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wards, and the moment there is the least appearance of fish near a 

 vessel, the jibs are taken in arid the vessel is brought to with the 

 mizen sail and main sail veered half round. Feed is then scattered 

 all around, the fishermen seize their lines, bait their hooks with 

 small pieces of the skin of the neck of the mackerel or any other 

 fish and throw them into the water. The lines are fine and made 

 up of hemp or cotton, generally the latter; they are from six to 

 eight fathoms long and to the end is fastened a small sinker of 

 polished pewter, oblong in shape and weighing about two ounces, 

 to one end of which is soldered a middle sized hook." (Dr. Fortin.) 



Each fisherman plies two lines, one in each hand and leans on the 

 rail of the schooner while fishing. He very seldom pays out more 

 than four or five fathoms of line, for the mackerel attracted by the 

 chopped fish thrown overboard, rise to the surface. 



From fifty to thirty barrels of mackerel may be taken in six hours 

 by a crew of fifteen men. 



The mackerel fishery is difficult and therefore requires to be carried 

 on with sagacity and perseverance, but it is generally successful, 

 brings in large profits, and is certainly worthy of the attention of 

 capitalists. 



Like the herrings, the mackerel are salted, and packed into barrels 

 of 200 pounds and sent to the English, United States of America, and 

 West Indies markets. Some are preserved in cans and some are 

 also sent to the markets in a fresh state. 



EXTRACTS FROM "NEWFOUNDLAND AND CANADIAN LIGHTS 

 AND FOG SIGNALS ON THE COASTS OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND 

 LABRADOR." a 



Newfoundland Lights. 



Published by Newfoundland Minister of Marine and Fisheries at St. Johns, December, 

 1909. 



