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Bluefish and striped bass, Edgar- 

 town 378, 389 



Bourne's Pond to Ashumet Pond, 

 Falnionth, alewives . . . 293 



Bowman's Pond, Falnioutli, select- 

 men ma.v permit seines to l)e used, 266 



Boxford, Ipswich River, seining pro- 

 hibited 273 



Boxford, Parker, Falls and Rowley 

 Rivers, alewives, bass, shad and 

 other fish 126 



Boxford, Rush, Little and Johnson's 

 Ponds to Merrimack River, ale- 

 wives ...... 106 



Bradford, Merrimack River, ale- 

 wives, salmon and shad . . 96, 101 



Braintree, Great and Little Ponds, 

 pickerel or pike .... 179 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, ale- 

 wives 79 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, ale- 

 wives and other fish . . 137,219 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, ale- 

 wives and shad .... 345 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, ale- 

 wives, shad and smelts . . 159, 200 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, herring 

 and other fish 212 



Braintree, Monatiquot River, smelts. 160 



Brewster, alewives . . . 138, 260 



Brewster, fish-weirs .... 260 



Brewster, shell-fisheries . . . 335 



Bridgewater, alewives, 62, 85, 89, 153, 163 



Bridgewater, Taunton Great River . 196 



Bridgewater, Titicut River, alewives 

 and shad 184, 189 



Bridgewater and West Bridgewater. 

 "Town River, shad, herring and 

 alewives; fishwaj's . . 326,347 



Brighton, Charles River, alewives 

 and shad .... 146, 191 



Bristol County, fisheries regulated, 354,373 



Brook, River Meadow, Chelmsford, 

 passage of fish . . . .59 



Buzzard's Bay, seining regulated, 321, 335. 



354, 373, 389 



Buzzard's Bay, Sandwich and Ware- 

 ham, lobsters, bluefish, tautog, 

 bass and scuppaug . . . 276 



Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound, 

 menhaden 299 



C. 



Caleb's Pond Company in Edgar- 

 town, herring and perch fishery . 280 



Cambridge, Fresh Pond, seines not 

 to be used 70 



Cambridge, Mystic River, alewives 

 and shad . . .29, 60, 104, 136, 173 



Cambridge and West Cambridge, 

 Fresh Pond Meadows, alewives 

 and shad 135 



Canton, Neponset River, alewives, 

 shad and other fish . . 67, 78 



Canton, Pemkapoag Pond, pickerel 

 or pike 179 



Cape Pond, Gloicester, alewives . 157 



Carlisle, River Meadow Brook, pas- 

 sage of fish 59 



Carver, Weweantit River, shad and 

 alewives .... 71, 168, 346 



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 Carver and Plymouth, East Head, 



trout 307 



Chappaquansett Pond and Creek, 



Tisbury, herring and alewives, 197, 236 

 Chaiiemontand Heath, Avery Brook, 



trout 314 



Charles River, fisheries . 76, 130, 140 

 Charles River, alewives and shad . 139 

 Charles River, tonicod and smelts . 163 

 Charles River, Brighton, alewives 



and shad 146, 191 



Charles River, Watertown, alewives 



and shad ..... 150, 191 

 Charlestown, Mystic River, alewives 



and shad . . . 29, 60, 104, 136, 173 

 Charters, ancient, fisheries regulated, 6 

 Chatham, eel fishery ... 134 



Chatham, shell-fish for bait . . 377 

 Chatham, fish-weir by Thomas L. 



Eldridge and others . . . 261 

 Chatham, fish-weir by Thomas Spar- 

 row and others .... 261 

 Chatham, fish-weir by Samuel Young, 261 

 Chatham, Nauset Beach, fish -weir . 261 

 Chatham and Harwich, Skinnaquits 

 Fishing Company, incorporated . 198, 



209, 221 

 Chebacco Pond, Ipswich, alewives 



and shad 127 



Chelmsford, Concord River, alewives, 



salmon and shad .... 172 

 Chelmsford, River Meadow Brook, 



passage of fish .... 59 

 Chelmsford, Stoney Brook, passage 



offish 113,123 



Chilmark, fish-weir by Abner and 



George May hew .... 265 

 Chilmark, lobsters, tautog, bass and 



other fish 186 



Chilmark Pond, Wequabsqua Fish- 

 ing Company 246 



City and town authorities may regu- 

 late the taking of eels and certain 



shell-fish 356 



Clam fishery, Winthrop . . . 336 

 Clams, taking may be regulated by 



city and town authorities . 356, 371 

 Clapp's Pond, Provincetown, pick- 

 erel 294 



Close seasons .... 318-320 

 Cocculus Indicus or other poisonous 

 articles not to be used for destruc- 

 tion of fish . . . . 197, 368 

 Cocheco Brook, alewives . . 58, 132 

 Cochituate Lake, black bass . . 324 

 Cohasset Gulf Stream, alewives 82, 88 

 Cohasset and Scituate, alewives . 254 

 Cohasset and Scituate. Mushqiiash- 



uit Creek, eels .... 343 

 Cole's and Lee's Rivers, Swansea, 



seining regulated .... 314 

 Cole's River and Milford Pond, 



Swanzey, herring and shad . . 380 

 Commissioners of fisheries, for Merri- 

 mack and Connecticut Rivers . 303 

 Commissioners of fisheries, to exam- 

 ine dams throughout the state . 309 

 Commissioners on inland fisheries, 

 general powers and duties, 312, 315, 320, 



362 

 Commissioners on inland fisheries, 

 leasing great ponds, 316, 323, 330, 363, 



386, 391 



