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INDEX 



Behavior, continued 



416, 418, (chart) 413. See Regions, U. S. 

 Fisheries, Cycles, Fishermen 



Belding, David L., hard clam, pioneer worker 

 on, 161; natural history, 161, 162, 163, 164; 

 soft clam, spawning, 171, 179, 181 



Bertie County. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 



Bethke, R. M., chick rations, 358-59 



Bigelow, Henry B., food relationships, plank- 

 ton, 83; water filtering mechanism of men- 

 haden, loi, 102 



Bigelow and Sears, no movement southern 

 waters to Middle Atlantic, 21 



Bigelow and Welsh, menhaden, north of Cape 

 Cod, 96, fluctuations of, 97, incubation 

 period of, 99, sexual maturity, 99; Spanish 

 mackerel in New York, 116; bluefish, 118; 

 striped bass, number of eggs, 121; gray 

 trout, 125; food of fish, 313 



Billard, Minerva C, 292 



Biologicals from fish, 356 



Black bass. See Blackfish 



Black bonito (Rachycentron canadus), angling 

 for, 269-70 



Blackfish {Centra pristes striatus,), description 

 of, 133; angling for, 267 



Blake Plateau, 12, 14 



Bloxton, A. E., 292, 448 



Blue crab {Callinectes sapidus), early history 

 of, 205-06; statistical history of, (table) 

 206; distribution of, 207; natural history of, 

 207-09; fishery, 211-17; production of, his- 

 torical, (tables) 212, 213; industry of, 217; 

 economic behavior of, 407, 417, (table) 418, 

 423, 432, 442 



Bluefin tuna {Thunnus thynnus), 255; angling 

 for, 277-78. See Tuna 



Bluefish {Pomatomus saltatrix), as enemy of 

 menhaden, 97-98, 103-4; geographical range 

 of, 118; history of, 118; angling for, 268; 

 economic behavior of, 406, 432, 442; men- 

 tioned, 67 



Bluegills, 68 



Blue marlin (Makaira nigricans anipla), at 

 Diamond Shoals, 255; angling for, 272-73 



Boats, sport fishing, 256 ff.; party, rentals, 

 258-60 



Bodie Island, trawl fishery, 32 



Bogue Inlet, 6, 7 



Bogue Sound, area and volume of, 3, 6; and 

 oyster enemies, 151; oyster set in, 155-575 

 and clam production, 165, 166; scallops, 173, 



174 

 Bohnecke, G., salinity, 38, 39 

 Bonito, species, angling for, 268-69 

 Bost, R. W., V 

 Bottom, nature of, 57, 58; oysters, 149; hard 



clams, 163; scallops, 172-73; soft -shell clam, 



180; areas of, 365-67 

 Bowes, Anna de P., oysters, food value of, 152 



Breder, C. M., dolphin, 271 



Brevoortia (menhaden), species of, 91-92 



Brewer, Ellen, 292, 448 



Brickell, John, blue crab, mentioned (i737). 

 205-06 



Brooks, W. K., oysters, larval, 147 



Brown Shellfish Harvester, 168 



Brunswick County, oyster bottoms, leasing of, 

 159. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 



Bucephalus, enemy of oyster, 151 



Bumpus and Wehe, shrimp larvae, transported 

 by currents, 200 



Burbot, 86 



Burkenroad, Martin D., oyster, sex reversal, 

 150; shrimp, species of, 194, distribution of, 

 195, temperature effects on, 196, migrations 

 of, 198, 199, 200 



Butterfish {Poronotus triacanthus) , 132-33 



By-products, economic effects of, fish com- 

 pared with meats, 342; in manufacture, 352, 

 355-58 



Cabio (Rachycentron), angling for, 269-70 

 Caldwell, N. McK., Shellfish Sanitarian, N. C, 



151-52 

 Calico scallops {Pecten gibbus), 178 

 California Sardine Vessel Owners, 323 

 Call, L. E., agricultural efficiency, 308 

 Camden County. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 

 Canada, production, historical, 403 ; herring 

 family, 370; index of industrial production, 

 384, (chart) 387; value fish products, 388, 

 390, (chart) 389; percentage of world fish 

 production, (chart) 369 

 Canaveral, Cape, Florida, 12; water tempera- 

 tures, 26, (chart) 27 

 Cape. See under names — Hatteras, Cod, etc. 

 Cape Fear River, drainage area of, 3, 9, 41; 

 mouth of, tidal currents in, (table) 15; 

 region, striped bass in, 125 

 Carbon fixation, by plankton, 64, 65, 66, 302, 



365 



Carp {Cyprinus carpio), 134 



Carteret County, clam dredging permitted in, 

 166; scallop industry in, 174; blue crabs, 

 new industry in (1890), 206; production in, 

 (tables) 210, 214. See Counties, coastal, N. C. 



Cavin and Burk, total food consumption, 

 analysis of, 329-31, (table) 330, (chart) 332, 



335 



Cedar Bog Lake, 64 



Central production area, for North Carolina 

 fisheries, 434 



Cero {Scomberomorus cavalla), angling for, 

 270 



Chain stores. North Carolina, 457 



Chang, .C, feeding habits, herring and men- 

 haden compared, loi 



Channel bass {Sciaenops ocellatm), angling 

 for, 266-67 



