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INDEX 



Rivers, continued 



under names, Roanoke, Tar, Neuse, etc.; 



Discharge, Drainage 

 Roanoke Island, as a fishing ground, 259 

 Roanoke River, drainage, 3, 41 ; pulp mill 



wastes, 59; bass in, 121 

 Roanoke Sound, area and volume of, 3, 5; and 



river drainage, 41 

 Rock (Roccus saxatilis), as game fish, 267-68; 



mentioned, 32. See Striped bass 

 Roelofs, E. W., decrease of finfish in N. C, 82 

 Rosefish, 86 

 Roundhead {Menticirrhus), as game fish, 273- 



74. See King whiting 

 Rounsefell, G. A., 67 

 Rude, G. T., cuspate shoreline, 17 

 Ryder, F., Spanish mackerel, eggs, 117; oyster, 



larval, 147 



Sailfish. See Atlantic sailfish 



Salinity, and nutrient salts, 36-50, (charts) 

 37, 38, 39, 45, 47, 48, 79; and oysters, 149, 

 151; clams, 163-64; scallops, 172; soft clam, 

 180; shrimp, 195-96 



Salt fish, obsolescence of, 353, 381; correction 

 for, statistical, 378 



Sanitary regulations, of oyster production, 

 151-52 



Sardines, menhaden as, 85 



Sargasso Sea, eastern margin of Florida cur- 

 rent, 13 



Sargassum, 233 



Scallop, bay, (Pecten irradians), range, 169; 

 production, by States and years, (table) 

 170; natural history, 170-72; industry, 174; 

 history, 174; production, N. C, historical, 

 (table) 175; methods of catching, 175; 

 yield, 176; conservation, 177; prices, 177; 

 shortage of, 465-66, 468-69. See also Sea 

 scallop. Calico scallop 



"SCAP", Japan, 369 



Schroeder, William C, feeding habits of men- 

 haden, 101-02 



Scup {Stenotomus chrysops), migrations, tem- 

 perature, 30; trawl fishery, 32; 278 



Sea bass {Centropristes striatus), migrations, 

 temperature, 30; trawl fishery, 32; angling 

 for, 267. See Blackfish 



Seafoods, North Carolina, habits and prefer- 

 ences, 447-52 



Sea mink, sea mullet {Menticirrhus). See King 

 whiting 



Sea mussels (Mytibis edulis), description of, 

 182; production of, 182-83 



Sea scallops (Pecten grandis), 177, 178 



Seasons, sport fishing, 261-64 



Sea trout {Cynoscion regalis), angling for, 

 276; economic behavior of, 408, 411-12. See 

 also Gray trout, Weakfish 



Sea water, chemical composition of, 36 



Seaweed, general description of, 231-34; agar, 

 uses of, 234-36; industry, in California, 236, 

 in North Carolina, 236; species utilized, 233, 

 248, passim; production, N. C, (table) 239; 

 N. C, biology of, 241-43; agars, N. C, 244; 

 manufacturing process, 246; vitamins in, 

 246; as fertilizer, 360; statistics corrected 

 for, 377-78. See also Algae, Agar 



Seiwell, H. R., salinity charts, 37, 38, 39; car- 

 bon fixation, oceanic, 365 



Selectivity and versatility of methods, eco- 

 nomic effects of, 317 



Sergeant-fish {Rackycentron canadus), angling 

 for, 269-70 



Shad (Alosa sapidissima) , pollution and, 59; 

 natural history of, 111-12; fishery decline 

 of, 112-13; overfishing, effect of, 113-14; 

 pollution, effect on, 114; economic behavior 

 of, 409, 411, 412, 432. See Hickory shad 



"Shadines," menhaden, 85 



Sharks, 86; angling for, 278-79. See also Ham- 

 merhead shark, Man-eater shark. Thresher 

 shark. Tiger shark 



Sharpe, Evelyn, 292, 448 



Sheepshead, 278 



Shellfish, mechanical harvesters of, 168; as 

 delicacies, economic significance of, 339 



Sher, Power, Kahn, and others, per capita con- 

 sumption, fish, (table) 338 



Sherman, food consumption, 328, 335, 349 



Shoals, of the continental shelf, 9. See also 

 Diamond Shoals, Cape Lookout Shoals, 

 Frying Pan Shoals 



Shrimp, fishery for, 192-93, 203, 318; produc- 

 tion of, 192-93; names and species of, 193- 

 95; distribution of, 195-96; and salinity, 

 195-96; and water temperature, 29, 67, 196; 

 larval development of, 196-98; adults, 198- 

 200; food of, 200; habits of, 200-01; loco- 

 motion of, 200-01 ; migratory movements 

 of, 200, 201-02 ; economic importance of, 

 202; legislation and regulations concerning, 

 203; economic behavior of, 409, 417, (table) 

 418, 423 



Shrimp Commission, North Carolina, vi 



Shrimp fishery, gear used, 192; vessels used, 

 192-93; methods used, 193; legislation and 

 regulations concerning, 203; mentioned, 318 



Shrinkage of fish, in distribution, 343 



Silverside mullet (Mugil curema), 114 



Skate, 86 



Small volume, effort of, on cost of distribution, 

 343; of manufacturing, 355 



Smith, E. v., 68 



Smith, Hugh M., menhaden, 95; bluefish 

 enemj: of menhaden, 97; mullet in North 

 Carolina, 115; Spanish mackerel, maximum 

 size, 116; eggs of, 117; striped bass, 120; 

 menhaden food of gray trout, 126; abund- 



