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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  mackerel 
  fishery 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1895. 
  In 
  February, 
  189G, 
  Mr. 
  

   Dimick 
  submitted 
  a 
  report 
  on 
  this 
  subject, 
  wliich 
  was 
  transmitted 
  to 
  

   the 
  United 
  States 
  representative 
  on 
  the 
  joint 
  commission. 
  The 
  report 
  

   covered 
  the 
  general 
  extent 
  and 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  fishing 
  on 
  the 
  vari- 
  

   ous 
  grounds 
  and 
  during 
  the 
  difierent 
  months; 
  the 
  methods 
  employed 
  

   and 
  the 
  quantities 
  of 
  mackerel 
  taken 
  by 
  each 
  method; 
  the 
  average 
  

   prices 
  received 
  for 
  mackerel; 
  tlie 
  monthly 
  importations 
  of 
  mackerel 
  

   from 
  the 
  British 
  i)rovinces; 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  carried 
  on 
  with 
  

   traps 
  and 
  from 
  small 
  boats. 
  

  

  SHAD 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST. 
  

  

  In 
  May, 
  1896, 
  a 
  general 
  canvass 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast 
  was 
  begun. 
  Tlie 
  work 
  was 
  inaugurated 
  in 
  Florida, 
  and 
  

   by 
  June 
  30 
  had 
  embraced 
  Georgia, 
  South 
  Carolina, 
  and 
  North 
  Carolina. 
  

   The 
  intention 
  is 
  to 
  take 
  up 
  the 
  canvass 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  remaining 
  streams 
  

   about 
  the 
  time 
  shad 
  fishing 
  is 
  suspended, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  a 
  full 
  account 
  

   of 
  the 
  business 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1890 
  may 
  be 
  obtained. 
  The 
  inves- 
  

   tigation 
  will 
  cover 
  the 
  following 
  statistical 
  details 
  for 
  each 
  stream, 
  in 
  

   addition 
  to 
  full 
  descriptive 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  condition 
  and 
  m.ethods 
  of 
  the 
  

   fisheries: 
  Number 
  of 
  persons 
  employed 
  in 
  each 
  branch 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  

   fishery; 
  the 
  number 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  appa- 
  

   ratus 
  emjiloyed; 
  the 
  number, 
  weight, 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  taken 
  with 
  

   each 
  kind 
  of 
  apparatus. 
  Coincident 
  with 
  the 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  

   fishery 
  a 
  canvass 
  of 
  the 
  alewife 
  and 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  will 
  be 
  made. 
  

  

  PACIFIC 
  STATES. 
  

  

  About 
  three 
  years 
  having 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  last 
  general 
  canvass 
  of 
  the 
  

   Pacific 
  States, 
  another 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  important 
  interests 
  of 
  that 
  

   region 
  appeared 
  opportune 
  and 
  was 
  accordingly 
  begun 
  in 
  the 
  latter 
  

   l^art 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  who 
  had 
  twice 
  before 
  cov- 
  

   ered 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  west 
  coast, 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  The 
  

   inquiries 
  began 
  in 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  in 
  May, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   fiscal 
  year 
  had 
  progressed 
  satisfactorily. 
  

  

  There 
  were 
  certain 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  industry 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  

   which 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  desired 
  to 
  have 
  specially 
  considered. 
  The 
  

   investigation 
  was 
  assigned 
  to 
  the 
  writer, 
  who 
  left 
  for 
  San 
  Francisco 
  on 
  

   May 
  15 
  and 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  The 
  

   subjects 
  to 
  which 
  special 
  attention 
  was 
  given 
  were 
  the 
  condition 
  and 
  

   extent 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  and 
  striped-bass 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  theattemi)ts 
  

   to 
  introduce 
  lobsters 
  into 
  Pacific 
  waters, 
  and 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  

   sardine 
  industry 
  of 
  southern 
  California. 
  

  

  INQUIRIES 
  AT 
  GLOUCESTER 
  AND 
  BOSTON, 
  MASS. 
  

  

  Capt. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Martin 
  and 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  F. 
  Dimick, 
  the 
  local 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  and 
  P>oston, 
  respectively, 
  have 
  continued 
  their 
  

   inquiries 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  fishery 
  ])roducts 
  landed 
  at 
  those 
  places 
  by 
  

   American 
  fishing 
  vessels. 
  Following 
  is 
  an 
  outline 
  of 
  the 
  results 
  ot 
  their 
  

  

  