New York Fish Journal. — Devoted to the Interest of the Fish Trade in General

New York: W.H. Faulhaber, Editor and Proprietor, 1883. Vol.1 No.1. 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Fine. Vol.1 No.1. 4 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Premiere issue and prospectus for this weekly newspaper, “published in the interests of the catchers and sellers of fish … to furnish every fisherman and fish monger from the shores of Florida to the banks of Nova Scotia with such matters of interest as may meet with their approval.” The articles include Fishing on the Banks (“Something about the Perils and Privations that Fishermen Undergo”), Fishing by Electricity, Market Notes, a wholesale market price list, “Siftings” (with a note about the supply of Frozen Salmon from Canada, the supply of lobsters, etc.), and a column of ads for commercial fish dealers from Boston, Erie, New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore.

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