[37] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 8G1 



Deck halibut-gaff — Continued. 



Gift of Alexander McCurdy. Used for handling halibut on 

 vessel's deck, in ice-houses, &c. * 



Halibut- gaff. 



Iron hook with looped handle at top of shank. Length, 14 inches; 

 spread of hook, 3£ inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1877. 29,388. 

 IT. S. Fish Commission. Used for gaffing halibut in dories and 

 for handling these fish generally. 



Dory cod-gaff. 



Iron hook seized with tarred line to hard-wood handle. Length of 

 handle, 3 feet; hook, 4 inches; spread of hook, 2 inches. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1876. 25,939. Gift of Alexander McCurdy. 

 Used for gaffing fish which have broken loose from the hooks, 

 or which are too heavy to be lifted into a dory by the gangings. 



Dory haddock-gaff. 



Steel hook seized to hard-wood handle, with tarred line. Length of 

 hook, 6£ inches; width, 2 inches ; handle, 3 feet long. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1876. 25,935. U. S. Fish Commission. Used by 

 haddock fishermen to gaff fish which drop off the hook of the 

 trawl or set line. 



Dory haddock gaff. (Small size.) 



Iron hook seized with tarred line to hard-wood handle. Length of 

 handle, 3 feet ; hook, 7£ inches ; breadth of hook, 1£ inches. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1876. 25,225. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used for gaffing haddock which fall off the hooks. 



Sealer's gaff. 



A small steel hook 4 inches long, 1 inch wide ; seized with twine to 

 flat oak handle 4 feet long. New London, Conn., 1883. 56,889. 

 Collected by James Temple Brown. Used by Antarctic fur-seal 

 hunters. 



Halibut-hawker's long-handled gaff. 



Iron hook seized with tarred line to hard-wood handle. Length of 

 handle, 4 feet; hook, 7 inches; width, 2^ inches. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1883. 57,832. U. S. Fish Commission. Used by hali- 

 but packers to haul fish about the floor of packing-houses. 



Halibut-hawker's hand-gaff. 



Iron ; looped handle, closed at right angle to shank. Length of 

 gaff, 22 inches ; spread of hook, 2J inches ; handle, 4J inches 

 long. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,833. *U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. Used by halibut buyers and packers in handling and 

 boxing fish. 



