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  especially 
  to 
  greater 
  depths, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  red- 
  

   snapper 
  fishery 
  of 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   halibut 
  fishery 
  to 
  deep 
  water 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  

   continental 
  plateau, 
  and 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  a 
  halibut 
  

   fishery 
  in 
  Davis' 
  Straits, 
  and 
  a 
  cod 
  fishery 
  in 
  the 
  Choumagin 
  

   Islands 
  of 
  Alaska 
  and 
  the 
  Ochotsk 
  Sea. 
  

  

  (i) 
  The 
  much 
  more 
  general 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  trawl-line 
  or 
  long- 
  

   line, 
  which, 
  indeed, 
  was 
  not 
  very 
  extensively 
  employed 
  

   before 
  1855, 
  even 
  by 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  our 
  schooners 
  now 
  set 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  fourteen 
  

   or 
  more 
  miles 
  of 
  trawl-line 
  with 
  12,000 
  to 
  15,000 
  hooks, 
  

   an 
  immense 
  extension 
  having 
  occurred 
  within 
  ten 
  years. 
  

  

  (k) 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  Gloucester, 
  our 
  principal 
  port, 
  a 
  

   system 
  of 
  co-operative 
  insurance, 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  loss 
  of 
  

   a 
  vessel 
  is 
  divided 
  among 
  all 
  the 
  capitalists 
  of 
  the 
  port, 
  

   and 
  is 
  scarcely 
  felt, 
  together 
  with 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  prompt 
  cash 
  

   payments 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  each 
  voyage, 
  

   and 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  rewarding 
  merit 
  by 
  giving 
  the 
  command 
  

   of 
  vessels 
  to 
  those 
  who 
  seem 
  particularly 
  deserving, 
  has 
  

   attracted 
  to 
  that 
  port 
  daring 
  and 
  ambitious 
  men 
  from 
  all 
  

   parts 
  of 
  America 
  and 
  Europe. 
  

  

  (/) 
  The 
  utilization 
  of 
  secondary 
  products 
  of 
  certain 
  

   fisheries, 
  by 
  adding 
  in 
  an 
  appreciable 
  degree 
  to 
  the 
  profits 
  

   of 
  each 
  person 
  engaged, 
  has 
  proved 
  an 
  important 
  impetus. 
  

   Mr. 
  Earll 
  has 
  demonstrated 
  that 
  the 
  secondary 
  products 
  in 
  

   the 
  cod 
  fisheries 
  amount 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  14J- 
  per 
  cent, 
  of 
  the 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  as 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  water, 
  raising 
  the 
  receipts 
  

   of 
  several 
  important 
  ports 
  by 
  about 
  $100,000 
  each. 
  

  

  (m) 
  A 
  great 
  extension 
  of 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Govern- 
  

   ment 
  in 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  harbour 
  and 
  coast 
  lighthouses, 
  

   and 
  life-saving 
  stations, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  army 
  system 
  

   of 
  storm-warnings, 
  from 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  fishermen 
  have 
  

   received 
  important 
  benefits. 
  

  

  