. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 18 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 11 New England Tuna Explorations FEVj tuna caught by "MARJORIE PARKER" ON LAST TRIP (Exploratory Fishing Cruise No. 8): In order to complete this season's bluefin tuna exploratory operations in the Gulf of Maine, the schooner Marjorie Parker left Boston on September 27. Oper- ations were confined to the waters between Georges Bank, Browns Bank, and Seal Is- land Grounds off the eastern tip of Nova Scotia for the first week of the trip. This vessel was chartered by the U. S. Fish and Wild
. Commercial fisheries review. Fisheries; Fish trade. 18 COMMERCIAL FISHERIES REVIEW Vol. 14, No. 11 New England Tuna Explorations FEVj tuna caught by "MARJORIE PARKER" ON LAST TRIP (Exploratory Fishing Cruise No. 8): In order to complete this season's bluefin tuna exploratory operations in the Gulf of Maine, the schooner Marjorie Parker left Boston on September 27. Oper- ations were confined to the waters between Georges Bank, Browns Bank, and Seal Is- land Grounds off the eastern tip of Nova Scotia for the first week of the trip. This vessel was chartered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service for this season's bluefin tuna exploration. A series of long-line sets was made in 12 different localities, and surface trolling was carried on during daylight hours. Strong tides were encountered in the area and caused consid- erable difficulty in setting and hauling the gear. Re- sults were poor. Only four tuna were caught, while nu- merous blue shark were taken on every set. Surface water temperatures ranged from 50° F. to 59° F. The vessel returned to Portland on October 3, and weighed out 100 pounds of bluefin tuna, 340 pounds of mackerel shark, and 5,230 pounds of blue shark. Blue sharks were sold to a local fish-reduction company for $16 per ton; mackerel sharks sold for 4 cents a poiind; tuna brought 12 cents a THE 78-FOOT SCHOONER MARJORIE PARKER, A LINE TRAWLER OWNED BY A FISHING COMPANY LOCATED IN PORTLAND, MAINE, WAS CHARTERED EARLY THIS YEAR BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE FOR THIS season's new ENGLAND BLUEFIN TUNA EXPLORATION. The vessel left Port- land again on October 7, and exploratory fishing was carried on for the next ten days off the New Jersey and New York coasts. Strong winds on October 10 and 11 halted fishing operations, and shelter was found at Cape May, New Jersey. From October 12 to 17 a series of trammel-net and long-line sets were made, starting at Cape May, New Jersey, in the south, and continuing along the coast north
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