﻿XIV 
  -REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  DISCOVERY 
  AND 
  INVESTIGATION 
  07 
  

   FISHING 
  GROUNDS, 
  MADE 
  BY 
  THE 
  FISH 
  COMMISSION 
  STEAMER 
  

   ALBATROSS 
  DURING 
  A 
  CRUISE 
  ALONG 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST 
  

   AND 
  IN 
  THE 
  GULF 
  OF 
  MEXICO; 
  WITH 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  GULF 
  

   FISHERIES.* 
  

  

  By 
  Capt. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Collins. 
  

  

  ANALYSIS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  I. 
  — 
  Narrative 
  of 
  tiie 
  voyage 
  2 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  From 
  Norfolk 
  to 
  Havana 
  2 
  

  

  2. 
  From 
  Havana 
  to 
  Cozurael 
  li 
  

  

  :!. 
  From 
  Coznmel 
  to 
  Peusacola 
  10 
  

  

  4. 
  First 
  red-snapper 
  trip 
  from 
  Peusacola 
  11 
  

  

  5. 
  From 
  Peusacola 
  to 
  New 
  Orleans 
  and 
  return 
  15 
  

  

  G. 
  Second 
  red-snapper 
  trip 
  from 
  Pensacola 
  IT 
  

  

  7. 
  From 
  Pensacola 
  to 
  Tampa 
  21. 
  

  

  8. 
  From 
  Tampa 
  to 
  Key 
  West 
  25 
  

  

  9. 
  From 
  Key 
  West 
  to 
  Washington 
  27 
  

  

  II. 
  — 
  Notes 
  ox 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Key 
  West 
  30 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  The 
  sponge 
  fishery 
  ; 
  30 
  

  

  1. 
  Fishing 
  grounds 
  31 
  

  

  2. 
  Vessels 
  and 
  boats 
  34 
  

  

  3. 
  Apparatus 
  38 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  39 
  

  

  . 
  r 
  >. 
  Disposition 
  of 
  the 
  catch 
  41 
  

  

  6. 
  Financial 
  profits 
  of 
  the 
  sponge 
  fishery 
  42 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  The 
  smack 
  fishery 
  42 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  The 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  42 
  

  

  2. 
  Vessels 
  44 
  

  

  3. 
  Methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  4f> 
  

  

  C. 
  — 
  The 
  market 
  fishery 
  4G 
  

  

  1. 
  Fishing 
  grounds 
  4G 
  

  

  2. 
  Key 
  West 
  market 
  boats 
  48 
  

  

  3. 
  Apparatus 
  and 
  methods 
  of 
  fishing 
  51 
  

  

  4. 
  Disposition 
  of 
  tbc 
  catch 
  55 
  

  

  D.— 
  The 
  turtle 
  fishery 
  57 
  

  

  E. 
  — 
  The 
  shore-seine 
  fishery 
  58 
  

  

  * 
  This 
  report 
  covers 
  investigations 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  a 
  cruise 
  of 
  the 
  steamer 
  Alba- 
  

   tross, 
  which 
  began 
  January 
  3, 
  and 
  ended 
  April 
  6, 
  1885. 
  

  

  In 
  this 
  connection 
  it 
  seems 
  desirable 
  to 
  include 
  such 
  facts 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  able 
  to 
  

   gather 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries, 
  fishing 
  vessels, 
  &c, 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  ports 
  that 
  have 
  

   been 
  visited 
  during 
  the 
  cruise. 
  — 
  J. 
  W. 
  C. 
  

  

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