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Laying out shad -seine. 



An India-ink sketch, showing a fishing crew engaged in shooting 

 a shad seine in North Carolina waters. The seine is upwards 

 of a mile in length, one-half of it being loaded on a small pad- 

 dle-wheeled steamer, while the other half is loaded on a twenty- 

 four oared seine-boat. The two boats proceed to the stake 

 which marks the center of the fishing-ground, a mile or more 

 from the shore ; when they proceed in opposite directions, pay- 

 ing out the seine as they go, and carrying the line to the beach, 

 where it is attached to drums worked by steam-engines which 

 are employed in hauling the seine. Size, 30 by 40 inches. 

 Washington, D. C, 1882. Henry W. Elliott. 



trailing nets. 

 Beam trawl. 



For dragging along the bottom at a distance from the shore. 32,720. 

 Made by J. G. Adam. U. S. Fish Commission. 



pursing nets. 

 Purse-seine. 



One hundred and sixty-five fathoms long, 10 fathoms or 500 meshes 

 deep, 2^ -inch mesh ; made of No. 10 twine. American Net 

 and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. These purse-seines range 

 in length from 120 to 220 fathoms, and from 500 to 1,000 meshes 

 in depth, reaching the depth of 20 to 30 fathoms of water. The 

 average mesh is 2£ inches. They are made of fine Sea Island 

 cotton twine, and cost from $750 to $1,500 complete. About 

 300 are now in use 6n the coast of North America. The purs- 

 ing weight varies from 100 to 150 pounds. 



Herring purse-seine. 



American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. 32,781. 



Mackerel purse-seine. 



Model of purse-seine. George Merchant, Gloucester, Mass. 



PHOTOGRAPHS, DRAWINGS, AND PAINTINGS, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE 



PURSE-NET FISHERY. 



PURSE-SEINE ON SEINE-BOAT. 



Photograph of the seine-boat belonging to schooner E. W. Merchant, 

 of Gloucester, Mass ; fully manned ; showing the seine properly 

 stowed in the boat, ready to be " shot." Size, 8 by 10 inches. 

 Taken at Bockport, Mass., 1882. (62) 1,831. U. S.Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Mackerel cruising. 



Photographic view of a fleet of thirty or forty schooners, engaged 

 in the mackerel purse seine fishery, cruising about on the fish- 



