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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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. nr .• fofa« thnt there were also landed at various times 



Captain Martin sUites ^^ at there .^ordfisb, taken prin- 



durinj? the season a to al of 100 barrel^ oj swordfish and 



cipally by the mackerel catchers ^^'^"^^'^^^^^^^ ,,, ,,,rdfi,U to 



:t^l5;Z wh"" i^ far in excess of the capture of any previous year ot 



^tf ^n^^e:Zt were 603,107 pounds, which incudes aboi^ 

 SotoO^pounds landed there by the swordtish vessels and the quantity 

 arriS rail or steamer from Tortland, Oloncester, and other p(n:ts^ 

 Ihe number landed at New Bedford is stated by ^\ dlard Nye, to 

 have been 150. A large number were landed at Newport, at Mock 

 iZd ami other placestn Southern New England, also at Provincetown 

 and ports north of Cape Cod not previously mentioned. A considerable 

 number were consumed locally at various places along the coast The 

 sZoner Julietta, of Harpswell, Me., was probably the 'high line'^ of 

 the fleet. Between July (> and September 15 this vessel Ij ad taken 126 

 swordtish. The Millie Florence had captured 106 swordtish between 

 July 15 and September 14. Captures by vessels belonging at Cape Cod 

 and larther south, from the beginning of the season until the latter part 

 of September, were reported as follows : 



Xime of vessel. 



Home port. 



swordfish Fishing grounds east or south of Cape Cod. 

 captured. 



Scud Sl^"l?i'"V' ■■■■ 



Active ■' Wellfleet .... 



Johu L.Cole I. ...do 



XellieRich ...do 



Sarah C. Smith , do 



L. O. Foster Dennis 



Ellen R ■-■ do 



Olive A. Lewis ' do ... 



Black Swan , New Bedford . 



Spv '....do 



Quilp ....do 



Emma Clifton | .... do 



Mariner 1 ... .do 



Wasp {....do 



J. \V. Flanders i do 



Sarah Smith - do 



Lydia | Nantucket... 



Grade Phillips ] Westport.... 



Village Belle Newport 



White Cloud New London . 



Conquest do 



Emma ' do 



E.O. Berry | do 



Hattie Rebecca Block Island . 



Laura Louise ' do 



Wanita do 



Annie Godfrey j -. do 



Mystery \ do 



Laura Gammage \ do 



Pacific r 1 — do 



Yankee Bride } ...do 



Rose Brothers do 



35 



Caught 36 south and 39 east. 



h 



> South ; average about 35 fish each. 



The three vessels belonging in Dennis salted their catch before selling 

 it. All the other vessels marketed their cat(;h fresh. The names of 

 some of the other swordtish vessels belonging north of Cape Cod, which 



