FISH AND FISHING. 



ALMANAC FOR SALT WATER FISHERMEN. 



The following will be found accurate and val- 

 uable for the vicinity of New York City: 



Kingfish — Barb, Sea-Mink, Whiting. June to 

 September. Haunts: The surf and deep channels 

 of strong tide streams. Baits: Blood worms, 

 shedder crabs and beach crustaceans. Time and 

 tide: Flood, early morning. 



Plaice — Fluke, Turbot, Flounder. May 15 to 

 November 30. Haunts: The surf, mouth of tidal 

 streams. Baits: Shedder crabs, killi-fish, sand 

 laut. Time and tide: Ebb, daytime exclusively. 



Spanish Mackerel. Haunts: The open sea, July 

 to September. Baits: Menhaden, trolling — metal 

 and cedar squids. 



Striped Bass— Rock Fish, Green Head, April to 

 November. Haunts: The surf, bays, estuaries and 

 tidal streams. Baits: Blood worms, shedder crabs, 

 calico crabs, small eels, menhaden. Time and tide: 

 Night, half-flood to flood, to half ebb. 



The Drums, Red and Black, June to November. 

 Haunts: The surf and mouths of large bays. 

 Bait: Skinner crab. Time and tide: Day, flood. 



Blackfish— Tautog, April to November. Haunts: 

 Surf, vicinity of piling and old wrecks in bays. 

 Baits: Sand worm, blood worm, shedder crabs, 

 clams. Time and tide: Daytime flood. 



Lafayette — Spot, Goody, Cape May Goody. 

 August to October. Haunts: Channels of tidal 

 streams. Baits: Shedder crabs sand worms clams. 

 Tide and tide: Day and night flood. 



Croaker. July to October. Haunts: Deep chan- 

 nels of bays. Baits: Shedder crabs, mussels. Time 

 and tide: Day flood. 



Snapper — Young of Blue Fish._ August to No- 

 vember. Haunts: Rivers and all tide ways. Baits: 

 Spearing and menhaden; trolling pearl squid. 

 Time and tide: Day all tides. 



Sheepshead. June to October. Haunts: Surf 

 and bays, vicinity of old wrecks. Baits: Clams, 

 mussels, shedder crabs. Time and tide: Day, flood 

 only. 



New England Whiting — Winter Weak-fish, 

 Frost-fish. November to May. Haunts: The 

 surf. Baits: Sand laut, spearing. Time and tide: 

 Night, flood. 



Hake — Ling. October to June. Haunts: Open 

 sea surf, large bays. Baits: Clams, mussels, fish. 

 Time and tide: Day and night, flood. 



Weak-fish — Squeteague, Squit. June to October. 

 Haunts: Surf, all tideways. Baits: Shedder crabs, 

 surf mullet, menhaden, ledge mussels, sand laut, 

 shrimp. Time and tide: Day and night, flood 

 preferred. 



Blue Fish — Horse Mackerel. June to November 

 1 st. Haunts: Surf, open sea and large bays. 

 Baits: Menhaden, surf mullet and trolling squid. 

 Time and time: Daytime; not affected by tides. 



AQUATIC RESOURCES OF THE HAWAIIAN 

 ISLANDS. 

 In compliance with a resolution of Con- 

 gress, Hon. George M. Bowers, United 

 States Commissioner of Fish and Fisher- 

 ies, has sent an expedition to the Ha- 

 waiian Islands to make a comprehensive 

 study of the fishes and other aquatic re- 

 sources of those islands. The investiga- 

 tions will be under the immediate direction 

 of Dr. David Starr Jordan, President of 

 Stanford University, and Dr. Barton W. 

 Evermann, the Ichthyologist of the Com- 



mission, who will have the assistance of 

 a number of experts. 



It is the intention to make the investi- 

 gations sufficiently comprehensive to en- 

 able the Commission to publish an ex- 

 haustive report on the subject. The in- 

 vestigations during the present summer 

 will be by shore parties and will pertain 

 chiefly to the following lines: 



1. A thorough qualitative and quantita- 

 tive study of the commercial and shore 

 fishes, mollusks, crustaceans and other 

 aquatic animals and plants. Attention will 

 be given to the actual and relative food 

 values and commercial importance of the 

 different species, their migrations, spawn- 

 ing time and place, food, feeding habits, 

 enemies, maximum and average size, and 

 other important facts in their life his- 

 tories. 



2. The methods, extent and history of 

 the fisheries, the kinds of apparatus used, 

 the manner of using each and the species 

 taken in each; the manner of caring for 

 and disposing of the catch; the statistics 

 of the fisheries, value of each kind of ap- 

 paratus; number and nationality of people 

 engaged in fishing; quantity and value of 

 each species caught, and prices paid the 

 fishermen, also the wholesale and retail 

 prices; and changes in the methods of the 

 fisheries since the coming of Americans. 

 Europeans and Asiatics to the islands will 

 be investigated. 



3. The development of proper and just 

 fishery laws will receive special considera- 

 tion; the history of fishery legislation, in- 

 cluding the system of tabu, and the present 

 laws and methods with reference to each 

 species covered by any law, special or 

 general, and the possibility of trade in fish- 

 ery products with the United States. Im- 

 provement in the methods of the fisheries, 

 and the methods of handling and market- 

 ing the fish will receive careful considera- 

 tion. Attention will also be given to the 

 possibility of fish cultural operations with 

 reference to such species as may be in 

 danger of extinction or serious diminution. 



Doctors Jordan and Evermann sailed for 

 Honolulu May 29 and will remain until 

 September, when they will return to 

 America and submit a preliminary report 

 to Commissioner Bowers. Subsequently 

 they will return to Honolulu with the 

 Albatross and make a study of the deep 

 water fauna of the islands. 



The other members of the present ex- 

 pedition will be Dr. O. P. Jenkins, of 

 Stanford University, Messrs. E. L. Golds- 

 borough and John N." Cobb, of the United 

 States Fish Commission, Mr. A. H. Bald- 



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