This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...outlook for the mackerel fishery is hopeful, the others dull. Two vessels arrived from Boston yesterday, one with 300 barrels and the other with 400 barrels of mackerel. Mackerel sold yesterday for $6 a barrel, and last Monday, for $8.50 a barrel. Gloucester, Mass., May 11,1884. Summary.--During the past week there ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1884 Excerpt: ...outlook for the mackerel fishery is hopeful, the others dull. Two vessels arrived from Boston yesterday, one with 300 barrels and the other with 400 barrels of mackerel. Mackerel sold yesterday for $6 a barrel, and last Monday, for $8.50 a barrel. Gloucester, Mass., May 11,1884. Summary.--During the past week there have been sixty-three arrivals from George's Bank, with small fares, averaging 13,000 pounds of salt cod and 400 pounds of halibut to a vessel; five arrivals with fresh halibut, averaging 40,000 pounds to a vessel; twelve arrivals with pollock, aggregating 455,000 pounds; and nine arrivals with salt mackerel, landing 1,374 barrels. Seven arrivals from the shore fisheries landed 140,000 pounds of mixed fish. The pollock were caught with seine from 3 to 4 miles off Chatham. The first mackerel that were caught last year this side of Cape Cod was on May 18. On May 14 of this year 20 barrels of large mackerel were caught, with seine. Herring And Salmon.--There have been 70 barrels of herring caught in traps, and 1 salmon, weighing 12g pounds, caught in a trap at Kettle Island. Gloucester, Mass., May 18, 1884. Black Grouper.--I will send you Monday morning for identification a strange fish, said to measure 5 feet in length, but actually measuring over 6 feet. The fish when seen was on its side, with its side fin at the surface of the water, and was thought to be a sunfish. It was easily captured. No one of the hundreds of persons who have been here to see the fish have been able to identify its genus and species. I hope to hear from you concerning its identity. Gloucester, Mass., May 18,1884. The strange fish was caught 20 miles southeast from Block Island. The fish when seen was on its side with side-flu and tail in motion. When seen the men thought i...
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Add this copy of Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission. Vol. IX, to cart. $65.00, fair condition, Sold by Sequitur Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Boonsboro, MD, UNITED STATES, published 1891 by Government Printing Office.
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Edition:
1891, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Publisher:
United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries
Published:
1891
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
11152589419
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Good. No Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. (12)504pp + many plates & fold-out maps. Original black cloth with some wear to corners. Small bug holes in exterior front hinge. New paper spine label. Solid hinges & interior.
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Good to very good. 1st Edition. xi, 504pp. Small Quarto in original cloth with numerous plates and maps (many folding). Vilhjalmur Stefansson's copy with his handstamp and purchase information on front free endpaper and old library stamp on title page. Minor wear to head and foot of spine and extremities, else a clean copy. Text block a bit shaken. Complimentary slip from U.S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries M. McDonald tipped in. Uncommon. good to very good Contents include the "Explorations in Colorado and Utah p.1-40 with 5 plates; "Reconnoissance of the streams and lakes of the Yellowstone National Park p.41-63 with plates and folding map; and "Salmon and Salmon Rivers of Alaska" p.165-208 with plates and folding maps. Over 150 plates, including line drawings of fish.