INDEX 



545 



Filleting, 350, 353, 355; cost of, (table) 354; 

 at sea, feasibility, 361-63 



Finfishes, edible, 109-34 



Fish and Wildlife Service Laboratory, and 

 temperature records, 33 



Fisheries, relation to physical environment, 28, 

 30, 36, 79; of N. C, general appraisal of, 

 70-71; geographic position of, 80; general 

 characterization, 80; potential production of, 

 82 ; as a whole distinguished from particular 

 species, 82-83, 307, 312-14; menhaden, 87; 

 menhaden, effect on other fish, 104-05; 

 Spanish mackerel, 117; bluefish, 119; striped 

 bass, 120; Pacific coast, 120; gray trout, 

 126; speckled trout, 128; spot, 129; croaker, 

 129, 131; shrimp, 192-93; blue crab, 211-17; 

 and agriculture, productive efficiency, com- 

 pared, 301-03, 308-09; earning power, 304; 

 economic nature of: as extractive commodity 

 industry, 304-05 ; not privately owned, 305, 

 311; communistic nature of, 305, 311; capi- 

 tal requirements of, 305; competition in, 

 306; unions in, 323; place of, in food in- 

 dustry, 328 



Fisheries Commission Board, North Carolina, 

 inlets, 50 



Fishermen, numbers of, and voting power, 

 311; number of, self-regulated, 319; unions, 

 323; cooperatives, 327; marketing by, for 

 canneries, freezers, etc., 328; share in retail 

 values compared with farmers', 345-47, 

 (tables) 344, 347, (chart) 346; (charts) 

 374) 375, (N. C.) 427; Appendix tables Nos. 

 38, 39 ; number, determinants of, 394-95 ; in- 

 comes of, 395, (charts) 374, 375, (table) 

 396; income of, affected by improvements, 

 395-96; N. C. (table) 427. 



Fishermen's Union, 323 



Fishery Council, New York City, 325 



Fishing, communities, economic improvements 

 of, 81; small, disadvantages of, 355. See 

 Angling, Sport fishing 



Fish meal, 86, 87, 358-61 



Fish oil, 86-87, 357-58 



Fish production. See Production 



Five Fathom Bank, temperature at, 26, 

 (chart) 28 



Flatfish, 68 



Flavors of fish, 340 



Florida, menhaden in, 92-94; alewives in, 109; 

 mullet in, 115; Spanish mackerel in, 117; 

 striped bass in, 120; hard clam (F. mortoni) 

 in, 161; scallops in, 170; shrimp eggs, 198; 

 shipments to New York City, (tables) 438, 

 439, 440, 442 



Florida current, 9, 12, 13, 15; migrations of 

 organisms, 29; mentioned, 9, 26, 30; 59; 65 



Flounder, summer, {Paralichthys dentatus), 

 trawl fishery, 32 ; geographical range, natu- 

 ral history, 133; 134; as game fish, 278; 

 economic behavior of, 318, 407, 411, 432, 442 



Fluctuations, of river discharge, 41; of abund- 

 ance in fishes, 80, 81; menhaden, 97; Span- 

 ish mackerel, 117; speckled trout, 128; fish 

 generally, 135, 136, 320; in quantity and 

 composition of catch, economic effects of, 

 320-321, 351-52 



Fog, in Hatteras region, 60 



Food, demand for, inelastic, 328; quantities of, 

 eaten by man, various countries, 329, 363; 

 economics, physiological basis of, 334; per- 

 centages of, supplied by sea and land, 363-64 



Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 

 302; 337; 363, 365; 368, 369 



Food and Nutrition Board, National Research 

 Council, 333, 364 



"Food chain," of hfe at sea, 302; 312-14; 367- 

 68 



Food of fishes, general, 67; 135; 312-14; 

 "pyramid," 314. See also under particular 

 species 



Fowler, H. W., menhaden, 96 



Freezing, 350, 353; at sea, 361-63 



Freight rates, index (table) 344 



Friday, fish day, economic effects of, 341-42 



Friedlaender, O. O., enemies of menhaden, 07 



Frying Pan Shoals, 9; lightship, currents at, 

 (chart) 16; (table) 19; Florida current, in- 

 fluence of, at, 21; as a fishing ground, 260-61 



Fulton Market, New York, description of, 

 324-26; shipments, North Carolina, 437-44 



Furnas and Furnas, history of food, 337 



Gage readings, tidal, at various points, 11, 12 

 Galtsoff, Paul S., oyster, gaps in knowledge of, 



142, spawning, temperature, 147; feeding, 



temperature, 148 

 Galtsoff and Seiwell, oyster. Survey of, in 



N. C, 142; quality of, in N. C, 157 

 Gaskins, William, Wallace Fisheries, menhaden, 



96 

 Gasterostomum, parasite, enemy of oyster, 151 

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

 Gelidium, (seaweed), 234 

 General Education Board, vi 

 Geography, gross, of North Carolina sounds, 



3 



Georges Bank, mentioned, 7; and North Caro- 

 lina, productivity compared, 67, 71 



Georgia, menhaden in, 94; shrimp, eggs, 198; 

 diamond-back terrapin, 221; as market for 

 N. C. fish, 446 



Ginsburg, Isaac, gray trout, 125; Jewish 

 dietary laws, 341 



Glaser, O. C, oyster, "coon," 151 



Goode, G. Brown, fish scrap as animal food, 

 88 ; menhaden, common names of, 93 ; food 

 of, 100; enemies of, 103-04; Spanish mack- 

 erel, history, 117; bluefish, 118; speckled 

 trout, numbed by cold, 128; fishing methods, 

 310 



