XL-STATISTICS OF FISH AND FISHERIES ON THE 

 SOUTH SHORE OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Table 1. — Account offish taken hy Jason Luce ^' Co., at Afencmsha Biglit, Martlia^s Vineyard 



Kiu(L 



p 







1872. 



Herrintj 



No. 



52, 500 



275 



79, 000 



125 



380 



300 



15, 900 



2,500 



1,590 



300 



t2 



No. 



'^ei, 200 



500 



53, 000 



150 



70 



550 



tl50, 000 



2,500 



1,375 



6,400 



No. 



22, 100 



1,242 



G4, 1C.2 



250 



684 



125 



60, 800 



2,500 



3,200 



500 



No. 

 143, 600 





1,000 



Doo-fish 



127, 500 

 400 





Scup 





1,011 



Sbad 







2,050 



"'"3,' 800 

 1 500 



Sea-robin 



Menhaden 



Sea-bass . . 



barrels.. 



barrels.. 



Salmon 



3 



SciTieteacrue or weak fisb 



14, 000 

 4,000 



23, 000 

 7,000 



45 700 



Blue-tisu - 





1, 000 



nounders 



tons 





10 



Spanisb maclverel 









470 



Cero . . 









12 













One-third English. 



■f 1,000 barrels. 



; 1 April 27 ; 1 May 19. 



Sea-bass are usually takeu last of May. More taken in 1870 than for 

 five years previous. 



Seventy barrels of scup (1870) is tlie smallest catch in any year since 

 we have been in the business. 



More shad taken in 1870 than in all L)revioas years taken together. 

 Usually taken from April 25 to May 10. 



Striped bass average 3 pounds. We call them sand-bass. 



Usual namber of sea-robins, 2,500 to 2,000 barrels. They are turned 

 over the side of the j^ouud as being worthless. 



First blue-fish in 1871 caught May 26. 



Menhaden are taken from April 21 to May 25 : two in advance in 

 1871. 



Scup taken from April 25 to May 18 ; in 1871, ten to fifteen days 

 earlifr thnn usual. 



Striped bass in 1871, taken from April 18 to May 5 5 mackerel from 

 April 18 to May 27 ; rock- bass from April 14 to. May 10. 



Blue-tish are first seen schooling in our bay by the middle of June. 

 Very few are taken here, for the reason that they appear to be at home, 

 and not traveling. Fish cannot be trapped unless they are on a course. 

 I have seen acres of them all around our trap in the bay -, but when the 

 trap is hauled we get only fifty or a hundred. 



Mackerel first taken in 1872, May 11 ; first scup taken May 10 ; sque- 

 teague, July 4 5 cero,^ September 15 5 salmon, May 29 j sea-bass, May 28. 



