast fisheries carried on along the whole coast of the United 

 States, especially of menhaden, shad, porgy, bluefish, lobsters, oysters, 

 and clams, yield considerable sums of money every year. The value of 

 the salt-water fisheries of the United States has never been accurately 

 calculated, but I think that it amounts to about $20,000,000. With re- 

 gard to the value of the fresh- water fisheries of the United States, the 

 uncertainty is still greater j but it is certain that even now it is very 

 considerable, and hopes are entertained that in future it will be still 

 greater, owing to the energetic measures which are being taken to fur- 

 ther and to encourage these fi.sheries. These hopes are well founded, to 

 judge at least from the happy results which so far have been obtained 

 by pisciculture. Whilst lobsters of unusual size are caught in great num- 

 bers on the coasts of Maine, Massachusetts, and New York, the largest 



* "Lyr" is the Danish for pollack (Gadus pollachius) ; but the "hake" of our East 

 coast are species of Phycis. — T. H. B. 



