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  are 
  used 
  singly 
  or 
  made 
  up 
  into 
  trawls 
  250 
  to 
  700 
  feet 
  in 
  

   length. 
  Seines, 
  hoop-nets, 
  baited 
  with 
  meat, 
  and 
  clam- 
  

   tongs 
  are 
  also 
  occasionally 
  employed 
  for 
  catching 
  Crabs. 
  

   As 
  the 
  Soft 
  Crabs 
  remain 
  in 
  a 
  semidormant 
  condition, 
  and 
  

   will 
  not 
  take 
  the 
  bait, 
  they 
  are 
  secured 
  almost 
  entirely 
  by 
  

   means 
  of 
  scoop-nets 
  from 
  the 
  beaches, 
  or 
  in 
  the 
  hands. 
  

   Floating 
  cars 
  are 
  extensively 
  employed 
  in 
  some 
  localities, 
  

   for 
  keeping 
  the 
  Hard 
  Crabs 
  until 
  they 
  shall 
  have 
  cast 
  their 
  

   shells 
  and 
  become 
  soft. 
  Crabs 
  are 
  generally 
  shipped 
  to 
  

   market 
  in 
  boxes, 
  baskets, 
  or 
  barrels, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  pack- 
  

   ing. 
  Small 
  boxes 
  are 
  mainly 
  preferred 
  for 
  the 
  Soft 
  Crabs, 
  

   which 
  are 
  packed 
  in 
  very 
  snugly 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  

   stand 
  transportation 
  without 
  injury, 
  and 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  mois- 
  

   ture 
  will 
  not 
  run 
  too 
  freely 
  from 
  the 
  gills. 
  The 
  Crab 
  

   catchers 
  consist 
  largely 
  of 
  women 
  and 
  children, 
  especially 
  

   in 
  the 
  Southern 
  States. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  1880, 
  there 
  were 
  three 
  Crab 
  canneries 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  two 
  being 
  located 
  at 
  Hampton, 
  Virginia, 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  

   Oxford, 
  Maryland. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Crab 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  eastern 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  

   States, 
  in 
  1 
  880, 
  amounted 
  to 
  §328,000 
  (fishermen's 
  prices), 
  

   of 
  which 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  belonged 
  to 
  New 
  York, 
  New 
  

   Jersey, 
  Delaware, 
  Maryland, 
  and 
  Virginia. 
  South 
  of 
  Vir- 
  

   ginia, 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  the 
  Crab 
  fishery 
  is 
  of 
  but 
  

   slight 
  importance 
  at 
  present 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  Gulf 
  coast 
  it 
  amounts 
  

   to 
  about 
  §10,00° 
  annually, 
  and 
  is 
  mainly 
  confined 
  to 
  

   Louisiana." 
  

  

  The 
  Winter 
  Haddock 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  The 
  winter 
  Haddock 
  

   fishery 
  of 
  Gloucester 
  is 
  almost 
  as 
  perilous 
  as 
  the 
  winter 
  

   Halibut 
  fishery. 
  In 
  it 
  were 
  employed, 
  in 
  1880, 
  seventy-seven 
  

   of 
  the 
  best 
  vessels 
  engaged 
  in 
  summer 
  in 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  

   mackerel 
  fisheries. 
  About 
  45,000,000 
  Haddocks 
  are 
  

   annually 
  caught 
  on 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  coast. 
  

  

  

  