THE SOUTHERN SPRING MACKEREL FISHERY. 265 
landed no fresh tisli, and the information at hand fails to show that any mackerel 
were taken by them in the southern spring fishery. 
The total quantity of fresh fish landed by the southern spring fleet was 1,158 
barrels, or about 200,190 fish, with a value to the fishermen of about $21,000. 
The number of trips of fresh fish landed was 30, giving an average of half a trip 
to a vessel and of 38^ barrels to a trip; 23 fares were taken to New York, 1 to Phila- 
delphia, 2 to Boston, 1 to Grloucester, 1 to New London, 1 to Norfolk, Va., and 1 to 
Lewes, Del., for transshipment to Philadelphia and New York. 
Only 16 of the vessels lauded fresh fish, and of these only 3 secured more than 100 
barrels; 7 others secured between 50 and 100 barrels. The average catch of the 
vessels that obtained fish was 72 barrels, or 12,512 fish, while the average for the 
entire fleet was 19 barrels, or 3,337 fish. 
A few small fares of salt mackerel were landed from the southern fishing- grounds. 
Three vessels belonging in Gloucester that brought in no fresh mackerel landed 59 
barrels of salt fish, 1 Boston vessel secured 12 barrels, and 3 Portland vessels are 
reported to have obtained 41J barrels. 
The following table, based largely on original inquiries, represents the details of 
this fishery; it shows the name and hailing port of each of the vessels engaging therein, 
the number of fares landed, and the number of fresh mackerel taken to market: 
The southern spring-mackerel fleet in 1893. 
Kanies of vessels. 
No. of 
No. of fresh 
trips, mackerel 
handed. 
Names of vessels. 
No. of 
No. of fresh 
trips, mackerel 
landed. 
Gloucester : 
Abbie F. Morris 1 
*Alva.-., 
Ambrose H. Knight 
Argo 2 
Caroline Vought 3 
* Centennial 
Col. J. H. French 
Commonwealth 
Eddie Davidson 1 
Eliza H. Parkhurst 
Ethel B. Jacobs 3 
t Genesta 
George F. Edmunds 
Grayling 
H. W. Longfellow 
Harvard 1 
Hattie M. Graham .'.... 1 
Herald of the Morning 
* Herbert M. Rogers 
J. J. Clark 
.James A. Garfield 
.Jennie Seaverns 
John S. Bresson. 
Joseph Rowe 4 
Lewis H. Giles 1 
Lizzie M. Center 
Lottie Gardner 2 
M. S. Ayer 
Mabel R. Bennett 2 
Mabel W. Wool ford 
ilinerva 
Nellie M. Davis 
Norum bega 2 
13, 350 
6, 500 
10, 500 
;69, 544 
G, 000 
11,400 
Gloucester — Continued. 
Quickstep 
Rapid Transit 
Robert J. Edwards 
Rushlight 
S. F. Maker 
Senator Lodge 1 
Thomas F. Bayard 
Volunteer 
William H. Cross 1 
Tosemite 
Boston : 
*Andrew Burnham 
Mertis H. Perry 
Roulette 
Eockport : 
Marguerite Haskins ... 3 
Dennisport ; 
Hattie and Lottie 
Lula E. Wilber 
Portland: 
’‘Ellen Lincoln 
Emma 
* Ethel .and Addie 
Henrietta Francis 
Henry Morganthan 
JohuM. I’lummer 
Laura Belle 
Lilia B. Fernald 
* Lizzie Maud 
Miantonom,ah 
Nathan Cleaves 
Total 
30 
26, 970 
200, 190 
'* Lauded small fare of s.alt mackerel. Tlie aggregate catch of these vessels was 132 barrels, 
t Lost on co.ast of New Jersey. 
{Includes 62,500 very small fish. 
