REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [250] 



Ports. 



Number of 



vessels. 



Tonnage. 



Number of 

 crew. 



Massachusetts— Continued 



Dartmouth 



Dennis 



Eastham 



Essex 



Gloucester 



Harwich 



Hingham 



Lynn 



M an cheater 



Marblohead 



Martha's Vineyard 



Nantucket .' 



Nc . wburyport 



Orleans." 



Plymouth 



Provincetown 



Rockport 



Salem 



Scituate 



Salisbury 



Truro 



Wellfleet 



Yarmouth 



Total Massachusetts 



OTHER STATES. 



Maine* 



Now Hampshire 



Rhode Island 



Connecticut 



Maryland 



Total other States 



Grand total 



1 



47 



3 



1 



241 



48 



37 



4 



1 



1 



C 



3 



67 



5 



117 



3, 096 



170 



7.1 



13, 6:i9 



3, 231 



2, 492 

 167 



45 



30 



421 



168 



4, 343 

 336 

 561 



4, 322 



1,537 



80 



715 



305 



3, 626 

 5,411 



990 



16 



585 



23 



10 



2, 320 



577 



491 



33 



8 



5 



65 



30 



707 



54 



65 



6S8 



283 



9 



119 



48 



581 



852 



169 



03, 712 



9,117 



3,019 

 515 

 479 



1, 551 

 141 



446 

 84 

 71 



255 

 25 



5, 705 



88 L 



59, 4 17 



*One of the writers, who was familiar with the mackerel fishery at this time, takes the responsi- 

 bility of saying that there were probably 200 vessels on the coast of Maine in 1851 engaged in the 

 mackerel fishery, and that Mr. Starbuck's table in this respect is incomplete. 



1852. — First mackerel of the season. — prices. 



Several lots of new No. 3 have been received, the first of the season, 

 and sales have been made at $5.50, and some a shade under. — (Glouces- 

 ter Telegraph, June 9, 1S52.) 



1852. — Mackerel reported plenty at western nova scotia. 



The Yarmouth (X. S.) Herald of the 5th instant says : "We rejoice to 

 learn that the mackerel fishermen [gill-netters] at Tusket Islands and 

 other parts of the coast between Yarmouth and Cape Sable have taken 

 good hauls within the last few days." — (Gloucester Telegraph, June 19, 



1852.) 



1852. — Successful seining at isle of shoals. 



Great quantities of these fish [mackerel] have visited our shores the 

 past few weeks, and the fishermen at the Shoals have been doing a smart 

 business. These fish are rather shy of the hook, but are taken in seines 



