b REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



64. Are tlie young of tliis fish found in abundance, and in what 

 localities ! 



65. On what do they appear to feed ? 



I. Artificial Culture. 



6G. Have any steps been taken to increase the abundance of this fish 

 by artificial breeding ? 



K. Protection. 



67. Are these fish iirotected by law or otherwise ? 



L. Diseases. 



68. Has any epidemic or other disease ever been noticed among them, 

 such as to cause their sickness or death in greater or less number ? 



69. When have these epidemics taken place, and to what causes have 

 they been assigned 1 



M. Parasites. 



70. Are crabs, worms, lampreys, or other living animals found attached 

 to the outside or on the gills of these fish ? 



K Capture. 



71. How is this fish caught ; if with a hook, what are the different 

 kinds of bait used, and which are preferred? 



72. If in nets, in what kind ? 



73. At what season and for what period is it taken in nets, and when 

 with the line 1 



74. What woukl be the average daily catch of one person with the 

 hook, and what the total for the season ? 



75. Answer the same question for one seine or pound of specified 

 length. 



76. Is the time of catching with nets or pounds different from that 

 with lines ? 



77. Is it caught more on one time of tide than on another ? 



O. Economical value and application. 



78. What disposition is made of the fish caught, whether used on the 

 spot or sent elsewhere ; and if the latter, where ? 



79. What is its excellence as food, fresh or salted i? 



80. How long does it retain its excellence as a fresh fish ? 



81. To what extent is it eaten ? 



82. Is it salted down, and to what extent ? 



83. Is it used, and to what extent, as manure, for oil, or for other pur- 

 poses, and what*? 



84. What were the highest and lowest prices of the fish, per pound, 

 during the past season, wholesale and retail, and what the average ; and 

 how do these compare with former prices? 



85. Are these fish exported ; and, if so, to what extent ? 



86. Wliere is the principal market for these fish ? 



87. Name and address of observer. 



88. Date of statement. 



