I. 



THE HALIBUT FISHERIES. 



1. THE FRESH-HALIBUT FISHERY. BY G. BROWN GOODE AND J. W. COLLINS. 



1. General review. 



2. The fishing grouuds. 



3. The fishcrmtm. 



4. The halibut vessels. 



f>. Ain>:ir.-itns and methods of fishing. 



6. The manner of dressing and icing the catch. 



7. The run for the market. 



8. Disposition of the catch. 



9. Financial profits and extent of the fishery. 



10. History of the fresh-halibut fishery. 



11. Historical notes and incidents of the fresh-halibut 



fishery. 



12. Journal of fresh-halibut trips to the Grand Bank in 



1878 and 1879. 



2. THE SALT-HALIBUT FISHERY. BY N. P. SCTTDDER. 



1. General discussion of the fishery. 



2. The fishing grounds. 



3. The fishermen. 



4. The vessels. 



5. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



6. Dressing and salting the catch. 



7. Tabular view of a season's work in the Davis Strait 



fishery. 



8. The halibut in its relations to the fish,iug. 



