Zoological Society bulletin . ps seemed as wellcontented on the crab as they did on the stones,expanding and feeding as well as though it weretheir natural habitat. At the time the photo-graph was made, the crab, which was a trifleover an inch long, was carrying eleven anemonesabout with him. THE SWORDFISHING INDUSTRY ACCORDING to the Fishing Gazette the/~\ swordfishing has been better the pastsummer than for many years. At Boston,where nearly all of the swordfish catch is landedand marketed, seven hundred and seven werebrought in in one day, and on one other day sixhundred and eighty-four of
Zoological Society bulletin . ps seemed as wellcontented on the crab as they did on the stones,expanding and feeding as well as though it weretheir natural habitat. At the time the photo-graph was made, the crab, which was a trifleover an inch long, was carrying eleven anemonesabout with him. THE SWORDFISHING INDUSTRY ACCORDING to the Fishing Gazette the/~\ swordfishing has been better the pastsummer than for many years. At Boston,where nearly all of the swordfish catch is landedand marketed, seven hundred and seven werebrought in in one day, and on one other day sixhundred and eighty-four of these big fisheswere landed at T Wharf, the fishing dock. Oneschooner brought in two hundred and two at onetime. This is a profitable business when oneconsiders that the average weight of the fish isabout two hundred pounds, and that they bringusually from eight to eleven cents a total quantity landed at Boston during themonth of July, 1912, was 1,014,350 pounds,valued at $93,370, or a little over nine cents SPIDER-CRAB Decorated with sea-anemones ; slightly by R. C. Osburn. The swordfish is the largest fish, except thegreat tuna, regularly taken for market. Indi-viduals weighing over four hundred pounds arerarely taken, but there is a record of one weigh-ing seven hundred and fifty pounds. They are occasionally taken on trawl lines,but the harpoon is the usual means of usually swim near the surface, abovewhich the dorsal fin often projects. A sailor atthe masthead keeps watch for these signs, andwhen a fish is sighted the fishing vessel ap-proaches until the harpooner on the pulpit, asmall framework at the end of the bowsprit,is within striking distance. To the head of theharpoon is fastened a light rope with a kegmade fast to the end to serve as a float. After the fish has tired himself out in hisstruggles to escape from the harpoon and thefloat, the fisherman approaches in a dory andfinishes him with a lance. Not infrequentl
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