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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Table IV. — Consolidated returns of alewives, shad, menhaden, hass, Mue-fish, and dog-fish, 

 at Waquoit Weir, for seven years. 



Date. 



1865. 



1866. 



1867. 



1868. 



1869. 



1870. 



1871. 



AUEWIVES. 

 March 17 to April 20 



323, 610 

 85, 050 



63, 749 

 7,500 



46, 914 

 11, 900 



7,837 

 27, 680 



30, 604 

 3,900 



52, 717 

 22, 755 



47, 793 



A pril 20 to May 29 



2, 360 







Total 



408, 660 



71, 249 



58, 814 



35, 517 



34, 504 



75, 472 



50, 153 







SHAD. 



April 8 to 20 



26 

 645 



33 



269 



63 



340 



13 



1,642 



400 



7 

 439 



62 

 523 



56 



April 20 to May 15 



30 

 38 

















Total 



671 



302 



403 



2, 055 



446 



585 



124 







MENHADEN. 



175, 300 

 35, 800 



213, 730 

 104, 780 



82, 680 

 121,060 



45, 706 

 79, 020 



66, 680 

 79, 030 



152, 590 

 255, 340 



136, 005 





99, 256 







Total 



211,100 



318, 510 



203, 740 



124, 726 



145, 710 



407, 930 



235, 270 



B^SS. 



35 



81 

 10 













69 



April 21 to May 15 



7 



111 



18 



65 



25 



51 



10 





7 















Total 



126 



7 



129 



65 



25 



. 51 



68 







BLUE-FISH. 



May 14 to 31 



1,526 



7 



1,127 



940 



840 



39 



85 







DOG-FISH. 

 April 9 to May 6 



373 

 1,500 



3 



1,200 



101 

 3,800 





1 



3,000 



2 

 500 



2,382 

 2,408 



May 7 to 31 









Total 



1, 873 



1,203 



3,901 





3,001 



502 



4,790 







Tabjle V. — Days of first appearance of alewives, scup, Mue-fish, and menhaden, at Waquoit 



Weir, for thirteen years. 



1859. 

 1860. 

 1861. 

 1862. 

 1863. 

 1864. 

 1865. 

 1866. 

 1867. 

 1868. 

 1S69. 

 1870. 

 1871. 



Alewives. 



Scup 





Blue-fish. 



Menhaden. 



April 7 



May 



5 



May 



16 



May 



*6 



April 3 



May 



2 



May 



15 



May 



4 



April 1 



April 



a? 



May 



17 



May 



1 



March 30 



May 



10 



May 



13 



May . 



6 



March' 29 



May 



8 



May 



15 



May 



2 



March 28 



May- 



6 



May 



17 



May 



5 



March 29 



May 



1 



May 



16 



May 



1 



April 2 



May 



8 



May 



15 



May 



7 



March 28 



May 



4 



May 



14 



May- 



3 



March 30 



May 



10 



May- 



19 



May 



15 



March 31 



May 



i 



May 



17 



May 



10 



March 28 



May 



2 



May 



16 



May 



8 



March 24 



April 



25 



May 



24 



April 



21 



* Dates when first plenty. The weir takes alewives when first set; prohahly some come a little earlier. 



