New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-14
HlCEEREL FROM AFRICA.
From The Baltimore sun.


The Baltimore Fish Commission greatly
in six barrels OF mackerel which VIII ar.
rive tomorrow morning on the Merchants ana Miners
the first shipment mackeiel from Africa to AMERICA
and tell story OF American enterprise. tor some
time past the quantity VI American mackere mas oeen
the decrease, until there not enough OF the
fish caught 10 supply the demand, and Ireland ana
Norway have had to be drawn on to make up the
deficiency. The annual catch has fallen rom 4oooov
barrels in 1884 TO about 25,O00 barrels In lee9 ana
us TO s26 per barrel For more than two years
ireland and Norway have been depended upon for the
best grades Of mackere Norway sending about 10y
barrels year, to 5000 barrels from Ireland Whhe
the III appearance as the American hsh, they arc
larger aud Of better quality, those coming from Nor
way being the best.
The cause OF the FISH leaving American shores . has
been problem which the scientists have bothered ther
brains over in vain far as any practical results are
in the fishing Industry OF the New England States, the
question was serious one. The fishermen beIlevs
That senng va in no small way aecoa to s Ior .nS
Prior TO lo'O II was me custom 70 balt tie lsh ano
then to catch them with hook and line. THIS now
drag nets were used, which would enclose whole
schools and haul them in BY the hundreds OF thou.
sands. This. il Is thought, fas had the erect OK
soaring them away and Il Is believed that those now
caught of Ireland and Norway are the same that nat
cosL of Afrca axe the bHlieyes which We're caught
OF Cape cod in great numbers about two years ago.
Last sumner a few Of the old fishermen studied the
matter out, ard decided that macAerel ought to be
found somewhere in tn neshbor.oof of the Cape OF
Good Hope. Accordingly The schooner Atce: OF
Provncetcwn, Mass. was htied out IN september ior
a six months crIlsee 10 the coast Of AFRICA on
search for mackerel. and few DAYS ago arrived 40
her home with thirtythrec casks holding about three
barrels each of No. l mackerel. which had been
caught on the Cape of Good Hope by New England
hshermen and cured and packed on a New England
fishing boat. They were opened for inspection in
Provinceown, and were examined by large crowd
OF tho local fishermen, who pronounced them fully
equal if not better than their own fish.
IN speaking Of the fish The Gloucester (Nass)
Times SAID In quality they are about thirteen TO
fifteen inches long. and the flesh Is firm and white.
The only way they differ from American mackerel Is
in The stripes. which little lower down on
the sides Of the fish, something Ike the bulleye mack
erc caught of this coast several years ago They
are much superior TO maclerel caught on the Amcri-
can coast in the carly spring. one thousand dollars
offered for the lot unopened in Boston and REUSED
Everything goes TO show that Scientific and
shoal water sailors who have hardly been ont ot
sight of land were sadly mistaken in their prediction
that Captain 81 Chase. in the schooner Alice. was
going on a wild goose chase. To Provincctovn. ana
10 Captain Chase in particular. is due the honor
ground, over 5000 miles from home