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



1881. Barrels Amount of 



cured. stock. 



Schooner Alice, Capt. H. B. Joyce, Swan's Island, Me 3, 700 $19, 548 75 



Schooner Edward E. Webster, Capt. S. Jacobs, Gloucester, Mass.. 3,969 19,465 00 



Schooner Alice C. Fox, Captain Ro we, Portland, Me 13, 432 00 



Schooner Lonis and Rosa 2,769 12,492 00 



Schooner Frank Butler 2,036 11,600 00 



Schooner Mary Greenwood 1,700 11, 0:15 00 



Schooner Kate Florence 2,500 11,000 00 



Schooner Addie F. Cole 1,900 10,500 00 



Schooner Cora Lee 1,875 10,250 00 



Schooner Cora Smith 2,150 10,000 00 



Schooner M. O. Curtis 2,000 10,000 00 



Schooner Mary Snow 1,352 9,281 00 



Schooner F. F. Nickersou 2,350 9,730 00 



Schooner Dictator - 1,652 9,213 00 



Schooner Morning Star 1,527 9,087 CO 



1881. 



* Schooner Alice, Swan's Island, Me 4, 905 28, 055 23 



+ Schooner Edward E. Webster, Gloucester, Mass 4, 500 26, 570 00 



Schooner Isaac Rich, Swan's Island, Me 3, 276 15, 500 00 



Schooner Frank Butler, Boston, Mass 2, 600 15, 000 00 



Schooner Mertie and Delmar, S. Chatham, Mass 3, 005 14, 138 00 



I Schooner A. E. Herrick, Swan's Island, Me 2, 280 13, 674 00 



Schooner Robert Pettis, Wellileet, Mass 2,580 12,419 18 



Schooner Roger Williams, North Haven, Me 2, 450 12, 000 00 



Schooner R. J. Evans, Harwichport, Mass 3, 000 12, 000 00 



Schooner Louis and Rosa, Boothbay, Me 3, 028 11, 557 46 



When it is taken into consideration that these vessels are employed 

 in fishing barely eight months at the longest, and some of them only 

 four to six months, it will be seen that the business is an exceedingly 

 profitable one for many of the iieet, while the greater portion make fair 

 returns.§ 



* 3,6(55 barrels pickled, and 1,240 fresh; total, 4,905 barrels. 



1 1,600 barrels pickled, and 2,900 barrels fresh; total, 4,500 barrels. 



{The Herrick did not sail until July 22. 



§ Among the il fishing, items" in the Cape Ann Advertiser of October 21, 1881, we 

 find the following mention of catches of mackerel made by some of the seiners, which 

 may t-erve to show the energy and activity with which this fishery is prosecuted : 

 "Schooner ' Moro Castle ' sailed from this port on Thursday morning of last week, and 

 returned in the evening of the same day with 140 wash barrels of handsome mackerel. 

 Schooner ' Dreadnaught ' sailed from Portland after mackerel the other night, was 

 gone twenty-one hours, and returned with 205 barrels. Schooner 'David A. Osier' 

 sailed from Hull Friday evening, and was at this port next morning with 105 wash 

 barrels of mackerel. Schooner 'Wildfire,' Captain McLain, has landed and sold §3,200 

 worth of mackerel in the past fortnight, and baa enough fish on board to add another 

 thousand dollars to her stock. Schooner 'Fleetwing' took 210 barrls sea-packed 

 mackerel at one haul of the seine off Plymouth on Saturday. Schooner ' Win. M. Gaff- 

 ney' took 110 wash barrels at one haul .Sunday, and schooner 'Henry Friend' 110 wash 

 barrels at one haul Sunday night. Schooner ' Madawaska Maid' left Gloucester Sun- 

 day, turning Eastern Point at 11 o'clock a. in., and arrived at Boston at live o'clock 

 Monday morning, with 225 barrels sea-packed mackerel; in five weeks the 'Mada- 

 waska Maid 5 has landed 1,000 barrels of mackerel. The schooner 'Win. M. Gafihey 

 landed 900 barrels of mackerel in twenty-one da\ s." 



