548 



INDEX 



Lawson, John, history of menhaden, 87-88; 

 common names of menhaden, 93; bluefish, 

 118; speckled trout, numbed by cold, 128; 

 blue crab, 205 



Leahy, H. S., agar factory, 237 



Legislation, restrictive, relation to fluctuations 

 of abundance, 81; shrimp, 203; salt water 

 angling, none in North Carolina, 252; ef- 

 fect on fisheries industry, 306-08 



Lindeman, R. L., photosynthetic efficiency, 64; 

 302 



Ling cod, 86 



Lobster, economic behavior of, 408, 412, 422 



Local preferences for kinds of fish, 348 



Lodge, F. S., fertilizers used, U. S., 301 ; 367 



Loggerhead turtles, 219 



Long Island Sound, plankton studies, Riley, 

 64; menhaden in, 97, 98, 100; oysters in, 

 143, 154; hard clam, 160; basic productivity, 



364 



Longley and Hildebrand, Spanish mackerel, 

 range of, 116 



Lookout, Cape, Shoals, 9; lightship, currents 

 at, (chart) 16; (table) 19; Florida current, 

 influence of at, 21; salinity, 38 



Loosanoff, Victor L., oyster, spawning, tem- 

 perature, 147; natural history of hard clam, 

 161, 162; soft clam, spawning, 179 



Loosanoff and Engle, excessive micro-organ- 

 isms from fertilization, 68 



Louisiana, shrimp eggs, 198 



Lurcy, George R., vi 



Luther, Robert W., 46 



Liitken, C. F., dolphin, 271 



McCarthy, G. R., 17 



Mackerel, economic behavior of, 408, 410-11; 

 mentioned, 67. See also King mackerel, 

 Spanish mackerel 



Mackerel shark (Isuriis tigris), 279 



MacNider, William de B., v 



Magnitude of fisheries, world, 363-65, 368-70; 

 United States, 365-69; 371-79, passim 



Maine, oysters in, 161; scallops in, 170; soft 

 clams in, 179; sea mussels in, 182, 183; 

 periwinkles in, 185 



Mako, 279 



Malthus Law, in water, possible, 313, 421 



Man-eater shark {Carcharodon carcharias), 

 279 



Manufacture, relation to supply, capital and 

 labor, 351-52; limits to mechanization, 352; 

 main- and by-products, 352-61 ; concentra- 

 tion of, in few species, 360-61; at sea, 361-63 



Marine fisheries, and conditions for produc- 

 tivity, 64-68. See also Fisheries. 



Marine Section Base (Camp Glenn), N. C, vi 



Marketing, diamond-back terrapin, 220; fish, 

 for processors, 328; effects of improvements 

 in, 350; primary, general, 324 ff., North Car- 



olina, description, 434-47, information, 471, 

 commission, 324-26 



Markets, primary, auction, 324; commission, 

 324; coastal dealers, 326-27; fishermen's 

 cooperatives, 327-28; inland cities, 347. See 

 Marketing 



Mark-ups, excessive, by shore dealers, effect 

 on distribution, 345 



Marlin (Makaira albida) . See White marlin 



Marshall, Nelson, scallops, and eelgrass, 173 



Martin, G. W., oysters, theories of feeding, 149 



Martin, R. J., climatic data, 35 



Martin County. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 



Maryland, croaker in, 129; oyster in, 143; 

 oyster shucking plants in, 157; conchs in, 

 184; squid in, 184; crab fishery in, 212; 

 diamond-back terrapin, 221; shipments to 

 New York City, (tables) 438, 439, 440, 442 



Masonboro Sound, 7 



Massachusetts, striped bass in, 121; gray trout 

 in, 125; spot, 128; croakers in, 129; scallops 

 in, 170; soft clams in, 179; sea mussels in, 

 183; surf clams in, 183; conchs in, 184; 

 squid in, 184; periwinkles in, 185; seaweed 

 in, 233 ; fishery legislation in, 307 ; Court 

 decision in labor union case, 323. See also 

 Gulf of Maine 



Maynard, L. A., animals as food converters, 

 efficiency of, 302 



Meal, fish, from menhaden, 87; manufacture, 

 357) 358-61; in chick rations, (table) 359; 

 production statistics. Appendix table No. 62. 

 See Fish meal 



Meat, consumption of, compared with fish 

 (table) 338; prices, compared to fish, 303 



Meat Packers Consent Decree. See Consent 

 Decree 



Meherrin-Chowan River, drainage, 41 



Menhaden (Brevoortia tyrannm), family 

 Clupeidae, 85; as sardines, 85; fishery posi- 

 tion and magnitude, 85-87; roe of, 86; as 

 food, 86; source of oil, 86; oil, production 

 of, 86; uses of, 86; landings of, 86; meal 

 production and value of, (table) 87 ; fishery, 

 history of, 87; industry, present magnitude, 

 90; production (table) 191; species and sci- 

 entific names of, 91-92; common names of, 

 92-93; distribution and migrations, 93-96; 

 enemies of, 97, 103, 104; breeding habits of, 

 98-100; young of, 100; food of, 100-103; 

 water filtering mechanism, loi, 102 ; in Gulf 

 of Maine, 95, 102 ; fishery, effect on other 

 fish, 104-05 ; statistical data, historical. Ap- 

 pendix table No. 58; products, Appendix 

 table No. 62 



Merchandising, technical improvements in, 350 



Merriman, Daniel, alewives, in; striped bass, 

 120-25, passim 



Metcalf, Z. P., v 



Methods, fishing, 135; of dredging scallops, 



