TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



INTKODUGTIOX. By Kichard Rathbun vii 



LIST AND EXPLANATION OF CHARTS xiii 



A.— The SEA FISHING GROUNDS of the Eastbkn Coast of NORTH AMERICA 



FROM GREENLAND to MEXICO. By Joseph W. Collins ami Richard 



Rathbux. 



1. Davis Strait 5 



2. Tlie Atlantic Coast of Labrador S 



3. The Eastern and Sontheru Coasts of Newfoundland l:> 



4. The Gulf of Saint Lawrence 10 



5. The Outer Coasts of Cai>e Breton and Xova Scotia, iucludiug the Bay of Fundy 23 



(5. The Coast of Maine 26 



7. The Coasts of Now Hampshire and Massachusetts south to Nantucket 39 



8. The Gulf of Maine 42 



i). The Southern Coast of New England 46 



10. New York to Southern Florida .' 49 



11. The Gulf of Mexico, by Silas Stearns 55 



12. The Ofl'shore Banks, including the Grand Banks , 61 



13. The mackerel and menhadeu fishing grounds of the eastern coast of the United St.itcs T.'> 



B.— The SEA FISHING GROUNDS op the PACIFIC COAST of the UNITED 

 STATES FROM the STRAITS OF FUCA to LOWER CALIFORNIA. By 

 Davib S. Jordan. 



14. The Pacific Coast from the Straits of Fiica to Lower California 79 



C— The FISHERY RESOURCES and FISHING GROUNDS of ALASKxV. By 

 Tarleton H. Bean. 



15. The fishery resources of Alaska 81 



16. A review of the Alaskan fishing grounds by districts 86 



17. Statistics of the Alaskan fisheries in 1880 112 



18. Table showing the geograi>hical range of food-fishes in Alaska 113 



1).— The FISHING GROUNDS of the GREAT LAKES. By Lvdavig Kumlien and 

 Frederick W, True. 



19. Lake Superior 117 



20. Lake Michigau and the Straits of Mackinac 119 



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