INDEX. 



869 



Pnge. 



Rhode Island, decrease in oysters in 515 



early \\ haling in 32 



lobster iishermon in li/ii 



fishery in 001, 7n;>, 7H>,7s:i 7 .-7 



laws in 72- i ,73.|,7:!0 



season in c,i;i 



statistics for 79::, 7!H 



natural oyster beds in 510 



oyster- industry statistics 504 



planting in 530 



quahaii", lisliery in CC4 



scallop (isliery i" 575 



laws in 57ii 



statistics for 5fl 



soft- c la in statistics in .">'.il 



whale lishcry in 107 



Ehy t ilia Stelleri 205 



Rieketson's History of New Bedford, cited .. 107 



Right whale captured in C'barleston Harbor 52 



lisbcry 100 



Indian name, " yakh-yo-bad-di " 62 



of New Zealand 213 



oil. called right-whale glue 288 



cruising grounds for 15 



formerly abundant at Cape Cod 28 



in North Pacific 17 



movements when struck 203 



North Atlantic grounds for 15 



on California coast .">:! 



Pacific coast 4, 55 



total number taken, 1804 to 1880 169 



Rio de Janeiro, whaler's supply station 25 



Riverhead, N. Y., hard clams at 606 



" River La Plate ground," sperm whales on 10 



Roanoke Sound, shrimp in 802 



terrapin lisliery in 499 



Rochester, Mass.. oysters at 510 



whaling fleet of 171 



Rockaway Bay, soft clams in 5'J1 



Rockaway, \. Y., bard clams at 607 



mussels at 620 



Rockaway oysters sent to San Francisco 53-i 



Rock-crabs 'i'-". 1 



economic importance of CM 



of 1'aeitie coast (157 



statistics of fi5^ 



Rock-hopping casks of seal oil 437 



Rockland, Me., lobster lisliery at 7:i'.i 



Rock-lobster lisliery 627, 7H-. 7;i:i 



Rock-lobsters, bait for 7 { .t.-> 



dried tails of 798 



for bait 798 



value of 708 



Rockport, Me., lobster lisliery at 755 



lobsters at 707, i 25 



Rockport, Mass., lobster lisliery at .. 



Roderique, sperm whales near 



Rogers, Capt. E. D., on sealing ll'.> 



Roosevelt, Mr., on lobster laws 



Koslyn, X. Y., hard clams at 605 



Rosemary Islands, Australia 



Rough seal 474 



Round clain r>l "l 



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Roway ton, Conn., oyster planting al 534 



o\ si i -rs from 557 



([unhangs at 604 



1,'oulcy River, Massachsetts, oysters in 509 



1 Joy al Company 's Island, fur seals at 426 



Rubelins, H., on crayfish 796 



Rnmslick Point, Rhode Island, oyster ]ilanting at,. 536 



Russian American Company 205,379,485 



America, whale fishery in 204 



whale in Arctic Ocean 56 



w baling 19 



Whaling Company in Alaska 206 



Russians, white-whale lisliery by 24 



Russia, whale fishery of 204 



li'\ iler, ,loli 11 A., on lobster culture 736 



oysters 507 



Rye, N. H., lobster fishery at 773 



law at, 727 



Saco district, lobster fishery in 768,770-772 



Sag Harbor, N. Y., clams at 5111,606 



lobster fishery at 790 



scallop industry at 579 



whale fishery of .... 100, 106, 117, 171, 

 172, 178-192 



Saint Andrew's Sound, terrapin fishery in 502 



Saint Augustine, Fla., shrimp at 805 



turtle fishery 496 



Saint Croix River, lobster lisliery in 744 



Saint George Island, Alaska 329 



description of fur-seal 



rookeries on 332 



driving the. hollnschichie on. 348 



killing ground on 375 



of seals limited 392 



Little Eastern rookery 349, 350 



North rookery 348, 350 



number of fur seals on 350 



rookeries of 344 



sea-lion hunt at 407 



Starry Artec! rookery 347,350 



Zapadiue rookery 345, 350 



Saint George, Me., lobster fishery at 759 



Saint Helena Sound, terrapin fishery in 502 



Saint James, N. Y., clams at, 591,605 



Saint Mark's, Fla , sponge industry at 829 



Saint Michael's, Md., oyster packing at 561 



Saint Paul Island, Alaska 321,329 



Americans pre-empt rookeries 



on 382 



description of seal rookeries on. 332 



Keetavie rookery 338, 344 



killing ground at 343,375 



of seals limited 382 



Lagoon rookery 337,344 



Lukiiunon rookery .33S, 344 



Northeast rookery 342,344 



\ovastoshnah rookery 342,344 



number of sea Is on 344 



Poiavina rookery 341, 344 



1,'eef rookery 336,344 



review of rookeries on 336 



sea-lion hunt at 467 



sea-otter at 484 



