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Dressing mackerel on shipboard. 



A crayon sketch showing a portion of the crew of a mackerel hand- 

 liner dressing their catch to be salted and packed before stow- 

 ing in the vessel's hold. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Massachusetts 

 Bay, 1882. H. W. Elliott and J. W. Collins. 



15. Hooks with stationary lines. — set tackle, 

 bottom set lines. 



TRAWL OR LONG LINES. 



Indian trawl-line. 



Ground-line made of cedar roots {Thuja excelsa); gangings of whale- 

 bone and cedar ; hooks of cedar and iron. Indians of Van- 

 couver Island. Collected by Dr. T. T. Minor. 6,560. Used by 

 the Indians of the Northwest coast in the ocean fisheries. 



Halibut trawl-line (section). 



Ground-line 52 feet long, of 28-pound steam-tarred cotton. Gang- 

 ings 5 feet long of 16-pound steam-tarred cotton, fastened with 

 lobster-twine beckets, 10 feet 6 inches apart on ground-line. 

 Cast-steel hooks, No. 2, Kirby, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 

 54,701. U. S. Fish Commission. A full set of trawls for a hali- 

 but vessel is about 54,000 feet long, with from 3,600 to 5,000 

 hooks. It is made up into twenty-four "skates," or parts, each 

 375 fathoms long, and each dory usually sets four "skates." 

 (See full-rigged halibut trawl.) • 



Cod trawl-line (section). 



Ground-line 35 feet long, of 18-pound steam-tarred cotton. Gang- 

 ings 3 feet long, of 30-thread tanned cotton, 5 feet apart on 

 ground-line. Central-draught eyed hooks, No. 4. Gloucester, 

 Mass.,' 1882. 54,703. XL S. Fish Commission. A full set of 

 trawls for a vessel in the cod fishery is 72,000 feet long, with 

 from 14,400 to 15,000 hooks. It is made up in " tabs" or parts, 

 each 1,500 to 3,000 feet long, and each dory sets from two to 

 four tubs. (See full-rigged cod-trawl.) 



Cod-trawl. 



Full rigged for use. Ground-line of 18-pound tarred cotton ; gang- 

 ings of 30-thread cotton ; 500 hooks. The line is coiled in a 

 tub and is fitted with buoys, anchors, buoy-lines, staves and 

 black balls properly numbered. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 54,513 

 to 54,520. U. S. Fish Commission. Used in the cod fisheries 

 of New England. 



