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89. Are the roes saved? What quantity? Are any exported? To 
whom are they sold? What are they worth? 
90. Are the tongues, sounds or bladders, and napes saved? What 
are they worth? To whom are they sold? 
NAME AND ADDRESS OF OBSERVER: 
DATE OF STATEMENT: 
(32.) 
QUESTIONS RELATIVE TO THE MACKEREL AND THE 
MACKEREL FISHERIES.* 
OFFICE OF U. S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 
, Washington, D. C. 
One of the most important of the marine food-fishes of the North 
Atlantic is the mackerel (Scomber scombrus). The fresh fish are exten- 
sively sold in Northern markets, while salted they form a staple of great 
commercial importance. 
It is considered very desirable to obtain a full account of the habits 
and migratious of this fish, as well as complete statistics of its capture 
and commercial relations. The statistics of the fisheries of the Gulf of 
Saint Lawrence are particularly desired. I beg leave to call attention to 
the inclosed table of questions, and to request answers to as many as 
practicable, to be addressed to the United States Commission of Fish 
and Fisheries, Washington, D. C. Replies should be made on foolscap 
paper, if equally convenient, and written on one side only of the page. 
The information thus obtained will be embodied in a report to Con- 
gress, in which full credit will be given to all contributors. 
Many very full and satisfactory communications have already been 
received in response to a former circular containing questions about 
the mackerel fisheries. Thanking those who have already responded 
for their efficient aid, | beg to call their attention to this revised series 
of questions, and to ask that they will read them attentively and add 
any new suggestion which may occur to them. Attention is especially 
requested to the questions relating to migrations and schooling. 
I would also request new answers to questions 61-78, inclusive. The 
former circular failed to draw out all the information desired upon the 
statistics of the fisheries. 
SPENCER F. BAIRD, 
Commissioner. 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, Washington, D. C. 
*These same questions may apply to the swordfish, bluefish, weakfish or squeteague, 
and the other sea fishes which visit our coast in summer. 
