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FISHERMEN'S OWN BOOK. 



MASSACHUSETTS MACKEREL CATCH FOR 74 YEARS. 



Owing to the practice of selling mackerel " out of pickle," to be packed and branded else- 

 where, the Gloucester " inspection" for the past few years shows only a portion of the 

 catch of our fleet. The catch of the Gloucester fleet in 1881 was 163,851 bbls., the amount 

 inspected only 113,203 bbls. 1880 catch, 129,680 bbls. 



