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  MENHADEN 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST. 
  

  

  The 
  subsequent 
  treatment 
  for 
  its 
  preservation 
  consists 
  of 
  a 
  pickling 
  

   process 
  as 
  follows: 
  After 
  the 
  day's 
  fishing 
  is 
  done, 
  about 
  4 
  bushels 
  of 
  

   coarse 
  salt 
  are 
  sprinkled 
  over 
  each 
  ''arm" 
  of 
  the 
  seine 
  as 
  it 
  lies 
  in 
  the 
  

   seine 
  boats; 
  12 
  to 
  15 
  buckets 
  of 
  sea 
  water 
  are 
  then 
  poured 
  over 
  each 
  

   arm, 
  and 
  as 
  that 
  collects 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  boats 
  it 
  is 
  pumped 
  into 
  

   buckets 
  and 
  poured 
  over 
  the 
  twme 
  — 
  the 
  same 
  water, 
  or 
  brme, 
  as 
  it 
  

   has 
  now 
  become, 
  being 
  used 
  over 
  and 
  over 
  until 
  75 
  to 
  100 
  bucketfuls 
  

   have 
  been 
  poured; 
  this 
  is 
  repeated 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  and 
  perhaps 
  sev- 
  

   eral 
  times 
  durmg 
  the 
  day, 
  if 
  the 
  net 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  put 
  overboard 
  and 
  

   so 
  much 
  sea 
  water 
  taken 
  aboard 
  with 
  it 
  that 
  the 
  "pickle" 
  is 
  too 
  much 
  

   diluted 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  further 
  service. 
  

  

  When 
  the 
  twine 
  is 
  very 
  slimy, 
  as 
  is 
  frequentl}^ 
  the 
  case 
  after 
  a 
  haul 
  

   has 
  been 
  made, 
  it 
  is 
  washed 
  by 
  a 
  stream 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  fire 
  hose 
  on 
  

   the 
  steamer. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  seine 
  completely 
  rigged 
  for 
  fishing 
  is 
  about 
  

   $1,000; 
  and 
  they 
  are 
  seldom 
  used 
  more 
  than 
  one 
  season. 
  The 
  "long 
  

   tom 
  " 
  is 
  simply 
  a 
  large 
  piece 
  of 
  lead 
  with 
  flat 
  bottom 
  and 
  rounded 
  top, 
  

   weighing 
  about 
  300 
  pounds, 
  which 
  is 
  placed 
  upon 
  the 
  purse 
  line 
  by 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  two 
  snatch 
  blocks 
  which 
  are 
  fixed 
  in 
  its 
  sides 
  and 
  dropped 
  

   overboard 
  after 
  the 
  net 
  has 
  all 
  been 
  paid 
  out, 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  ends 
  of 
  the 
  

   net 
  before 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  pursed. 
  An 
  eyebolt 
  is 
  fixed 
  in 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  

   the 
  tom 
  for 
  the 
  attachment 
  of 
  a 
  fine 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hauhng 
  

   the 
  weight 
  back 
  into 
  the 
  boat. 
  The 
  cost 
  of 
  a 
  tom 
  is 
  about 
  $30. 
  

  

  SEASON 
  AND 
  FISHING 
  GROUNDS. 
  

  

  As 
  the 
  menhaden 
  is 
  a 
  migratory 
  fish, 
  the 
  season 
  naturally 
  differs 
  

   on 
  various 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  coast; 
  the 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  governs 
  

   to 
  some 
  extent 
  the 
  range 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  fishing 
  steamers, 
  it 
  being 
  

   desirable 
  to 
  remain 
  close 
  enough 
  to 
  their 
  respective 
  factories 
  to 
  run 
  in 
  

   and 
  discharge 
  their 
  fish 
  before 
  they 
  putrefy; 
  but 
  the 
  steamers 
  some- 
  

   times 
  get 
  so 
  far 
  away 
  that 
  they 
  find 
  it 
  advantageous 
  to 
  sell 
  their 
  catch 
  

   to 
  some 
  other 
  factory. 
  As 
  the 
  fish 
  appear 
  to 
  seek 
  the 
  coast 
  the 
  

   steamers 
  seldom 
  go 
  more 
  than 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  miles 
  out 
  to 
  sea. 
  Wliile 
  men- 
  

   haden 
  occur 
  in 
  Florida 
  tliroughout 
  the 
  year, 
  the 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  

   taken 
  from 
  April 
  1 
  to 
  November 
  1. 
  The 
  small 
  catch 
  in 
  winter, 
  

   according 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  is 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  fish 
  seldom 
  

   appear 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  during 
  that 
  season. 
  The 
  steam- 
  

   ers 
  fishing 
  in 
  Florida 
  seldom 
  go 
  farther 
  than 
  10 
  or 
  15 
  miles 
  north 
  

   or 
  south 
  from 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  St. 
  Johns 
  River. 
  Some 
  fishing 
  is 
  

   also 
  done 
  in 
  that 
  river 
  and 
  Nassau 
  Sound, 
  but 
  the 
  catch 
  in 
  those 
  

   waters 
  is 
  inconsiderable. 
  The 
  spring 
  and 
  fall 
  "runs" 
  determine 
  the 
  

   season 
  for 
  the 
  North 
  CaroHna 
  fishermen; 
  the 
  northward 
  move- 
  

   ment 
  generally 
  ends 
  about 
  June 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  and 
  very 
  little 
  fishing 
  is 
  

   done 
  from 
  that 
  time 
  until 
  the 
  schools 
  reappear 
  southbound 
  during 
  

   late 
  September 
  or 
  early 
  October. 
  The 
  bulk 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  taken 
  by 
  

   the 
  boats 
  from 
  this 
  State 
  is 
  from 
  outside 
  waters, 
  generally 
  from 
  Cape 
  

  

  