﻿REPORT 
  OP 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LXV 
  

  

  American 
  mackerel 
  catch 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1885 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  Port. 
  

  

  Maine 
  — 
  Continued 
  

  

  Rockland 
  

  

  Swan's 
  Inland 
  

  

  Southport 
  

  

  Viual 
  Haven 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Portsmouth, 
  N. 
  H. 
  . 
  

  

  Massachusetts. 
  

  

  Barnstable 
  

  

  Boston 
  

  

  Dennis 
  

  

  Chatham 
  

  

  Cohasset 
  

  

  Gloucester 
  

  

  Harwich 
  

  

  Ne 
  wburyport 
  

  

  Plymouth 
  

  

  Proviucetown 
  

  

  Wellfleet 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  New 
  Loudon, 
  Conn. 
  

   New 
  York, 
  N. 
  Y... 
  

   Philadelphia, 
  Pa 
  

  

  88.11 
  

   497. 
  44 
  

   649. 
  73 
  

   130. 
  81 
  

  

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  000 
  

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   41, 
  500 
  

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  500 
  

  

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  520. 
  85 
  577, 
  000 
  

  

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  11 
  

  

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  83 
  

  

  289. 
  59 
  

  

  211.75 
  

  

  11,168.84 
  

  

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  03 
  

  

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  69 
  

  

  198. 
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  189. 
  75 
  

  

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   82.01 
  

   83. 
  32 
  

  

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  6,000 
  

  

  66, 
  000 
  

  

  36, 
  000 
  

  

  13,400 
  

  

  10, 
  500 
  

  

  713, 
  100 
  

  

  23, 
  500 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  8,000 
  

  

  46, 
  600 
  

  

  158, 
  300 
  

  

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  4,000 
  

   7,000 
  

   12, 
  000 
  

  

  $1, 
  700 
  

   11,800 
  

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  500 
  

  

  2,850 
  

  

  159, 
  180 
  

  

  1,800 
  

  

  1,500 
  

  

  24, 
  100 
  

  

  4,000 
  

  

  2,050 
  

  

  3,000 
  

  

  248, 
  335 
  

  

  9,500 
  

  

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  1,800 
  

  

  18, 
  900 
  

  

  61, 
  900 
  

  

  375, 
  585 
  

  

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   158 
  

  

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  16 
  

  

  257 
  

  

  67 
  

  

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  2,152 
  

  

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  1,241 
  

  

  

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   7,606 
  

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  5 
  

  

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  3,040 
  

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  1,600 
  

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  452 
  

  

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  5,201 
  

  

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  837 
  

  

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  23i 
  

  

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  26, 
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  253, 
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  053 
  6, 
  184 
  

  

  23. 
  — 
  INVESTIGATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  RED-SNAPPER 
  FISHERIES.* 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  early 
  months 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  was 
  en- 
  

   gaged 
  in 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  cruises 
  in 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico. 
  A 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  val- 
  

   uable 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  this 
  time 
  was 
  an 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  fish- 
  

   eries 
  for 
  red 
  snappers 
  off 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Florida. 
  Two 
  trips 
  were 
  

   made 
  from 
  Pensacola, 
  one 
  in 
  February 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  in 
  March, 
  to 
  the 
  

   fishing-grounds 
  which 
  were 
  known, 
  and 
  search 
  was 
  made 
  for 
  new 
  ones. 
  

   This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  effort 
  made 
  under 
  the 
  auspices 
  of 
  the 
  Government 
  to 
  

   examine 
  the 
  offshore 
  fishing-grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  its 
  

   success 
  and 
  that 
  of 
  others 
  bid 
  fair 
  to 
  add 
  materially 
  to 
  the 
  resources 
  

   of 
  the 
  country. 
  

  

  Their 
  development 
  must 
  be 
  of 
  considerable 
  consequence 
  to 
  our 
  Gulf 
  

   coast, 
  and 
  if 
  methods 
  should 
  be 
  applied 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  these 
  

   fisheries 
  could 
  get 
  into 
  the 
  general 
  markets 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  our 
  food 
  

   supply 
  might 
  be 
  materially 
  augmented. 
  

  

  * 
  A 
  valuable 
  discussion 
  of 
  this 
  subject 
  may 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  an 
  article 
  bv 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  W. 
  

   Collins 
  in 
  the 
  appendix 
  to 
  this 
  Report, 
  p. 
  217. 
  

  

  