INDEX. 



A. 



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 Accord Pond, alewives and shad . 118 

 Acqnesnet River, New Bedford, ale- 

 wives 43 



Actions and prosecutions, when to he 

 commenced .... 320, 330 



Acton, alewives and shad . . . 115 



Acushnet River, Acushnet, herring, 

 alewives and shad .... 382 



Acushnet River, New Bedford and 

 Fairhaven, herring .... 244 



Adams and Williamstown, Hoosick 

 River, seines not to be used . . 179 



Agawam River, mouth of, fisheries . 50 



Agawam or Westfield River, ale- 

 wives, salmon and shad . 18, 24, 138i 



Agawam or Westfield River, West 

 Springfield, alewives, shad or other 

 fish, 138, 193 



Agawam and Half-way Pond Rivers, 

 Plymouth, alewives and shad . 230 



Agawam and Half-way Pond Rivers, 

 Plvmouth and Wareham, alewives 

 and shad . . 214, 258, 286, 294, 342 



Alewife River to Whitman's Pond, 

 Weymouth, alewives . . . 187 



Alewives, fisheries regulated, 9-12, 319,326 



Alewives, Taunton, price may be 

 fixed by the selectmen ... 65 



Alewives and herring, fisheries may 

 be established by oities and towns, 302 



Andover, Merrimack River, alewives 

 and shad . . 16, 51, 58, 69, 132, 180 



Andrews Fishing Company, in Har- 

 wich, incorporated . . . 207, 221 



Apponigansett River, Dartmouth, 

 seining prohibited .... 264 



Artificial propagation of fish, com- 

 missioners to consider the matter . 279 



Ashumet Pond to Bourne's Pond, 

 Falmouth, alewives . . . 293 



Assawampset Brook, alewives . 45, 153 



Assonet Fishing Company, herring 

 and alewives 286 



Avery Brook, Charlemontand Heath, 

 trout 314 



B. 



Baker's Pond and Drain Fishing 

 Company, in Yarmouth, incorpo- 

 rated 282 



Ballast not to be cast near the shore 

 under penalty 4 



Barker's River, Pembroke, ale- 

 wives .... 37, 274, 297 



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 Barlow River, Sandwich, oysters . 329 

 Barlow's Pond, Mattapoisett, ale- 

 wives and herring .... 298 

 Barlow's Pond, Mattapoisett, eels . 344 

 Barnstable, shell-fish for bait , . 377 

 Barnstable, Herring River, ale- 

 wives 223,247 



Barnstable, Jones' Mill Creek, trout, 312 

 Barnstable, Nine Mile Pond Fishing 



Company, incorporated . 289, 352, 357 

 Barnstable, Oyster Island Harbor, 



seining prohibited .... 218 

 Barnstable and Mashpee, seining reg- 

 ulated .... 276, 385, 390 

 Barnstable and Mashpee, shell-fish- 

 eries regulated . . 276, 377, 384 

 Barnstable and Mashpee, Poppones- 



sett Harbor, seining pi'ohihited, 218, 385 

 Barnstaple and Mashpee, Osterville 

 Harbor and Popponessett Bav, sein- 

 ing prohibited, . . ' . 249, 385 

 Bass, black, fishery regulated, 306, 319, 324, 



370 

 Bass, striped, and bluefish, Edgar- 

 town 378,389 



Bass, tautog and lobsters, Edgar- 

 town, Chilmark and Tisbury . . 186 

 Bass, tautog and lobstf rs, Fairhaven, 

 New Bedford, Dartmouth and 



AVestport 178, 374 



Bass, tautog and lobsters, Falmouth, 188 

 Bass, tautog, scuppaug, bluefish and 

 lobsters. Buzzard's Bay, Sandwich 

 and Wareham .... 275, 375 

 Bass River, Dennis and Yarmouth, 

 alewives, herring, salmon, trout 

 and perch . . . 241,355,387 

 Bass River, Yarmouth and Dennis, 



smelts 313 



Beaver Brook, Dracut, alewives . 177 

 Berkley, Taunton Great River, ale- 

 wives and shad . 168, 200, 225, 268 

 Beverly and Danvers, Porter's, Crane 



and Waters Rivers .... 264 

 Billerica, alewives and shad . 145, 175 

 Black bass, fishery regulated, 319, 324, 370 

 Black bass. Lake Cochituate . . 324 

 Black bass and trout, fisheries regu- 

 lated 306 



Bluefish, Sandwich and Wareham, 



Buzzard's Bay .... 275 

 Bluefish, Vineyard Sound, Barnsta- 

 ble and Mashpee .... 390 

 Bluefish, Vineyard Sound, Yar- 

 mouth, Dennis and Harwich, nets 

 and seines prohibited . . . 386 



