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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
JIucares. — This place is 4 miles north of Punta Santiago. Near the shore the 
water is shallow, necessitating the lighterage of cargoes. Fish are reported plentiful 
in the harbor, where they are taken by 10 fishermen, using 4 boats, 60 pots, and 
several trolling lines; the principal catch, however, is in pots. 
Fajardo. — Fajardo, with a population of 4,000, is the most important place at 
the northeastern end of the island, and is located 2 miles inland from the playa or 
landing. At the latter there are 600 inhabitants, a few small stores, and the custom- 
house, which, prior to the change of government, was a second-grade office at which 
no imports were permitted. A large amount of dry and fresh fish is consumed. 
Eighty men are here engaged in fishing with apparatus and boats valued at 
about $4,000. Fishing is chiefly by set pots; occasionally a few haul seines and cast 
nets are used in the general fishery, and gill nets for turtles. Trolling hooks and 
lines are used to a limited extent. Fish are plentiful and are all sold fresh, undressed, 
at about 4 cents a pound. 
At certain seasons a light catch of fish is made in the Fajardo River, a few cast 
nets being used near its mouth. Within 6 miles of the mouth of the river 3 weirs 
have been fished in the past. The best fishing-grounds, near the mouth of the river, 
were formerly worked only by holders of special grants from the government. 
At Ceiba and Luquillo, near Fajardo, some fishing is done. 
Vieques Island. — A small amount of fishing is carried on at several places about 
this island. The following table gives all the statistics obtainable: 
Location. 
Men. 
Boats. 
Pots. 
Puerto Isabel Segunda 
12 
6 
50 
Puerto Real 
•1 
2 
12 
Puerto Negro 
2 
I 
8 
Puerto Arenas 
6 
3 
18 
Puerto Mosquito 
6 
3 
20 
Total 
30 
15 
108 
Trolling lines and a few nets are used, but most of the fishing is by set pots, 
anchored by ropes made of vines. The catch is peddled through the several small 
villages and at the plantations, selling at 5 cents a pound. A few turtles are taken at 
the southern end of the island. Small vessels from the neighboring British and 
Danish islands sometimes visit this section for turtles. Besides the 50 pots at Isabel 
Segunda there are 25 cast nets and 1 haul seine 150 feet long and 10 feet deep. 
Culebra Island. — Fish are abundant about this island, but very little attention. is 
given fishing by the inhabitants, only two or three men being engaged. Imported 
dry cod is much more used than fresh fish. The neighborhood is visited by a number 
of fishermen from the British and Danish West Indies, particularly from Tortola, 
St. Thomas, and Santa Cruz, who fish chiefly with pots. Between April and Septem- 
ber trolling lines are used, chiefly for king-fish, which are said to weigh from 20 to 30 
pounds on the average, some being much heavier. Among the other fish taken in 
trolling are the capitan and barracuda. Trolling is done between sunrise and 8 or 9 
in the morning. 
About Vieques and Culebra islands and the east end of Porto Rico as far west 
as Arroyo is the region where turtle fishing is carried on to the greatest extent. At 
