INDEX 



389 



Jack mackerel, 136-137 

 canned, 137 

 for meal and oil, 140-145 



statistics, 27, 31 



Kelp, 245 

 Kippered products 



herring, 333 



salmon, 332 



Lactic acid 



content of fish, 349 

 formation in rigor, 358 

 Lake fisheries, 79-86 



breaded products from, 85 

 decline of, 81-82 



fishing methods, 80 

 Lake trout. See Trout, lake 

 Lamprey eel, 81 

 Latent heat, 297 

 Lateral line, 8, 361 

 Leather, 250-251 

 Leather treatment materials, 266 

 Lines. See Gear, fishing 

 Ling cod, 74 



statistics, 32 

 Linoleum, 265-266 

 Live holding, 195, 206 

 Liver oils, 233 



halibut, 129 

 Lobster 



biochemistry of, 195 



canned, 207 



characteristics of, fresh, 193-195, 205, 

 277 



composition, 196 



description, 205-207 



distribution, 206 



freezing, 207 



harvesting, 44-47 



live, handling of, 195, 206 



precooking, 207 



rock, 207 



seasons, 39 



shipping, 206-207 



spiny, 207 



statistics, 27, 30, 194 

 Lubricants, 266-267 



Mackerel, 135-137 

 common, 137 

 for meal and oil, 140-145 

 freezing of, 303 

 Jack, 136-137 

 Pacific, 135-136 



Spanish, 137 



statistics, 27, 31, 315, 324, 325 

 Magnesium content, 347 

 Maillard reaction, 359 

 Menhaden, 146-159. See also Fish meal : 

 Fish meal and oil manufacture; 

 Fish oil ; Fish solubles 

 description, 146-147 

 fishing areas and seasons, 147-149 

 fishing methods, 150-151 

 fishing vessels, 149-150 

 fluctuation in abundance, 147-148 

 history of fishery, 146 

 meal and oil manufacture, 153-157 

 cooking, 154 

 drying, 155 

 pressing, 154 



separation of press liquors, 154-155 

 handling scrap and meal, 155 

 shipment, 155-156 

 yield, 156-157 

 meal and oil marketing, 157-158 

 season, 39 



solubles, 154-155, 156 

 statistics, 27, 30, 152-153, 156 

 vessels, 58-59 

 Microbiological decomposition. See Bac- 

 terial decomposition 

 Migration, 10-11 

 Mild cured salmon, 118 

 Mineral matter in fish, 347-348 

 Mink feed, freezing fish for, 238-239 

 Molluscs. See individual species as 



Oysters 

 Mullet, 27, 31, 324 

 Mussels, 249-250 



Nets. See Gear, fishing 

 Non-protein nitrogen, 348-349 

 Nutritive value, 362-363. See also Com- 

 position 



bibliographic references, 376-377 



blood cholesterol depressant effect, 

 362-363 



calories and oil content, 362 



of crab and lobster, 196 



of oysters, 186 



for special diets, 363-364 



Ocean currents, 18-19 

 Ocean perch, 69-72 



handling at sea, 69 



handling of fresh, 69 



quality considerations, 71-72 



statistics, 27, 30 

 Odor, 364-365 



