CHRONOLOGICAL CATALOGUE. 187 



1876. Baird, Spencer F.— Coutinued. 



6. Fishing implements P- "^ 



7. Importance of a (Vataga) fishing establishment 80 



8. Preparing of the fish and its several parts 82 



9. Market price of fish and their products 90 



10. Price of fish as fixed by agreement between the fishermen and 



the fishing-houses 91 



11. Seal-hunting ^2 



12. Manufacture of seal-oil 95 



VI. The Norwegian herring fisheries. By A. I. Boeck and A. Peddersen. . 97 



VII. Preliminary report for 1873-'74 on the herring and herring fisheries on 



the west coast of Sweden. By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman 123 



1. On difierent species of herring and small herring 125 



The spring herring ( Clupea majalis) 128 



The sea-herring (Hafdottsill) 130 



The wandering-herring [Strdksillcn) 131 



Herring spawning in autumn 133 



The large herring, or the so-called (Gamla) herring (Olupea bo- 



husica,'Ni[ss.) 133 



2. Of the propagation and growth of the herring and small herring . 143 



3. Of the hen-ing's and small herring's mode of life ; its migrations, 



and the dependence of these latter on meteorologic and 



hydrographic circumstances . 



147 



4. Of the herring-fisheries and their time and place 150 



5. The small-herring fisheries, their time and place 152 



6. Of fishing implements, the manner in which they are used, and 



other matters connected therewith 154 



7. Scientific observations and scientific as well as practical experi- 



ments necessary for continuing the investigations and bring- 

 ing them to a satisfactory end 1C5 



8. Of the immediate continuation of the investigations and the 



sums required for this purpose 167 



VIIL The halibut fisheries of the United States. By Lieut. P. De Broca 169 



IX. The fishing-villages, Snekkersteen and Skotterup, and the collection 

 of fishing implements exhibited at Elsinore, Denmark, dur- 

 ing the summer of 1872 1'3 



X. On the herring and its preparation as an article of trade. By Hjalmar 



Widegren 1^ 



Introduction 1^3 



1. Preparation of common Baltic herring for consumption in 



Sweden and in the German ports of the Baltic 189 



2. Preparation of extra-fine herring for home consumption 192 



3. Preparation of spiced herring (Kryddsill) 193 



XI. New contributions to the herring question. The dispute between 



Axel Boeck and Ossiau Sars regarding the Norwegian sum- 

 mer herring. Sars s n-ceut observations and his new theory 



on the migrations of the herring 195 



Xn. On the spawning and development of the codfish. By Prof. G. O. Sars- 213 



Xm. The Norwegian lobster-fishery and its history. By Axel Boeck 223 



Introduction ^"3 



Implements for catching the lobsters, methods of catching them, 



and the manner of shipping them 228 



The lobster trade and the history of its legislation 232 



Draught of a law regarding the protection of lobsters 253 



XIV. Transportation of lobsteis to Califoraia 258 



XV. On the artificial propagation of the lobster 267 



XVI. On the oyster-industries of the United States. By Lieut. P. De Broca. 271 



Letter to the minister of marine and colonial affairs 271 



Chapter first : 



Introduction 277 



Chapter second : 



Oysters of the United States 286 



Mode of obtainiug the oysters 292 



Culture of oysters • 296 



Laws concerning oy ster-plant^itions 299 



