INDEX 



553 



ance of, 126; spot, 128; croaker, 130; ter- 

 rapin propagation, 225 



Soft clam (Aya arenaria), 178-82; production, 

 Atlantic coast states, 179; natural history 

 of, 179-80; ecology, 180; culture, potentiali- 

 ties in North Carolina, 181-82; economic 

 behavior of, 406 



Soft crab, industry, 209; production of, 210- 

 II, 216; economic behavior of, 407, 417-18; 

 mentioned, 466 



Sole, 86 



Sounds, N. C, areas, 2, 57, 69; seavi^ard flow 

 through, 11; rainfall in, 11; discharge from, 

 11; evaporation, 11; freshets in, 11; areas 

 of bottom, characteristics, summary, (table) 

 57; general conditions in, 79; sport fishing 

 in, 254. See under names, Albemarle, Bogue, 

 etc., also Circulation, Salinity, Isohalines, 

 Areas, Winds, Waves 



South Atlantic, region, statistical data, 397-99) 

 401; Appendix tables Nos. 44, 49; oysters, 

 416. See Regions 



South Carolina, menhaden in, 94; diamond- 

 back terrapin, 221, as market for N. C. fish, 

 446 



Southern Production Area, North Carolina 

 fisheries, 434 



Southport, as a fishing ground, 261 



Soviet Pacific area, fish production, percentage 

 of world, 369 



Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus macula- 

 tus), migrations, temperature, 29; geo- 

 graphical range, 116; natural history of, 

 116-17; angling for, 271 



Speckled trout (Cynoscion nebulosus), geo- 

 graphical range, 127; natural history, 127- 

 28; fluctuations, 128; angling for, 276; eco- 

 nomic behavior of, 408, 411-12 



Speckled weakfish. See Speckled trout 



Spoilage of fish, economic effect of, 343 



Sport fishing, benefits of, to industry, 252-53; 

 geographical discussion, 254; regional dis- 

 cussion, 258-61 ; Nags Head-Roanoke Island- 

 Portsmouth section, 258-59; Morehead 

 City-Swansboro, 259-60; Wilmington-Shal- 

 lotte, 260-61; seasonal discussion, 261-64 



Spot { Leiostomus xanthurus), geographical 

 range, 128; natural history of, 128-29; fish- 

 ery, 129; as game fish, 278 



Spotted trout. See Speckled trout 



Squanto, Indian chief, use of menhaden as 

 fertilizer, 87 



Squeteague {Cynoscion regalis), in food fish 

 chain, example of, 313. See Gray trout 



Squid, production of, 184-85 



Stafford, J., oyster, larval, 147 



Standards, quality, economic effects, 321; 460- 

 61 



Stansfield, M. Wronker, ag^r, 237 



Starfish, enemy of oyster, 151; of clam, 165; 

 as "trash" fish, 360 



State Board of Health, North Carolina, pollu- 

 tion, oysters, 58; sanitary regulations, 151 



State Planning Board, North Carolina, drain- 

 age areas, (chart) 40; mentioned, 41; sta- 

 tistical data, N. C, Appendix table No. 66 



Statistics, commercial production, unreliable 

 indicator of abundance, 82 ; discussion of, 

 292 



Stauber, oyster, spawning temperature, 147 



Stevenson, C. H., shad, 114 



Stiebhng and Coons, diets in United States, 

 335 -••^ 



Stieglitz, Edward, persons over- and under- 

 weight, 333 



Stiemke, R. E., stream pollution in North Car- 

 olina, 58 



Stoloff, L., properties of agar, (table) 244 



Strahler, Arthur N., inlets, 55 



Straits of Florida, 12, 26 



Striped bass {Roccus saxatilis), dispersal area 

 and migrations, 32 ; geographical range and 

 migrations, 120, 124, passim; angling for, 

 267; economic behavior of, 409. See Rock 



Stump Sound, 7 



Subsistence, fishing not primarily for, by fish- 

 ermen, 323 



Summary, of areas. North Carolina sounds, 2, 

 57, 69; of hydrography marine waters. North 

 Carolina, 68-72; of finfish, 34-36; of oysters, 

 157-60; of hard clam, 168; of soft shell 

 clam, 181; of shrimp, 201-03; of terrapin, 

 229; of marine angling, 279; of economic 

 conditions, N. C. coastal counties, 297-300; 

 of relative magnitudes of the fisheries, 370- 

 71 ; of quantitative fishery economics, 419- 

 23; of North Carolina fisheries, 461-71 



Summer flounder (Paralichtliys dentatus), 32 



Sumner, H. C, hurricane (1944), 60 



Supply, of fish, natural characteristics of, 312; 

 discontinuity of, effect on consumers habits, 

 341; on manufacturing, 355 



Surf clam {Spisula solidissima) , production of, 



183 

 Survey, of North Carolina fisheries, to be 



made, vi; purpose of, vii 

 Sverdrup, Johnson and Fleming, Gulf Stream, 



13 

 Swansboro, fishing grounds at, 259-60 

 Swingle and Smith, yield of fish in ponds, 68 

 Swordfish, medicinal oil from, 86 



Tallman, John, first menhaden factory, 88 

 Tallman and Lambert, early menhaden plant, 



88 

 Tannehill, I. R., on hurricanes, 60 

 Tarpon {Tarpon atlanticus), angling for, 275- 



76 

 Tar River, drainage, 41 



