308 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
C.—Table showing the mackerel fishing fleet of the United States, classified by States, according to kind of apparatus used. 
Total. Vessels using line. | Vessels using net. spot Sant and | Vessels naine” purse- 
State. Ee g & 
a a d 
Eg FI 8 8 GI 
b a | a al 
" Maine..... ainewesees 176 6,122.45 | 1,402 4, 786. 41 | 1,061 
New Hampshire....} 11 567. 53 113 567. 53 113 
Massachusetts ....., 279 | 16,673.98 | 3,493 15, 437. 67 | 3, 202 
Connecticut ........ 2 187. 68 34 __ 187. 68 34 
Total......... 468 | 23,551.64 | 5, 043 81 | 1,673.69 | 416 44 641.02 | 165 5 257. 64 52] 838] 20,979.29 | 4,410 
D.—Table showing, by States, the quantity of mackerel taken by the New England fishermen in 1880, and the value of the same 
in the condition in which they were placed upon the market. 
Total. Disposition of catch. 
Sq 4 & =] iw ow. Sg 
ag 3.5 & can os o# og 
State. 28 Fic Z ob 'B th as ao nA 
eg on 28 24 re Pe oe 
gS a 62 ow Q os oe Leas 
7S Ad On 2.0 34 "Sd wa CaN 
A’o sO ae as aa aD Bow 
gs ao 5 5 58 58 sxe 
al aA / A a a 6 A 
Maine ...... tern ediebe weeiee seas 31, 694, 455 659, 304 27, 342, 000 1, 252, 455 3, 000, 000 
New Hampshire. --| 2,573, 000 48, 181 2,379,600 |.ecsccsseseeee 193, 400 
Massachusetts: .. ..| 95, 528, 900 3, 858, 342*| 72, 153, 900 8,705, 000*| 18, 170, 000 
Rhode Island ........-..0--05- 89, 000 1, 669 89, 000 
Connecticut pee eeeereeeee rene 1, 3038, 900 24, 976 37, 000 |. 
Now York ......-.00ce-ceceeee 750, 000 14,062) | cescesiavaiccns (2) 750, 000 
Total. waalaemalneiada, Biel wire 131, 939, 255 $2, 606, 534 | 103, 142, 400 4, 957, 455 22, 239,400 | 1,100,000 | 500, 000 
*Including both the fresh and salt mackerel used for canning. 
As already intimated, there was a great falling off in the Canadian mackerel fisheries during 
the year, the bulk of the catch, which amounted to over 70,000,000 pounds, according to the 
Canadian Fishery Report,* being taken by the shore fishermen of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward 
Island. Of the entire quantity 233,669 barrels were pickled. In the Canadian report the average 
price of the salt mackerel is given as $9.25 per barrel, but as the fish were much inferior in quality 
to the American catch these figures are evidently incorrect. Statistics show that 105,730 bar- 
rels of the above, equal to nearly one-half of the catch, were marketed in the United States (and 
it is fair to presume that these were of average quality), where they were ordinarily sold at lower 
figures than the fish taken by the New England fleet. If we suppose the Canadian fish to be equal 
to those taken on our own shores (a supposition which is hardly warranted), the value of the catch, 
as given by the Canadian authorities, must still be reduced by $318,662, as the average price of 
the New England fish during the season was only $5.75 per barrel. s 
*Supplement No. 2| to the Eleventh Annual Report of the | Minister of Marine and Fisheries | for the year 
1880. Fisheries Statements | for the year | 1880. Ottawa: | Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co., Wellington 
street. | 1881. 
