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  FISHERY. 
  15 
  

  

  pounds, 
  compared 
  with 
  3,379,580 
  pounds 
  in 
  1914. 
  In 
  1910 
  the 
  catch 
  

   was 
  4,023,999 
  pounds; 
  in 
  1911, 
  3,501,745 
  pounds; 
  in 
  1912, 
  3,541,539 
  

   pounds; 
  in 
  1914, 
  3,379,580 
  pounds; 
  the 
  average 
  annual 
  yield 
  in 
  

   the 
  past 
  five 
  years 
  being 
  3,947,003 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  falling 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  halibut 
  landed 
  in 
  some 
  years 
  

   since 
  1899 
  may 
  in 
  a 
  measure 
  be 
  accounted 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  fewer 
  vessels 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  the 
  fishery, 
  as 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  unprofitable 
  to 
  send 
  a 
  

   large 
  fleet 
  of 
  halibut 
  catchers 
  each 
  season 
  to 
  banks 
  where 
  the 
  re- 
  

   sults 
  were 
  extremely 
  doubtful, 
  especially 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   larger 
  and 
  more 
  certain 
  returns 
  might 
  be 
  realized 
  from 
  the 
  cod, 
  had- 
  

   dock, 
  or 
  mackerel 
  fisheries. 
  Aside 
  from 
  changes 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  

   halibut 
  and 
  haddock 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  general 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  

   banks 
  enumerated, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Georges 
  and 
  South 
  Chan- 
  

   nel, 
  remains 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  30 
  years 
  ago. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  clear 
  presentation 
  of 
  the 
  underlying 
  differences 
  

   between 
  the 
  old 
  line 
  fisheries 
  and 
  the 
  new 
  trawlnet 
  fisheries 
  a 
  full 
  

   description 
  of 
  the 
  respective 
  apparatus 
  and 
  methods 
  is 
  desirable. 
  

  

  HAND-LINE 
  AND 
  TRAWL-LINE 
  VESSELS. 
  

  

  Line 
  trawls 
  have 
  been 
  extensively 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  New 
  

   England 
  for 
  many 
  years. 
  This 
  method 
  of 
  capture 
  has 
  largely 
  sup- 
  

   planted 
  hand 
  lines, 
  although 
  in 
  recent 
  years, 
  at 
  certain 
  periods, 
  a 
  

   considerable 
  fleet 
  of 
  hand-liners 
  has 
  fished 
  on 
  Quereau 
  Bank 
  and 
  

   Western 
  Bank 
  with 
  marked 
  success, 
  fishing 
  being 
  carried 
  on 
  from 
  

   the 
  deck 
  of 
  some 
  vessels 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  dories 
  of 
  others. 
  The 
  first 
  

   class 
  are 
  known 
  as 
  deck 
  hand-liners 
  and 
  the 
  second 
  as 
  dory 
  hand- 
  

   liners. 
  Each 
  method 
  is 
  still 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  cod 
  fishery, 
  but 
  trawl-line 
  

   fishermen 
  greatly 
  outaumber 
  those 
  using 
  hand-lines. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  inshore 
  fisheries, 
  where 
  formerly 
  hand-lines 
  were 
  wholly 
  

   used, 
  trawl 
  lines 
  are 
  now 
  the 
  principal 
  means 
  of 
  capture, 
  except 
  on 
  

   the 
  local 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  off 
  Cape 
  Ann, 
  where 
  gill 
  nets 
  have 
  been 
  

   extensively 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  last 
  three 
  years 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  

   pollock, 
  cod, 
  and 
  haddock. 
  

  

  Dory 
  hand-line 
  vessels. 
  — 
  A 
  dory 
  hand-line 
  vessel 
  usually 
  carries 
  

   from 
  twelve 
  to 
  fourteen 
  13-foot 
  dories. 
  When 
  not 
  in 
  use 
  they 
  are 
  

   nested 
  on 
  the 
  main 
  deck, 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  on 
  each 
  side. 
  In 
  this 
  kind 
  

   of 
  fishing 
  one 
  man 
  goes 
  in 
  a 
  dory 
  and 
  operates 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  lines, 
  

   the 
  number 
  being 
  regulated 
  by 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  water, 
  strength 
  of 
  tide, 
  

   and 
  other 
  conditions. 
  

  

  Size 
  of 
  lines 
  and 
  leads. 
  — 
  The 
  lines 
  used 
  by 
  dory 
  fishermen 
  on 
  

   Quereau 
  and 
  other 
  banks, 
  where 
  this 
  method 
  of 
  fishing 
  is 
  largely 
  

   carried 
  on 
  at 
  times, 
  are 
  tarred 
  cotton, 
  weighing 
  from 
  8 
  to 
  10 
  pounds 
  

   per 
  dozen. 
  The 
  leads 
  weigh 
  from 
  2i 
  to 
  3| 
  pounds 
  each. 
  The 
  depth 
  

   of 
  water 
  in 
  which 
  fishing 
  is 
  carried 
  on 
  varies 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  50 
  fathoms, 
  

  

  