﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  129 
  

  

  189G. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  field 
  agent 
  of 
  this 
  division, 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  

   study 
  tlie 
  commercial 
  aspects 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  that 
  water 
  in 
  eon- 
  

   junction 
  with 
  Prof. 
  B. 
  W. 
  Evermann, 
  who 
  had 
  in 
  charge 
  the 
  scientific 
  

   features 
  of 
  the 
  subject. 
  Mr. 
  Wilcox's 
  report 
  of 
  his 
  inquiries 
  was 
  sub- 
  

   mitted 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  on 
  March 
  31, 
  1S90. 
  He 
  visited 
  all 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   ing 
  centers 
  on 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  obtained, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  descrijitive 
  notes, 
  

   data 
  showing 
  for 
  each 
  locality 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed, 
  the 
  

   number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  each 
  kind 
  of 
  fishing 
  appliance 
  used, 
  and 
  the 
  quan- 
  

   tity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  other 
  products 
  taken. 
  His 
  report 
  treats 
  

   of 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  Indian 
  River 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  fishing 
  centers 
  

   and 
  grounds, 
  the 
  fishery 
  resources, 
  the 
  fishing 
  apparatus 
  and 
  methods, 
  

   the 
  fishermen, 
  prices, 
  shipments, 
  markets, 
  etc., 
  and 
  the 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  

   industry. 
  

  

  The 
  Indian 
  Eiver 
  fisheries 
  in 
  1895 
  gave 
  employment 
  to 
  254 
  persons, 
  

   represented 
  an 
  investment 
  of 
  $41,513, 
  and 
  yielded 
  2,659,815 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   l)roducts 
  valued 
  at 
  $37,657. 
  The 
  most 
  prominent 
  fishery 
  objects 
  are 
  

   mullet, 
  pompauo, 
  sheei)shead, 
  squeteague, 
  and 
  oysters. 
  The 
  catch 
  of 
  

   mullet 
  was 
  1,610,869 
  pounds, 
  worth 
  $12,251. 
  The 
  most 
  valuable 
  fish— 
  

   and 
  the 
  most 
  highly 
  esteemed 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  — 
  was 
  the 
  

   pomi^ano, 
  of 
  which 
  only 
  149,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  taken, 
  but 
  which 
  brought 
  

   the 
  fishermen 
  $9,475. 
  

  

  PASSAMAQUODDY 
  BAY, 
  MAINE. 
  

  

  In 
  February, 
  1890, 
  Mr. 
  Ansley 
  Hall, 
  field 
  agent, 
  was 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  

   eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  to 
  obtain 
  certain 
  data 
  regarding 
  the 
  fishing 
  

   industry 
  of 
  the 
  contiguous 
  waters 
  of 
  Maine 
  and 
  Kew 
  Brunswick 
  for 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  Fishery 
  Commission 
  . 
  The 
  information 
  specially 
  

   desired 
  by 
  the 
  Commission 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  herring 
  

   caught 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  and 
  Canadian 
  weirs 
  in 
  the 
  Passamaquoddy 
  

   region, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  boxes 
  of 
  smoked 
  herring 
  prepared, 
  and 
  the 
  

   number 
  of 
  cases 
  of 
  sardines 
  manufactured 
  during 
  the 
  calendar 
  years 
  

   1893, 
  1894, 
  and 
  1895; 
  and, 
  for 
  1895, 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  location 
  of 
  the 
  

   weirs 
  operated 
  in 
  American 
  and 
  Canadian 
  waters. 
  Advantage 
  was 
  

   taken 
  of 
  this 
  opportunity 
  to 
  have 
  a 
  very 
  full 
  and 
  complete 
  study 
  made 
  

   of 
  the 
  present 
  aspects 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  sardine, 
  smoked 
  herring, 
  

   and 
  related 
  branches 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  Lubec, 
  and 
  other 
  centers 
  of 
  that 
  

   region. 
  Besides 
  very 
  detailed 
  statistical 
  matter, 
  secured 
  largely 
  from 
  

   the 
  books 
  of 
  the 
  firms, 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  were 
  obtained 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  

   methods 
  pursued 
  and 
  the 
  recent 
  changes 
  therein. 
  Mr. 
  Hall 
  completed 
  

   his 
  inquiries 
  in 
  April. 
  The 
  material 
  desired 
  by 
  the 
  joint 
  commission 
  

   was 
  furnished 
  in 
  May. 
  The 
  remaining 
  information 
  will 
  bo 
  incorporated 
  

   in 
  a 
  special 
  i^aper 
  treating 
  of 
  the 
  herring 
  fishery 
  and 
  dependent 
  indus- 
  

   tries 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  Maine 
  coast. 
  

  

  NEW 
  ENGLAND 
  MACKEREL 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  In 
  July, 
  1895, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Dimick, 
  local 
  agent 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  at 
  

   Boston, 
  Mass., 
  was 
  instructed 
  to 
  obtain, 
  for 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  International 
  

   Fisheries 
  Commission, 
  certain 
  information 
  regarding 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   F. 
  R. 
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