The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-10-25
The Seine Killing the Mackerel Fishery.

A Portsmouth, n. H., correspondent writing
of the failure of the maekercl fishery this sea-
son says:
he vast decrease in the results OF what was
once one Of the important industries Of New
England must have cause; and that cali>e,
there can hardly be a doubt. is the pur>e->eiue,
which, when its Use WAS introduced. was hail
ct' by the fishermen Is one of the most noble
contrivances of the nineteenth century. The
mackerel are not in the ocean to catch: the
pui>c-Sene has killed them ell: and that i all
there is of it, In a few years. should t> Use be
continued--aS it will be unless checked by leg
islation. and Just how its use can be prevented
by legislation is not easy to >ee-that once pon-
tiful article of food in New England. the mack
erel. will be found only on the table of some
millionaire who owns a coal mine or Il share of
Bell telephone stock. or preserved as a eurio~i-
ty in the museum of the Smithsonian Institute.
like the bison.
The killing Of the goose which laid the -oll-
en- EGG has had its counterpart III other
branches of the fishery business Besides mack
crellln@. in recent years. The mcnha,icn fish
cry. which was once quite important. now
amounts to nothing. The vast schools Of these
fish which once swarmed in the waters along
these coasts during the summer. furnishing
food to myriadS of other fish that We're vaul-
bic for human food. having been broken up
and destroyed by the fishing steamers with
their immense Seines and turned into ti>h-u
ah,l Guaho.
Aho lhe 'onS'er 700 ileh the ionStr nNh-
~ assume" '"i2S Pi"P"i i'ohs' i,''i iht 'iuNta
'c's "elc pe'hS u'Pitt ny "ho't>'ie at htl
ScaSon> of the wear. and females carry inc their
eSSs were taken lhuistrlinifaleis "hh lhc ON
tis' Me were toid lh"l the supply was mex
ha'l,tio,e along thls coast ana thai Inc oofto9n
% u .he Day Vi uIi,'H WIS itttrIi,N paved win
them; yet now Holsters which 80 years AGO
"ot'iu NAVE neci throw "'lh mo tie >ea is
>ooi u t"heit. ol gNch 10 tiie o'N aiou- tfle
"haiNeS 's peihg ol no eollllliel'lai Nalut. are
>h"rptu up ny the uc'icrs az 5000 price ana
Ie'alieh ai rates "hltn MAKE lons!tf >iii'l Il
'h'hci'i nightmare. Whi!e the biitl>ii iroN-
ihces nave lo''nu IL necessary |" pass most
stringent regulations re9aF"lh@ the lo,'SieF iSh-
cry OH thelf coasts 10 prevent it> t0t'i 'e>trl'-
ton.
GaAs oi l'e .'ea,. w.. l1l," i'i'.i ',i'>tto'>
oeciihe III tie resuItS OF the ia'heFci h>,ierH' a
gentleman connected VITA the press OF 'tis Guy
says some SIN or seven Years ago started
o',' WIN ie" lliehhS one AFTERNOON III hlt'e
Sshooh,r H lof '"","'!s h>nih% uip To the
noo'' l>iahd Slouna> OF '"htes LcaSe: is
" ny anu weather iil'Snt l'Noi' We ran ih'9
stii ls'aHu loaus' at we siipals' ana aheh9ttu
iol the h'Sit c'o>e pe t!e hSii'i.S S'h"oher OF
uAteeI' a hiacheIet >eiher. >he iiau iha"e Il
ia''' ,n'i oay' ana part ol heF ere" were en-
Sa7tu III iitu'i"s 'le sclhe loil tile >eiiG-n"at
oii m poai" lhe schoohci' anu cIeflliiS II ol iHi
IL was perfect mat oi hhichtrt'. III a'ho>i
every hesh was ,i'lie ,harherei' seven or
eiShl ihches iohS, ali uea''' OF course ana al
thrown oNerpoard win uheemplilhrntarN re-