552 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 
publication by the Census Office. The catch for New York is obtained from the manuscript notes 
of Mr. Fred Mather, while the figures for the Gulf of Mexico are gathered from data forwarded 
by Mr. Silas Stearns. 
Table showing by States the quantity of Spanish mackerel taken in 1880, and the total catch for the United States. 
Pounds of 
Gate: mackerel taken. 
60 
2, 000 
1,200 
25, 000 
200, 000 
18, 000 
Virginia. ...... ondeciconcevidsewsaleseeee 1, 609, 663 
North Carolina ..........2.----ssceeecee- 10, 000 
South Carolina.........0.2ecceeeccecenes- 1, 000 
Eastern Florida. ....-..-....esececcnensee 500 
Gulf of Mexico ......-..000 scence eneenens 20, 000 
TOOT se iceceocnmeiceacaudwnenwier 1, 887, 423 
From the above table it will be seen that Virginia produces 85 per cent. of all the mackerel 
taken, and that New Jersey fishermen catch over two-thirds of the remainder. This, as has 
already been remarked, is largely due to the ignorance of the fishermen of many localities, both 
as to the abundance of the species and to the proper methods of catching them. That the fishery 
will soon be extensively developed in other places seems quite certain. 
