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HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



Table showing, by States, the quantity of mackerel taken by the New England fishermen in 

 1880, and the value of the same i)i the condition in which they were placid upon the market. 



Total 131,939,255 $2,606,534 103, 142, 400 1 4, 957, 455 ; 22,239,400 1,100,000 500,000 



Maine 31,694,455 



New Hampshire 2, 57.'!, 000 



Massachusetts : 95, 528, 900 



Rhode Island 89, 000 



Connecticut 1, 303, 900 



New York 750, 000 



659,304 



48, 181 



3, 858, 342* 



1,009 



24, 976 



14, 002 



27,342,000 11,252,455 3,000,1100 100,000 



?, 379, 000 ' 193, 400 



72,153,900 3, 705, 000": 18, 170, 000 1,000,000 



i ! 89,000 i 



1,266,900 ' 37,000 



(.') 750,000 I 



500, 000 



* Including both the fresh and salt mackerel used for canning. 



As already intimated, there was a great falling off in the Provincial 

 mackerel fisheries during the year, the bulk of the catch, which amounted 

 to over 70,000,000 pounds, according to the Canadian Fishery Keport,t 

 being taken by the shore fishermen of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward 

 Island. Of the entire quantity 233,069 barrels were pickled. In the 

 Canadian report the average price of the salt mackerel is given as 80.25 

 per barrel, but as the fish were much inferior in quality to the American 

 catch, these figures are evidently incorrect. Statistics show that 105,730 

 barrels of the above, equal to nearly one-half of the catch, were mar- 

 keted in the United States (and it is fair to presume that these were of 

 average quality), where they were ordinarily sold at lower figures than 

 the fish taken by the New England fleet. If we suppose the Canadian 

 fish to be equal to those taken on our own shores (a supposition which is 

 hardly warranted), the value of the catch, as given by the Canadian au- 

 thorities, must still be reduced by $818,662, as the average price of the 

 Xew England fish during the season was only $5.75 per barrel. 



The following table shows in detail the extent of the catch for the 

 several Provinces : 



t Supplement No. 2 | to the Eles^enth Annual Report of the | Minister of Marine and. 



Fisheries | for the year 1880. == Fisheries Statements | for the year | 1880. 



Ottawa: | Printed by MacLean, Eoger & Co., Wellington street. | 1881. 



