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Herijing- weirs — Continued. 



to catch large ones for smoking. Size, 30 by 40 inclies. En- 

 larged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Sandy Island, 

 near Eastport, Me., 1882. (228) 1,915. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Seining herring-weir. 



Photographic view of the interior of a herring-weir, showing the 

 common method of fishing the weir by means of seines and 

 dip-nets. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light 

 from an 8 by 10 negative. Sandy Island, near Eastport, Me. 

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



Lobster fishing. 



Photograph showing 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, 30 by 40 inches. 

 Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Lane's 

 Cove, Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (74) 1,837. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Lobster fishing. 



Photograph of William Winn and Zebulon Parsons hauling a 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 com- 

 mon method of hauling pots along the New England coast. 

 Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 

 10 negative. Taken at Eockport, Mass., 1,882. (58)1,830. IJ. 

 S. Fish Commission. 



Trap-fishing for lobsters. 



Photograph of fishermen engaged in trapping lobsters about Nan- 

 tucket Shoals, showing the shanty in which they make and 

 repair their traps, with several traps and other apparatus in 

 the foreground. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric 

 light from an 8 by 10 negative. Edgartown, Mass., 1882. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. 



Salmon fyke-fishing. 



An India-ink sketch of fyke-nets set in the shoal waters on the 

 coast of Alaska, with leaders extending to the shore. Large 

 quantities of salmon are taken in fykes in this way during the 

 migratory season. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 

 1882. Henry W. Elliott. 



Mending fyke-nets. 



Photograph showing crew of sloop Leader, of Portland, mending 

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



