998 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES D 7 4] 



Menhaden pishing. 



Photograph of deck of menhaden steamer, showing the method of 

 carrying the fish in the holds. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Tiverton, 

 E. L, 1882. (409) 1,990. IT. S. Fish Commission. 



Salting seine. 



Photograph of menhaden steamer, showing men engaged in over- 

 hauling and salting the purse-seine to prevent it from heating 

 and rotting when left in a pile ; also, a gang of shoresmen en- 

 gaged in unloading steamer. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Tiverton, 

 E. I., 1882. (411) 1,991. IT. S. Fish Commission. 



Mackerel lookout. 



Photograph of schooner Mabel Dilloway, of Gloucester, Mass., 

 cruising on the mackerel fishing-ground; showing man aloft 

 looking for a school of fish. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Massachusetts Bay, 

 1882. (268) 1,936. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Dressing mackerel. 



Photograph of schooner Frank Foster, of Gloucester, Mass., with 

 200 barrels of mackerel on deck, and crew actively engaged in 

 splitting and gibbiug them. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Taken at Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., 1882. (321) 1,968. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Dressing mackerel. 



Photographic view similar to (321) 1,968, showing the port side of 

 same vessel with portion of the crew at work. Size, 30 by 40 

 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. 

 Gloucester, Mass. (318) 1,967. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Dressing mackerel. 



Photograph of schooner Laura Nelson, of Gloucester, Mass., showing 

 the crew engaged in dressing mackerel on deck, the vessel 

 being under sail at the time. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Massachusetts Bay, 

 1882. (265) 1,935. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Mackerel pocket or spiller. 



India-ink sketch of a New England fishing vessel, provided with a 

 mackerel pocket, which hangs suspended from the side of the 

 vessel reaching to the depth of 7 or 8 feet below the surface, 

 * the upper part of the netting ascending 2 or 3 feet above. 

 The pocket was introduced into the mackerel-seine fishery in 

 1878 for holding the surplus catch which would otherwise spoil 

 before being cleaned and salted. Prior to the introduction of 



