INDEX 



551 



Pierson, W. W., v 



Pigfish, 278 



Pilchard, California, family Clupeidae, 85; as 

 a source of oil, 86; as food- and non-food 

 fish, 376; cheap fish, 400 



Fivers Island, temperatures, (table) 33; 

 monthly salinity, (chart) 45 



Plankton, in Long Island Sound, 64; as food 

 of menhaden, 100-01 ; as food for oysters, 

 150; mentioned, 67; at base of food chain, 83 



Pollution, 58-59, 81; shad, effect on, 114; 

 oyster, 151-52 



Polydora, mud worm, enemy of oyster, 151 



Pompano {Trachinotus carolinus), angling for, 

 274; economic behavior of, 408, 411 



Ponds, yield of, in fish, 68 



Pope, Clifford, H., terrapin in North Carolina, 

 219, 220 



Population, of fish, shifts of, long term, 81 ; 

 (human) North Carolina, 293, Appendix 

 table No. 63 ; United States, and fish pro- 

 duction, (charts) 376, 377, 379; discussion 

 of, 381 



Porbeagle shark (Lanina nasus), 279 



Portsmouth Island, menhaden factories at, 88 



Potter, J. H., pioneer in scallop industry in 

 North Carolina, 174 



Power, E. A., 291 



Precipitation, and run-off of rivers, 41, 44 



Preserving methods, 353 



Prices, of fish and land animals compared, 303 ; 

 retail, fishermen's and farmers' share, 345- 

 47 ; of fish, historical trend, and ratios to 

 all commodities and all foods, 382, (table) 

 383; as regulator of fish production, 318, 

 390-94; of regional fish production, 396-404, 

 passim; cyclical behavior of, 394, 396; of 21 

 common fishes, 405-12, passim; of oysters, 

 413-18; of shrimp, 418; of seafoods by 

 species, N. C, and elsewhere compared, 431, 

 (table) 432 ; Morehead City and New York 

 compared, 441, (table) 444; edible por- 

 tions, N. C, 451; retail, N. C, 455 ff.; of 

 North Carolina fish, how made, discussion, 

 467 



Prism, tidal, in Oregon Inlet, 10 



Producers share in retail value, farmers and 

 fishermen compared, 344-46, (table) 344, 

 (chart) 346 



Production, of fish, ultimate sources of, 301- 

 02 ; efficiency of, fisheries and agriculture, 

 302-04; technical, and industrial progress, 

 309-12 ; of world, regions and countries, 

 (chart) 369; and population, 381-82; and 

 industrial production compared, 382-88, 

 (charts) 385, 386, 389; per capita of popu- 

 lation, 400; North Carolina, historical, 427- 

 31; areas of North Carolina, 433-34 



Productivity of fisheries, dependent on physi- 

 cal-chemical conditions, 2 ; and river dis- 



charge, 49-50; general discussion, 64-68; 

 efficiency. North Carolina fisheries, 66, 82; 

 North Carolina waters, 71, 72 ; and Georges 

 Bank compared, 67; fisheries and agriculture 

 compared, 301-03; sea and land compared, 

 363-68 



Products, from fish, 352-61 



Propagation, artificial, 81; diamond-back ter- 

 rapin, 225; seaweed, 243 



Prytherch, Herbert F., v; ix; oysters, shell 

 planting, 145; parasite of, sporozoan, 151; 

 terrapin, 226 



Pteropods, 103 



Pulp mill wastes, effect on fish, 59 



Pungo River, 6 



Purse seine, 89, 317 



Radcliffe, Lewis, sea bass fishery, 32; bottom 



reefs offshore, 57; terrapin, 225 

 Ranking of States in fish production, 426; of 

 species of fish, U. S., historical periods, 404; 

 Appendix tables Nos. 53-56; of N. C. fish. 

 Appendix tables Nos. 68-90; of canned 

 fish. Appendix table No. 59; of frozen fish, 

 Appendix table No. 60; of N. C. counties, 

 See Counties, coastal, N. C. 

 Rathbun, Richard, surface temperatures, 21, 29 

 Raymont, J. E. G., fish farming, 68 

 Razor clams, Ensis and Solen species, 183 

 Recommendations, hydrography. North Caro- 

 lina marine waters, 68-72; finfish, 134-36; 

 marine angling, 280; North Carolina fish- 

 eries, 465-71 

 Red drum {Sciaenops ocellatus), angling for, 



266-67 

 Refrigeration, economic effects of, 353 

 Regions, statistical canvasses in, 372, Appendix 

 table No. 37; U. S. fisheries, economic sta- 

 tistics of, fishermen, production, values, etc., 

 (tables) 397, 398, 399, 400; Appendix tables 

 (all-fish products) Nos. 41-47, (food fish) 

 Nos. 48-51, Alaska, No. 52; discussion, 289- 

 290, 400-04; 419-20; oysters in, economic 

 behavior of, 415-16 

 Reliance, Shrimp Survey (1948), 201 

 Remoteness from markets, economic effects of, 



316, 361 

 Retail, fish marketing. North Carolina, 455, ff. 



See also, Prices 

 Rhode Island, oysters in, 156; hard clams in, 



161; scallops in, 170; surf clams in, 183 

 Ribbed mussels {Modiolus plicatulus), descrip- 

 tion of, 182 

 Ricker, William E., productivity of fish, 302 

 Riley, G. A., 2; plankton studies, 64; carbon 



fixation, oceanic waters, 65, 66, 364, 365 

 Risser, J., scallop, growth and spawning, 173 

 River discharge, 37, 39, (map) 40, 41, (charts) 



42, 43, 44, 49, 50 

 Rivers, flood conditions, (chart) 43. See also 



