INDEX 



Abbe, Cleveland, Jr., theory of cuspate shore- 

 line, 17; (chart) 20; 21; 55 

 Abert, S. T., letter concerning inlets, 50, 52 

 Abundance, fluctuations of, 80; fishing, effect 

 on, 81; menhaden, 97; Spanish mackerel, 

 117; speckled trout, 128; fish generally, 135, 

 136; effect of on quantity and value of pro- 

 duction, 388. See Fluctuations, Cycles 

 Accessibility, of fish to public, effect on distri- 

 bution, 347-49 

 Adams Creek, 6 



Advertising, of fishery products, 351 

 Advisory Board, vi; members of, ix 

 Agar, nature and properties of, 234; uses of, 

 234-36; California industry of, 236; indus- 

 try in North Carolina, 236-41 ; manufacture 

 of, 234, 241, 246; imports, 240; world con- 

 sumption of, 241 ; North Carolina, 244-45 > 

 research needed in, 247. See Seaweed 

 Agardhiella, 234 



Agricultural Experiment Station, Raleigh, v 

 Agriculture, and fisheries compared, in produc- 

 tive efficiency, 301-04; in technical progress, 

 308-12; in standards of quality, 321; re- 

 moteness from markets, 316, 361; animal 

 productivity, 366; fertilizer, 367 

 Airborne fish distribution, 350, 460 

 Alaska, fishing area, 365, 366, 367; food fish 



production. Appendix table No. 52 

 Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, 46 

 Albemarle Sound, area and volume of, 3 ; 

 description of, 5 ; discharge into, 11; ice in, 

 36; drainage into, 41; salinity, 46; alewife 

 fishery in, no; striped bass in, 121-24 

 Alewives (Pomolobus species), distribution of, 

 109 ; fishery, by-products of, 109 ; geographi- 

 cal range, 109-10; general, natural history, 

 109-11; mentioned, 85, 270 

 Algae, brown, 232, 233; red, 231, 232, 234, 

 247-48; bluegreen, 231, 232, green, 232. See 

 Seaweed 

 Algin, alginic acid, 233. See Seaweed 

 Aller, H. D., terrapin, 225 

 Alligator River, 5 



Amberjack (Seriola), angling for, 265 

 American Chlorophyll Co., agar, 236 

 American Wildlife Institute, striped bass, 120 

 Anadromous fish, affected by pollution, 59; 



mentioned, 5, 6 

 Anderson, A. W., 291 



Anderson, Lindner and King, shrimp, no de- 

 pletion of, 203 

 Angling (marine), as recreation and an eco- 



541 



nomic asset, 252-54; advantages for, in 

 North Carolina, 255-58, 279; regional dis- 

 cussion of, 258-61; seasonal discussion of, 

 261-65; available types of fish for, 265-79; 

 recommendations, 280-82 



Antilles Current, merging with Florida Cur- 

 rent, 13 



Areas, of North Carolina sounds, 3, 69, 155; 

 drainage, 39, 69, (chart) 40; of Piedmont 

 Plateau, N. C, 65; of Chesapeake Bay, 65; 

 of North Carolina offshore, shallow, 65; of 

 oyster bottoms restricted for pollution, 152 ; 

 sea and land, 301, 364; fishable bottoms, 

 365; farm land, 366, North Sea, 368; Gulf 

 of Mexico, 368 



Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co., v 



Atlantic sailfish {Istiophorus americanus) , 

 angling for, 274 



Back Bay, 3, 5 



Back Sound, and shrimp fishery, 192, 193 



Bailey, Josiah W., Jr., 292 



Bait, statistical correction for, 378 



Bar, offshore, and its inlets, 50-57 



Barker and Tallman, founders of menhaden 

 industry, 88 



Barnegat Bay, New Jersey, salinity of, 44 



Barney, R. L., terrapin, 225, 226 



Barracuda (Sphyraena), angling for, 265, 266 



Bass. See Blackfish, Sea bass. Striped bass 



Baughman, J. L., oyster, bibliography of, 142 



Baver, L. D., v, ix 



Bay of Fundy, alewives in, 109 



Bean, T. H., menhaden, effect of temperature 

 on, 100; striped bass, 120 



Beaufort, North Carolina, 7; harbor, tem- 

 perature fluctuations in, 33, 36, (chart) 34; 

 terrapin farm at, 222 



Beaufort County, blue crabs in, 210, 214; can- 

 neries in, 217; population. Appendix table 

 No. 63. See also Counties, coastal, N. C. 



Beaufort Inlet, 6, 7; tidal currents in, 15; 

 salinity, 39, 49 



Beaven, G. F., river discharge, salinity, 44 



Behavior, economic, of whole fisheries dis- 

 tinguished from particular species, 314; as 

 affected by multiplicity of kinds, 314-15; 

 by movements and geographical distribu- 

 tion, 315-16; by remoteness from markets, 

 315, 361; by selectivity and versatility of 

 methods, 317; perishability, 321, standard 

 of quality, 321; of trend of volume produc- 

 tion, 382 ; of species, 404-19, (tables) 406-09, 



