[33] fisheries of the united states. 1063 



series of photographs, 30 by 40 inches and 8 by 10 inches, 

 illustrating the preparation of brine-salted fish. 



Packing mackerel. 



Mackerel vessel with supply of empty barrels on deck for packing 

 salt mackerel. Starting on atrip. Boston, Mass., 1882. Photo. 

 1,807. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Packing fish. 



Interior of store-house and packing-room for pickled fish. San- 

 dusky, Ohio, 1882. Photo. 2,204. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Packing mackerel. 



Eoom at E. G. Willard's for packing brine-salted mackerel. Port- 

 land, Me., 1882. Photo. 1,849. IT. ^. Fish Commission. 



Packing mackerel. 



E. H. Chase's mackerel packing-room. Sorting table, weighing 

 scales and tubs, all full. Portland, Me., 1882. Photo. 1,853. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 



Packing mackerel. 



E. H. Chase's mackerel packing- room ; very complete ; built July, 

 1882. Portland, Me., 1882. Photo. 1,852. IT. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Packing mackerel. 



Pickling and branding barrels of mackerel at John Pew & Son's 

 wharf. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. Photo. 1,846. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Inspection of mackerel. 



Cullisg and inspecting brine-salted mackerel at wharf of Franklin 

 Snow & Co. Boston, Mass., 1882. Photo. 1,816. IT. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Packing mackerel. 



Table or trough for fish, salt measures, weighing scales, and barrels. 

 Portland, Me., 1882. Photo. 1,871. IT. S. Fish Commission. 



Dressing mackerel. 



Schooner Frank Foster, of Gloucester, at wharf with 200 barrels of 

 mackerel on deck, caught a few hours previous off Eastern 

 Point, and 150 barrels of salt mackerel in the hold ; crew hard 

 at work splitting, gibbing, and salting the fish in barrels. 

 Views of deck on port and starboard sides, and view of whole 

 scene. Photos. 1,966-8. U.S. Fish Commission. 



