INDEX 



543 



Channel net, 192 



Charleston, S. C, 7 



Chesapeake Bay, 5 ; river discharge into, 44 ; 

 eddy currents from, on North Carolina 

 coast, 65; area of, 65; menhaden in, 93-95, 

 100; alewives in, 109; Spanish mackerel in, 

 116; striped bass in, 122-123, 124; gray 

 trout in, 126; croakers in, 130; butterfish 

 in, 133; oysters in, 143, 416; oyster shuck- 

 ing plants, 157; crab fishery in, 206-17, 

 passim; diamond-back terrapin, 220-24, pas- 

 sim; statistical data, 397, 398, 400; Ap- 

 pendix tables Nos. 43, 49. See Regions 



China, fish production, percentage of world 

 (chart) 369 



Chipman, Walter A., Jr., decline of oyster, 142 



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



Chowan River, alewives in, no 



Church, P. E., 12, 15 



Church Bros., early menhaden plant, Oregon 

 Inlet, 90 



Churchill, E. P., Jr., oysters, salinity, 149 



Circulation in sounds, 9-12; offshore, 12-21 



Clam. See Hard clam, Soft clam. Razor clam, 

 Surf clam 



Clark, Austin H., oyster, best known animal, 

 142 



Clarke, G. L., productivity, 67 



Climate, shift of, effect of Gulf Stream, 14-15 



Cliona, sponge, enemy of oyster, 151 



Clupeidae, 85. See Alewives, Menhaden, Her- 

 ring family. Hickory shad. Pilchard, Shad 



Coastal region (North Carohna), population 

 of, 293 ; agriculture of, 293-95 ; manufactur- 

 ing of, 295; taxes paid by, 295; fish pro- 

 duction in, 295-97; standard of living of, 

 295, (table) 298; comparative conditions in 

 counties of, 297-99, Appendix tables 63-67 



Cod, Cape, temperature barrier, 25; frequency 

 of fog at, 60 



Cod, economic behavior of, 390-93, 406, 410 



Coe, Wesley R., oyster, sex reversal, 150 



Coker, R. E., v, vi, Ix, 2 ; mullet, food of, 

 115; speckled trout, food of, 127; oyster, 

 survey in North Carolina, 142 ; terrapin 

 substitutes, 220, in Mississippi River, 220, in 

 North Carolina, 221, 224 



Cole, Leon J., carp, 134 



Commission marketing, 324; North Carolina 

 fish, 444 



Conch {Busy con caricum), enemy of clam, 

 165; production of, 184 



Connecticut, striped bass in, 121, 122; scal- 

 lops in, 170; soft clams in, 179; conchs in, 

 184; squid in, 184 



Connecticut State Board of Fisheries and 

 Game, striped bass investigation, Merriman, 

 120 



Consent Decree, meat packers (1921), effect 

 of, on distribution, 342 



Conservation, scallop, 176; seaweed, 243; legis- 

 lation, concerning fishes, 306-08 



Consumption, all foods, per capita and total 

 quantity, 328-34; and the physiological basis 

 of food economics, 334-36; and dietary pat- 

 terns, 366-42, household and institutional, 

 349; of fish and meats, per capita, U. S., 

 338; of seafoods in North Carolina, 447-52 



Continental shelf, area, U. S. & Alaska, 365; 

 gross geography of, N. C, 7-9, (chart) 8; 

 and the Gulf Stream System, 12, 13-14, 15, 26 



"Coon" oysters, 150 



Cooper, Barton and Brodell, mechanization of 

 farms, 308-09; 366 



Corporate form of business, in fisheries, 322 



Cooperatives, in fisheries, 327-28 



Coquina (Donax variabilis), production of, 

 185 



Core Sound, area and volume of, 3; descrip- 

 tion of, 6; discharge into, 11; drainage into, 

 41; salinity, 49; oyster set in, 157; hard 

 clams, bulk of, produced in, 166 ; scallops 

 in, 173, 174; and shrimp fishery, 192-194 



CorioU's force, 9, 15, 17 



Corps of Engineers, 10, 11; run-off of rivers, 

 41 ; rainfall, evaporation, etc., 44, salinity 

 (charts), 47, 48; inlets, 51, 52, 55, 56 



Cost of production, fish and meats compared, 

 302 



Counties, coastal, N. C, statistical data, fish- 

 eries, agriculture, forestry, manufacturing, 

 comparison of, (table) 296; ranking in gen- 

 eral welfare and fisheries, (tables) 298-99; 

 population, and fisheries. Appendix table No. 

 63; agriculture. Appendix table No. 64; 

 manufacturing and forestry. Appendix table 

 No. 65; standard of living, Appendix table 

 No. 66; income tax, Appendix table No. 67 



Cowden, Dudley J., Jr., 292 



Cowles, R. P., area of Chesapeake Bay, 65 



Crab. See Blue crab. Soft crab 



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



Credit, in fisheries industry, 321-22; losses, 

 effect on cost of distribution, 343 



Croaker {Micropogon undulatus), geographi- 

 cal range, 129; fishery, 30, 32, 129, 131, 

 natural history of, 129, 131; angling for, 

 270-71 



Croatan Sound, area and volume of, 3 ; de- 

 scription of, 5; drainage into, 41; striped 

 bass in, 124 



Culture, oyster, 152-155; clam, 165, 180; sea- 

 weeds, 243 



Currents, at lightship stations. North Carolina 

 coast, chart 16; wind, 17; (tables), 18, 19 



Currents, in sounds, 9-12; influence of tides 

 on, 15; and Corioli's force, 17; influence of 

 winds on, 17-19, 21; influence of on inlets, 

 52, 54, 55; in Hatteras region, 59-60; influ- 

 ence of, on clams, 163; influence of, on 



