INDEX 



549 



175; mechanical shellfish harvesters, 168; 

 and technical progress, 310-11 ; of catching, 

 selectivity of, 314 



Mexico, fish production, percentage of world, 

 369 



Middle Atlantic region, fishery production in, 

 397) 398, 400-01, 402; Appendix tables Nos. 

 42, 48; oyster, 416 



Middle Sound, 7 



Migrations of animals, affected by tempera- 

 tures and currents, 28-30; 36; 80; gray 

 trout, 32; menhaden, 93-96; fish generally, 

 13s, 315; shrimp, 200 



Mitchie, Lake, Durham, N. C, evaporation 

 from, II, 44 



Mitchill, S. L., mackerel, described, 117 



Mollusks, miscellaneous, 182 



Money curves, 388 



Moore, H. F., oyster, eastern, to west coast, 

 141; hard clam, ecology, 163 



Morehead City, yacht basin, 260; fishing 

 grounds at, 259-60; mentioned, 7 



"Mother" ships at sea, 361-62 



Movements and geographical distribution of 

 fish, economic effects of, 315-16 



Mullet {Mugil species), migrations of, tem- 

 perature effects on, 29; range of, 114; geo- 

 graphic distribution, 114; seasons of, 115; 

 natural history of, 115-16; economic be- 

 havior of, 408, 411, 426, 442. See also Silver- 

 side mullet, Virginia mullet 



Multiplicity of kinds, economic effects of, 

 314-15, 340, 422 



Munden Point, tidal gage readings at, 11 



Mussels, ribbed, 182 



Mussels, sea, 182; production by States, 

 (table) 183 



Myrtle Sound, 7 



Nags Head, as a sport fishing ground, 258- 



59 



Nantucket, temperature barrier, 25 



National Fisheries Institute, 461 



National Research Council, 302, 333; 364 



Navassa Oil & Guano Co., early menhaden 

 factory, 90 



Needier, Alfreda Berkeley, oyster, sex reversal, 

 ISO 



Nelson, John Allen, ix; oysters, history of, in 

 North Carolina, 144 



Nelson, Julius, oysters, larval 147 



Nelson, T. C, salinity strata, Barnegat Bay, 

 34, 44; oyster, spawning of, temperature 

 effect on, 147; larval, 147; soft clam, 179 



Nematopsis ostrearum, parasite, enemy of oy- 

 ster, 151 



Neuse River, 6, 11; drainage, 41; alewives in, 

 no; striped bass in, 124; oysters in, quality 



of, 157 

 New Bern, 11 



Newcombe, Curtis L., oysters, nutritive value, 

 152 



New England, menhaden in, 94, 95, 97, 102 ; 

 alewives in, 109; bluefish in, 118; striped 

 bass in, 122, 123; hard clam in, 160; sea- 

 weeds in, 232-33; haddock fishery, rise of, 

 318; fishery production in, 401-02, 403-04, 

 421; vessel fisheries, 379-380, 399; oyster, 

 416. See Regions 



Newfoundland, percentage of world fish pro- 

 duction, (chart) 369 



New Hanover County, oyster bottoms, leasing 

 of, 159. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 



New Inlet, closed by storm (1922), 56 



New Jersey, menhaden in, 94; gray trout in, 

 125; spot in, 128; oysters in, 157; soft 

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

 clams in, 183; conchs in, 184; squid in, 

 184; seaweed in, 233 



Newport River, 6; density, 44; oyster culture 

 in, 154 



New River Inlet 7; area, quality of oyster in, 

 157; calico scallops off, 178 



New York, menhaden in, 94; bluefish in, 

 118; scaUops in, 170; soft clams in, 179; 

 sea mussels in, 183; surf clams in, 183; 

 conchs in, 184; squid in, 184 



Nichols and Breder, mullet, growth of young, 

 155; spawning, 115; menhaden, food of 

 gray trout, 126; white perch, 133 



Norris, Simeon and Williams, vitamins in sea- 

 weed, 246 



North America, fish production, percentage of 

 world, (chart) 369 



North Carolina, basic production of, 64-72; 

 rank, in value fish production, (table) 426; 

 in oyster production, 155, (table) 156; oy- 

 sters, compared with northern, 157, 158; 

 potentialities of, 160; hard clam, production 

 of, historical, (table) 167; potentialities of, 

 168; scallops in, 170; production of, his- 

 torical, (table) 175; squid in, 184; agar 

 industry, 236-241; agar, 244-45; seaweed 

 in, 248; for sport fishing, 278-80; economic 

 conditions, 293-300; population, 293; Ap- 

 pendix table No. 63 ; fishery legislation in, 

 307; statistical data, fish, general, 427, 429; 

 fish catch, composition of, 429-30, Appendix 

 tables Nos. 68-91 ; as market for own fish, 

 445-47 ; imports into, 447 ; wholesale dis- 

 tributors, 452 ff.; independent food stores, 

 456; chain stores, 457. See Counties, coastal, 

 statistical data 



North Carolina Fisheries Commission Board, 

 50 



North Carolina Geological Survey, terrapin, 

 225 



North Carolina State Planning Board, 41 



Northern production area, for North Carolina 

 fisheries, 433-34 



