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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [7G] 
  

  

  times 
  be 
  spent 
  in 
  searching 
  for 
  fish 
  without 
  finding 
  a 
  good 
  school, 
  and 
  

   in 
  winter 
  wishing 
  is 
  often 
  very 
  much 
  interfered 
  with 
  by 
  continued 
  rough 
  

   weather. 
  In 
  strong 
  winds 
  the 
  sea 
  is 
  short 
  and 
  na»ty 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  die 
  

  

  Unit, 
  and 
  it 
  goes 
  without 
  saying 
  that 
  "sounding 
  out 
  a 
  berth" 
  cannot 
  

   be 
  successfully 
  continued 
  in 
  heavy 
  weather. 
  If, 
  however, 
  a 
  vessel 
  is 
  

   anchored 
  on 
  fish, 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  caught 
  in 
  pretty 
  bad 
  weather. 
  

  

  Although 
  the 
  men 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  deck, 
  as 
  a 
  rule, 
  when 
  the 
  vessel 
  is 
  at 
  

   anchor, 
  it 
  should 
  be 
  stated 
  that 
  sometimes 
  in 
  fine 
  weather 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  

   the 
  crew 
  go 
  out 
  in 
  dories 
  at 
  various 
  distances 
  from 
  the 
  smack. 
  Hand- 
  

   lining 
  in 
  dories 
  for 
  codfish 
  is 
  very 
  much 
  more 
  profitable 
  than 
  fishing 
  

   from 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  a 
  vessel, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  snapper 
  fishery 
  the 
  conditions 
  are 
  

   so 
  different 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  advantageous 
  result 
  is 
  not 
  always 
  obtained, 
  

   though 
  occasionally 
  the 
  boats 
  are 
  able 
  to 
  find 
  better 
  fishing 
  than 
  can 
  

   be 
  got 
  on 
  the 
  vessel. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  snapper-catchers 
  do 
  not 
  anchor, 
  unless 
  in 
  exceptional 
  

   cases, 
  but 
  prefer 
  to 
  fish 
  at 
  a 
  drift 
  and 
  work 
  back 
  to 
  windward 
  whenever 
  

   they 
  have 
  lost 
  good 
  fishing. 
  

  

  5. 
  CARE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISH. 
  

  

  The 
  method 
  of 
  caring 
  lor 
  the 
  fish 
  that 
  are 
  kepi 
  alive 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   indicated, 
  in 
  part, 
  at 
  least. 
  It 
  remains 
  to 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  much 
  care 
  must 
  

   be 
  exorcised 
  to 
  prevent 
  them 
  from 
  dying 
  in 
  the 
  well 
  from 
  suffocation, 
  

   in 
  case 
  of 
  calms, 
  when 
  the 
  vessel 
  lies 
  motionless. 
  It 
  is 
  then 
  necessary 
  

   to 
  get 
  up 
  an 
  artificial 
  circulation 
  of 
  water 
  by 
  "bailing 
  the 
  well," 
  or 
  

   adopting 
  some 
  other 
  means 
  to 
  effect 
  the 
  same 
  object. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  neces- 
  

   sary 
  to 
  sweep 
  the 
  well 
  with 
  a, 
  dip-net 
  at 
  intervals, 
  and 
  remove 
  any 
  fish 
  

   that 
  are 
  dead. 
  These 
  are 
  iced. 
  

  

  Those 
  vessels 
  which 
  ice 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  their 
  catch 
  carry 
  about 
  five 
  or 
  

   six 
  tons 
  of 
  ice 
  each 
  trip, 
  in 
  winter. 
  These 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  

   pens 
  built 
  in 
  the 
  hold, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  ice 
  is 
  stowed 
  and 
  the 
  fish 
  packed. 
  

  

  The 
  snappers 
  are 
  not 
  eviscerated, 
  but 
  are 
  carefully 
  washed 
  before 
  

   being 
  iced. 
  They 
  are 
  then 
  thrown 
  into 
  the 
  hold 
  and 
  packed 
  in 
  the 
  pens. 
  

   A 
  layer 
  of 
  broken 
  ice, 
  8 
  or 
  10 
  inches 
  thick, 
  is 
  first 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  

   pen, 
  and 
  on 
  this 
  is 
  laid 
  a 
  tier 
  of 
  fish. 
  Just 
  here 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  variation 
  

   in 
  the 
  methods 
  adopted 
  by 
  different 
  men. 
  Some 
  skippers 
  are 
  very 
  par- 
  

   ticular 
  about 
  having 
  the 
  fish 
  packed 
  carefully 
  in 
  the 
  pens 
  by 
  hand, 
  and 
  

   always 
  laid 
  on 
  their 
  sides 
  in 
  regular 
  order 
  in 
  the 
  tiers. 
  But 
  others 
  

   simply 
  pitch 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  belter 
  skelter, 
  and 
  pay 
  no 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  order 
  

   n 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  placed. 
  

  

  After 
  a 
  tier 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  put 
  in 
  the 
  pen 
  if 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  pounded 
  ice 
  

   (the 
  latter, 
  however, 
  not 
  being 
  very 
  fine), 
  then 
  follows 
  another 
  tier 
  of 
  

   iish 
  and 
  more 
  ice, 
  until 
  the 
  compartment 
  is 
  nearly 
  filled, 
  a 
  covering 
  of 
  

   ice 
  several 
  inches 
  thick 
  being 
  put 
  on 
  top 
  of 
  all. 
  

  

  Groupers 
  (red 
  and 
  black), 
  scamp, 
  and 
  other 
  marketable 
  kinds 
  offish 
  

   that 
  are 
  sometimes 
  taken 
  with 
  the 
  snappers, 
  are 
  iced 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  pens 
  

  

  