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Schooner u Mary B. Taylor," of the same port, with a crew of 23 men, 

 landed 1,912 barrels of mackerel ; stocked, $17,400 ; average stock among 

 the crew, $ 758.30.— (Gloucester Telegraph, November 23, 1870.) 



1870. — Notes on the southern mackerel fishery. 



A Newport correspondent says that " the mackerel fleet as yet, ac- 

 cording to tbe most reliable news, have done but a slim business. Some 

 30 sail of vessels were at Newport on the 17th instant, ready to proceed 

 to sea, having obtained bait from the Vineyard Sound fish weirs." — 

 (Gloucester Telegraph, May 25, 1870.) 



1870. — First arrival from the south. 



The schooner " Geo. S. Low" is the first to arrive from the southern 

 mackereling grounds, bringing 190 barrels of mackerel of good quality 

 for the season. — (Gloucester Telegraph, May 28, 1870.) 



1870. — Success of the southern mackerel fleet. 



The southern mackerel fleet are meeting with a very fair success. 

 There have been four arrivals at this port, bringing good fares. Nan- 

 tucket reports an arrival with 137 barrels, and the Newburyport fleet 

 have averaged over one hundred barrels each so far this season. — 

 (Gloucester Telegraph, June 4, 1870.) 



1870. — Eeported small catch of mackerel in the gulf of saint 

 lawrence. — profitable shore fishing. 



News from the Bay of Saint Lawrence indicates that the mackerel 

 catch has been small so far this season, although large schools are re- 

 ported in the waters about Prince Edward Island. The shore macker- 

 eling business continues to prove profitable, and this, with the troubles 

 in the bay, will have a tendency to diminish the number of vessels pur- 

 suing the bay fishing this season. — (Gloucester Telegraph, Julj 7 1G, 1870.) 



1870. — Abundance of mackerel in Gloucester harbor. 



A school of mackerel was in our harbor yesterday. . They took to the 

 hook well, and good fares were secured by anything in the shape of a 

 boat. — (Gloucester Telegraph, August 10, 1870.) 



1870. — Fishing in Massachusetts bay. 



The Yarmouth Herald, of last Friday, says: "Mackerel are taken in 

 considerable quantities in our bay, and cod and bass in our weirs." — 

 (Gloucester Telegraph, May 18, 1870.) 



On Monday of last week the Swampscott fishermen made a good haul 

 of mackerel off Egg Rock. One schooner took a fare of 80 barrels, 

 another of 75, and six others made good trips. Some of the drag-boats 

 brought in from six to eight hundred mackerel apiece from their net- 

 fishing. — (Gloucester Telegraph, June 8, 1870.) 



