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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [18] 
  

  

  hoar 
  in 
  this 
  berth, 
  the 
  total 
  catch 
  being 
  ns 
  follows: 
  One 
  amber 
  fish 
  

   (Seriola)-, 
  1 
  scamp 
  (Trisotropis 
  falcatus 
  Poey); 
  1 
  large 
  black 
  grouper 
  or 
  

   gag 
  (Trisotropis 
  brunneus 
  Poey) 
  ; 
  2 
  spotted 
  hinds 
  (Epinephelus 
  drumiwnd- 
  

   ha;/i 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean); 
  red 
  groupers 
  (E.morio)-, 
  2 
  porgies 
  (Sparrut); 
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   red 
  snappers 
  (Lutjanus 
  blackfordii 
  Goode 
  & 
  Bean). 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  practicable 
  fresh 
  bait 
  — 
  

   grouper 
  and 
  porgic 
  — 
  was 
  used 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  salt 
  mackerel, 
  it 
  appears, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  red 
  snapper 
  is 
  not 
  fond 
  of 
  grouper 
  bait, 
  and 
  unless 
  lie 
  

   is 
  very 
  hungry 
  will 
  not 
  take 
  it 
  readily. 
  The 
  fishermen 
  usually 
  "point' 
  1 
  

   their 
  hooks 
  with 
  some 
  sort 
  of 
  bait 
  which 
  is 
  attractive 
  to 
  the 
  snapper, 
  

   putting 
  the 
  coarser 
  kinds 
  on 
  the 
  shank. 
  

  

  At 
  7.40 
  the 
  ship 
  started 
  ahead 
  on 
  an 
  east 
  by 
  north 
  course, 
  find 
  ran 
  

   20 
  minutes, 
  when 
  soundings 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  31 
  fathoms, 
  bottom 
  as 
  before 
  

   (hit. 
  29° 
  1.7' 
  20" 
  K, 
  long. 
  85° 
  45' 
  30" 
  W.). 
  The 
  lines 
  were 
  hove, 
  out 
  as 
  

   soon 
  as 
  the 
  ship 
  stopped, 
  and 
  fishing 
  continued 
  for 
  55 
  minutes. 
  The 
  

   catch 
  in 
  this 
  berth 
  was 
  7 
  snappers, 
  groupers, 
  2 
  spotted 
  hinds, 
  and 
  2 
  

   scamp. 
  After 
  this, 
  twenty-eight 
  more 
  trials 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  lisli 
  during 
  

   the 
  day, 
  with 
  the 
  result 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  table, 
  which 
  also 
  con- 
  

   tains 
  the 
  positions, 
  depth 
  of 
  water, 
  &c, 
  where 
  soundings 
  were 
  taken 
  

   and 
  lines 
  put 
  out. 
  As 
  a 
  rule, 
  the 
  ship 
  stopped 
  from 
  5 
  to 
  10 
  minutes 
  in 
  

   each 
  position, 
  except 
  wheu 
  fish 
  were 
  caught, 
  when 
  the 
  stay 
  was 
  longer. 
  

   The 
  last 
  sounding 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  5.50 
  p. 
  m., 
  when 
  it 
  was 
  nearly 
  dai 
  k 
  and 
  

   too 
  late 
  to 
  carry 
  the 
  investigation 
  farther, 
  though 
  there 
  appeared 
  to 
  

   bo 
  some 
  fish 
  in 
  this 
  berth. 
  

  

  [Date, 
  March 
  7.] 
  

  

  