[439] REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Seining by day, methods of 59, 65 



financial profits of 75, 76 



by night, methods of 57, 65-71 



prohibition of, 1864 119 



successful at Isle of Shoals, 1852. . 250, 251 

 to be tried in St. Lawrence Bay, 



1868 301 



vessels fitted for 50 



Sellmam, Mr. Henry 136 



Seven Islands, Labrador 19, 82, 97 



Shore and bay fisheries, prices, &c, 1873. 324 



fishery in Cape Cod Bay, 1879 339 



a good stock in the, 1873 324 



notes on the, 1878 339 



fleet, 1853 256 



1865 286,287 



1866 293 



off Cape Ann, 1804 219 



1858 264 



arrival of the, small number of 



arrivals from the bay, 1875 . 330 



doings of the, 1858 266 



great disasters to the, 1869 308 



ill success of the, 1878 341 



small catch by the, 1877 333 



success of, 1861 279 



1866 293 



1869 307 



and George's fleet, doingsof the, 1868 303 



Shore-loving fish 4 



Shoremen, South, success of, 1842 237 



Simpson, A.W 3 



Sinclair, Capt. Peter 9,271 



Skip-jack 10 



Small catch, 1836 229 



1860 273 



in June, 1875 329 



by Newburyport fleet at the 



South, 1860 275 



by New England fleet, 1843 . 238 

 of St. Lawrence Bay and 



shore fleets, 1867 298 



in St; Lawrence Gulf, 1870 . . 310 

 catches at Block Island and in Gulf 



of St. Lawrence, 1878 342 



of the mackereimen, 1877.. 334 



fall catch in the bay, 1869 308 



fleet from Gloucester, 1859 268 



receipts and unusual scarcity, 1851. 248 



spring catch, 1858 264 



Smith, 



Capt. Henry O 82 



John 27 



Capt. Joseph 51, 56, 67, 68, 69, 112 



S.I 28 



Capt. Sylvanus 88 



Snappers 16 



Snow, Mr. Josiah 41 



South Channel, large schools in, 1848 242 



Southern Channel 42,47 



fishery, 1862 280 



1863 283 



1068 301,302 



1873 322 



beginning of, 1815 220 



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Southern fishery, decline of, 1859 268 



early catches, 1880 348, 349 



notes on, 1861 277 



1870 310 



1878 338 



success of, 1862 281 



. fishing, light fares, 1874 327 



fleet, 1860 276 



1866 289,290 



1876 331,334 



3880 349 



first arrivals of, 1868 301 



in Glouces- 

 ter, 1873.. 322 



at Newport, 1873 323 



poor successof, 1858 263,264 



sailing of, 1875 328 



the first of the, 



1873 322 



slim doings of, 1856 261, 262 



success of, 1859 269 



1870 310 



unfavorable news from, 



1861 278 



unusual success of, 1867. . 296 



limit of mackerel 3 



South shore vessels, success of, 1870 309, 310 



Spawn 35,36 



effect of rain on 36 



temperature on 36 



Spawning season 21, 22, 23, 24, 25 



Spikes 26 



Spirialis Gouldii 15 



Splitters 73,74 



Spofford, Mr. Amherst 79 



Spring fishery, 1838 232 



1859 268 



1860 277 



1861 278 



1866 289 



1867 295 



1868 300 



1870 311 



1873 322,323 



1874 327 



1875 329 



1876 334 



1877 332 



1878 338 



in Cape Ann Bay, 1870 311 



Barnstable Bay, 1855. . . 253 



Cape Cod Bay, 1861 .... 277 

 at the Magdalen Islands, 



1858 265 



on the United States coast, 



success of 1853 257 



Spring and Gulf fishery 276 



seine 77 



Southern fishery 112, 115 



Springing up 97 



Squilus americanus 71 



St. George, Bayof 82,282 



Cape 82,280 



St. Margaret's 316 



St. Mary'sBay 4,13 



