STATISTICS OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



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Statement showini/ the number of vessels and their catch of salt mackerel in the Hay of Saint Lawrence, llie Xcw En'jlaix.'. shore, 



and the Southern mackerel fisheries for the season of 1881. 



[Compiled from annual report of Boston Fish Bureau for 1881.] 



None packed at home port, t Numerous vessels from other ports included. {Part of the catch landed at Boston and Portland. 

 Amount given packed at home ports. 



NOTE. The New England shore fleet mentioned above are only the vessels that fished nowhere else, to which may be added the 

 Southern and North Bay fleets, after they returned from their unsuccessful cruise in those waters, making the total shore fleet two hundred 

 and ninety -eight sail. 



3. STATISTICS OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY BY AMERICAN VESSELS IN THE 

 GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE, 1873 TO 1882. 



By COL. DAVID W. Low. 



The following statement shows the extent of the mackerel fishery as pursued by American ves- 

 sels in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence for the years 1873 to 1881. The number of vessels and their catch 

 in the years 1873 to 1877, inclusive, is compiled from the reports of the collector of customs at Port 

 Mulgrave, Nova Scotia; the number of vessels in 1878 and 1879 is from the same authority; the 

 catch for 1878 and subsequent years and the number of vessels in 1880 and 1881 are from reports of 

 the Boston Fish Bureau. The estimates of value and the catch within the three-mile limit are from 

 authentic sources. The value includes the labor of crews "messing" some of the fish by soak- 

 ing, scraping, and cutting off their heads, thus increasing their market value. The quantity of 

 mackerel caught within the three-mile limit, one-third of the total catch, is considered by compe- 



