XL-STATISTICS OF FISH AND FISHERIES ON 

 SOUTH SHORE OF NEW ENGLAND. 



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Table 1. — Account offish taken by Jason Luce fy Co., at Menemsha Bight, Martha's Vineyard 



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1872. 





No. 



52, 500 



275 



79, 000 



125 



380 



300 



15, 900 



2,500 



1,590 



300 



+2 



No. 



-61, 200 



500 



53, 000 



150 



70 



550 



tl50, 000 



2,500 



1,375 



6,400 



No. 



22, 100 



1,242 



64, 162 



250 



684 



125 



60, 800 



2,500 



3,200 



500 



No. 

 143, 600 



Tauto"' 



1 000 



Dog-fish 



127, 500 





400 







1,011 



Shad 







2,050 



Sea-robin 



Menhaden 



barrels . . 



3,800 

 1 500 





3 





14, 000 

 4,000 



23,000 

 7,000 



45, 700 







1,000 









10 













470 











12 













* One-third English. 



t 1,000 barrels. 



1 1 April 27 ; 1 May 19. 



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

 five years previous. 



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

 we have been in the business. 



More shad taken in 1870 than in all previous years taken together. 

 Usually taken from April 25 to May 10. 



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



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

 over the side of the pound 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 

 earlier than usual. 



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

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



Blue-fish 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 uuless 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 ; cero,* September 15 ; salmon, May 29; sea-bass, May 28. 



