[239] HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



salt were sent from town yesterday morning for the purpose of packing 

 them. — (Plymouth Memorial, July, 1845.) 



1845. — Mackerel abundant in Gloucester harbor. 



For a few days past our harbor has been filled with mackerel, and on 

 Monday about 400 barrels, it is estimated, were taken in seiues, vessels, 

 boats, and on the wharves. Upwards of a hundred barrels were taken 

 in a seine at one haul. Considerable many were taken yesterday, but 

 not in such quantities as on Monday. The visit of this fish to our har- 

 bor has afforded rare sport to such of our inhabitants who have never 

 been a mackereling, but it will not last long, as the fish will take a start 

 off in a day or two. — (Gloucester Telegraph, July 9, 1845.) 



1845. — Canning of mackerel. 



In an extract from theEastport Sentiuel, published in the Gloucester 

 Telegraph of August 30, 1845, mention is made of the packing at East- 

 port, by Messrs. Treat, Noble & Co., of 3,000 cans of fresh mackerel. 



1845. — Mackerel in the bays of maeste; a big haul at prov- 



incetown. 



Our piscatory visitors have nearly all left us and gone "down east." 

 The Belfast Signal, of Thursday last, states that mackerel are quite 

 plenty in that bay. 



The Yarmouth Register is informed that at Provincetowu, week be- 

 fore last, they seined about 1,000 barrels of mackerel at one haul. Those 

 who took them gave half for dressing, but they were enabled to save 

 only 500 barrels. — (Gloucester Telegraph, July 23, 1845.) 



1845. — Abundance of mackerel on the new England coast. 



So many mackerel have not made their appearance in our bay [Ips- 

 wich Bay] for many years before ; while the fishermen who have gone 

 down to the Bay Chaleur, the principal place of the fishery, have had 

 less success. 



It will be seen by an item in the ship news, that the Gloucester fish- 

 ermen, who came in full at the close of the week, report about 500 vessels 

 busily engaged in fishing in the bay. The mackerel brought in now are 

 mostly branded small No. 2. — Newburyport Herald. — (Gloucester Tele- 

 graph, September 20, 1845.) 



1845. — NO MACKEREL ON GEORGE'S. 



Arrived at Hyannis 9th, schooner "Resolve," and two other mackerel 

 catchers from George's Bank; absent ten days; caught nothing. — (Glou- 

 cester Telegraph, September 16, 1845.) 



