[29] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 853 



Landing net. 



Made with folding ring and bamboo-tip case handle. U. S. Fish 

 Commission (C. B. & M.). 39,201. 



Landing net. 



Used in a boat for landing trout and other fish. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission (C. B. & M.). 39,200. 



Landing net. 



Made of blue silk, braided. U. S. Fish Commission (B. & A.). 

 25,639. 



Salmon landing-net frame. 



Folding ring, nickel plated ; handle in two parts. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission (C. B. & M.). 



Landing -net staff. 



Nason's patent net-staff, with flexible ring carried inside the staff. 

 U. S. Fish Commission (B. & A.). 25,492. 



Landing-net staff. 



Nason's patent solid net-staff, with flexible ring. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission (B. & A.). 25,493. 



DIP-NETS USED FOR CONVENIENCE IN HANDLING FISH. 



Mackerel dip-net. 



An iron bow fitted with white cotton netting, and set in wooden 

 handle 3 feet long. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 39,483. Made 

 by Alexander McCurdy. Used for scooping mackerel out of 

 the seine and off the deck. 



Bow of scoop-net. 



Made of galvanized iron. A net is rigged to this bow and used in 

 dipping fish from the well of a smack. Newport, E. I., 1875. 

 25,608. Gift of J. M. K. Southwick. 



Menhaden shovel-net frame. 



Made of galvanized iron and set in shovel handle. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1878. 32,682. Made by Adolph Voss. 



Scoop-net hoop. 



Series of different-sized hoops, made of galvanized iron, and used 

 for crab-nets. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 25,165. 



Mackerel bow-net frame. 



Made of galvanized iron and set in wooden handle about 3 feet 

 long. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 32,681. Made by Adolph 



Voss. 



