[37] PLAN OF INQUIRY FOR FISHERY CENSUS. 39 
G.— Enemies, fatalities, de. 
DISEASES. 
46. Are diseased, deformed, or “logy” mackerel ever seen? 
47. Are dead fish ever seen in considerable numbers? 
PARASITES. 
48. Are crabs, worms, lampreys, and other living animals ever found 
attached to the mackerel? 
ENEMIES. 
49. Do other animals, such as whales, seals, birds, and other fishes 
attack or prey upon the mackerel? Can you mention any instances? 
H.—The fisheries. ~ 
OFF-SHORE FISHERY. 
50. How many vessels from your vicinity went mackereling in the 
summer of 1878? Can you give their names? 
51. How are they employed this winter? 
52. How many of them joined the southern mackerel fleet in the spring ? 
53. How many went to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence? 
54. How many carried purse-seines? 
55. When did the first vessel start for the gulf and when did it return ? 
IN-SHORE FISHERY. 
56. How many men are employed in your vicinity in fishing for mack- 
erel with small boats? 
57. How many mackerel gill-nets are employed in your vicinity? Can 
you give their dimensions and size? 
58. How many weirs or pounds in your vicinity catch mackerel ? Can 
you name their owners? 
APPARATUS. 
59. By whom and when was the purse-seine introduced on vessels from 
your port? 
60. By whom and when was the mackerel-jig introduced ? 
61. By whom and when was the gill-net introduced? 
62. Are mackerel-gaffs ever used by your fishermen? 
Il.—Products of the fisheries. 
63. Do the véssels from your port carry mackerel, fresh, to market at 
any season of the year? If so, at what season and to what place? 
64. Are any mackerel iced in your vicinity for shipment to other 
places ? 
