992 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [168] 



Fishing herring-nets. 



A crayon sketch showing two fishermen engaged in hauling their 

 nets into a common net-boat, removing the fish as the nets are 

 hauled in. The view shows the common method of settiDg and 

 hauling nets on the coast of Maine. They are usually set at 

 night and allowed to remain until daybreak the following morn- 

 ing, when they are hauled, the fish removed, and the nets mended 

 and spread out on the shore to dry. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1882. H. W. Elliott and J. W. Collins. 



Gill -net fishing. 



Photograph of men employed in setting gill-nets for night-fish- 

 ing, at the mouth of the Susquehanna River ; showing a por- 

 tion of the net in the water and a lantern at the end, which en- 

 ables the fishermen to find the net in the darkness. Size, 8 by 

 10 inches. Havre de Grace, Md., 1877. 2,250. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Drifting for mackerel. 



A night scene (painted in oil) showing the crew of a Maine mack- 

 erel schooner engaged in fishing for mackerel with gill-nets. 

 The view shows the vessel " swinging to the nets," with a light 

 in the rigging and mainsail set, while one of the crew is out in 

 a dory with a flash-light signaling a passing vessel away from 

 the nets, which would be seriously injured by her running over 

 them. Size, 30 by 40 inches. 



pocket nets (entangling in pockets). 

 Trammel-net. 



Model of trammel-net, 10 feet long, 2 feet wide, 2 and 5 inch 

 mesh. William E. Hooper & Sons, Baltimore, Md. 25,270. 



Trammel-net. 



American Net and Twine Company. 26,118,26,129. "Used for 

 general fishing in rivers and ponds of Northern Mississippi 

 Valley. These nets range from 20 to 75 yards in length, 4 to 

 6£ feet in depth; the inside netting of finer linen thread (20-25, 

 3-cord), mesh 2-2^, £ deeper than the outside. The outside 

 netting- wall from cotton (15-21 thread), mesh 8 to 10 inches." — 

 (A. A. French.) 



18. Encircling nets. 



haul-seines. 

 Herring-seines. 



Models of herring-seines. Used on coasts of New England and the 

 Provinces in capture of herring (Clupea harengus), and in the 

 Hudson, Potomac, Delaware, and Chesapeake, and in North 



