[201] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 1025 



Seining herring-Weir — Continued. 



dip-nets. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Sandy Island, near Eastport, 

 Me. (147) 1,875. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Lobster fishing. 



Photographic view of a row of buildings used by men engaged in 

 trapping lobsters at Cape Ann, with boats, pots, and other 

 fishing gear scattered along the beach, Size, 8 by 10 inches- 

 Lane's Cove, Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (74) 1,837. TL S. Fisln 

 Commission. 



Lobster fishing. 



Photograph of William Winn and Zebulon Parsons hauling lob- 

 ster-pot from a dory ; one holding the boat in position by 

 means of the oars, while the other hauls the pot. This is the: 

 common method of hauling pots along the New England coast.. 

 Size, 8 by 10 inches. Taken at Rockport, Mass., 1882. (58), 

 1,830. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Fyke-fishing for flounders. 



Photograph of sloop Target, of Portland, lying at wharf, with; 

 boats alongside; showing men repairing fykes for engaging in; 

 the winter fishery for flounders in the shoal waters of the nu- 

 merous islands of Casco Bay. The vessel serves as a home,, 

 workshop, and packing-house. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Taken at. 

 Portland, Me., 1882. (134) 1,869. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Mending fyke-nets. 



Photograph showing crew of sloop Leader, of Portland, mending; 

 their fyke-nets, for the purpose of engaging in the winter floun- 

 der fisheries or that locality. The fykes have been spread out; 

 on the wharf for convenience in mending. The vessel is in the^ 

 background, with other fykes hung in the rigging to dry. Size,, 

 8 by 10 inches. Taken at Portland, Me., in 1882. (139) 1,873.. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



Herring-weir. 



Photographic view of a brush-weir, locally known as " whirlpool 

 weir," built for catching small herring to be sold as sardines in 

 Eastport. The picture is taken at half-ebb tide, and shows a 

 sandy beach, toward which the fish are drawn in a seine when 

 the weir is being fished. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by 

 electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Deer Island, New 

 Brunswick, 1882. (199f ) 1,900. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Herring- weirs. 



Photograph showing a group of several herring-weirs built to sup- 

 ply the sardine canneries at Eastport with small herring, and 

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