﻿300 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  PISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [84] 
  

  

  yawls, 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  bought 
  at 
  a 
  low 
  price. 
  They 
  are 
  rigged 
  like 
  the 
  

   others. 
  

  

  Each 
  boat 
  has 
  a 
  crew 
  of 
  five 
  men 
  who 
  worli 
  on 
  shares, 
  the 
  proceeds 
  

   being 
  divided 
  into 
  0-A 
  parts 
  (if 
  the 
  skipper 
  owns 
  her), 
  one 
  share 
  going 
  

   to 
  each 
  man, 
  one 
  to 
  the 
  seine, 
  and 
  one-half 
  a 
  share 
  to 
  the 
  boat. 
  If 
  the 
  

   skipper 
  does 
  not 
  own 
  the 
  boat, 
  he 
  gets 
  one 
  and 
  a 
  quarter 
  shares, 
  the 
  

   extra 
  one-quarter 
  share 
  being 
  given 
  to 
  him 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  seine 
  in 
  repair, 
  

   and 
  also 
  for 
  his 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  boat. 
  

  

  Seines. 
  — 
  The 
  seines 
  used 
  at 
  Pensacola 
  are 
  75 
  fathoms 
  long, 
  when 
  hung, 
  

   and 
  85 
  meshes 
  deep, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  mesh 
  being 
  2.j 
  inches, 
  stretch 
  meas- 
  

   ure. 
  Two 
  sizes 
  of 
  twine 
  are 
  used 
  in 
  their 
  construction 
  — 
  Nos. 
  12 
  and 
  16 
  — 
  

   the 
  smaller 
  size 
  in 
  the 
  wings 
  and 
  the 
  larger 
  in 
  the 
  bunt. 
  Each 
  seine 
  

   has 
  a 
  large 
  bunt 
  bag 
  350 
  meshes 
  in 
  circumference 
  at 
  its 
  mouth, 
  and 
  

   tapering 
  to 
  a 
  point, 
  its 
  general 
  shape 
  being 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  cone. 
  The 
  cork 
  

   rope 
  and 
  lead 
  (or 
  foot) 
  line, 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  hung, 
  are 
  f-inch 
  Russia 
  

   hemp 
  bolt 
  rope. 
  The 
  floats 
  are 
  " 
  home-made," 
  of 
  white 
  cedar 
  or 
  juniper 
  

   root. 
  The 
  leads 
  on 
  the 
  foot 
  line 
  weigh 
  2 
  ounces 
  each. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  

   are 
  on 
  the 
  foot 
  line 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  bunt 
  bag, 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  they 
  

   are 
  put 
  15 
  to 
  10 
  feet 
  apart. 
  A 
  pole 
  — 
  locally 
  called 
  a 
  "staff" 
  — 
  is 
  bent 
  

   to 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  seine, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  ends 
  vertical 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  

   and 
  the 
  foot 
  line 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  bottom. 
  The 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  of 
  these 
  

   is 
  weighted 
  with 
  or 
  7 
  pounds 
  of 
  lead, 
  to 
  make 
  it 
  keep 
  upright 
  and 
  

   "hug 
  the 
  ground." 
  

  

  The 
  average 
  seine 
  will 
  "fish" 
  in 
  11 
  feel 
  of 
  water; 
  that 
  is, 
  when 
  set 
  in 
  

   that 
  depth 
  its 
  lower 
  vdiie 
  will 
  sweep 
  the 
  bottom 
  so 
  that 
  fish 
  cannot 
  es- 
  

   cape 
  beneath 
  it. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  seines 
  taper 
  at 
  the 
  wings, 
  but 
  others 
  are 
  

   uniform 
  in 
  depth. 
  Two 
  hauling 
  lines 
  are 
  used 
  with 
  the 
  seine, 
  one 
  16 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  2G 
  fathoms 
  long. 
  In 
  setting 
  the 
  seine 
  the 
  short 
  line 
  goes 
  

   out 
  first, 
  its 
  end 
  being 
  left 
  on 
  shore 
  when 
  the 
  boat 
  shoves 
  off, 
  and 
  the 
  

   longer, 
  or 
  "boat 
  line," 
  is 
  bent 
  to 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  seine, 
  to 
  run 
  to 
  

   land 
  after 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  out. 
  

  

  Nets. 
  — 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned 
  here 
  that 
  a 
  tew 
  trammel 
  nets 
  are 
  used, 
  

   chiefly 
  by 
  Spaniards, 
  for 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  lagoons. 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  fishing. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  no 
  regular 
  time 
  for 
  fishing. 
  Some 
  gangs 
  work 
  all 
  night 
  and 
  

   go 
  to 
  market 
  in 
  the 
  morning, 
  while 
  others 
  begin 
  at 
  daylight 
  and 
  leave 
  

   the 
  beach 
  for 
  Pensacola 
  about 
  2 
  or 
  3 
  o'clock 
  in 
  the 
  afternoon. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  are 
  generally 
  seen 
  before 
  the 
  seine 
  is 
  shot, 
  and 
  they 
  an 
  1 
  

   usually 
  moviug 
  along 
  the 
  shore, 
  particularly 
  when 
  migrating. 
  A 
  

   boat 
  goes 
  along 
  until 
  a 
  school 
  is 
  seen, 
  when 
  the 
  net 
  is 
  put 
  out 
  to 
  

   inclose 
  them 
  in 
  a 
  half 
  circle. 
  If 
  they 
  are 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  the 
  

   shore 
  the 
  seine 
  lines 
  are 
  used, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  it 
  is 
  set 
  without 
  them. 
  

   In 
  the 
  latter 
  case 
  one 
  man 
  jumps 
  over, 
  near 
  the 
  beach, 
  with 
  the 
  end 
  

   of 
  the 
  seine, 
  which 
  he 
  drags 
  far 
  enough 
  in 
  to 
  intercept 
  the 
  progress 
  

   of 
  (he 
  approaching 
  fish. 
  In 
  the 
  mean 
  time 
  the 
  boat 
  shoots 
  rapidly 
  

  

  