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Domestic News
October 23, 1813
Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
British blockades have interrupted eastern fish supplies to New York, but abundant chub or small mackerel from Long-Island Sound are filling the gap, with 72,000 caught in one net haul a few days ago—unprecedented since the Revolutionary War.
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Uncommon Fishing.—Since the interruption of our accustomed supplies of fish from the eastern coast, by the British blockaders, the want is in a great measure provided for by remarkable quantities of Chub or small Mackerel with which the New York market abounds. They are taken in nets, in the head of Long-Island Sound, in such great numbers that 72,000, we are told, were caught at one haul a few days since. Such an abundance of this species of fish has never been known in this country since a similar occurrence during the revolutionary war.
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What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Shipping
What keywords are associated?
Fishing Abundance
Mackerel
New York Market
Long Island Sound
British Blockaders
Where did it happen?
New York
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
New York
Event Date
A Few Days Since
Outcome
72,000 fish caught in one haul; abundance provides for interrupted supplies
Event Details
Interruption of eastern fish supplies by British blockaders leads to reliance on remarkable quantities of chub or small mackerel caught in nets in the head of Long-Island Sound, supplying the New York market. Such abundance unprecedented since Revolutionary War.