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Chapter 28: The American Shrimp Industry 590 



Species of Shrimp Making up the Catch • Method of Capture • Composi- 

 tion • Marketing • Iced Shrimp • Cooked Shrimp • Shrimp Preser- 

 vation • Canning • Freezing • Drying. 



Chapter 29: The American Crab Industry 608 



History of the Fishery • Species of Economic Importance • The Alaska 

 King Crab • Life History of the Blue Crab • The Atlantic Coast Fishery 

 Location • Seasons • Methods of Fishing • Dip Nets • The 

 Scrape • The Trot Line • The Crab Pot • Marketing • Preparation 

 for Market • Preparation of Crab Meat • Pacific Coast Fishery • Methods 

 of Fishing • Canning Crabmeat • Canning Blue Crab • Dungeness 

 Crab • Crab Pots or Traps • Canning Dungeness Crabs • The Canning 

 Operation • Rock Crab • Canning Alaska King Crabs • Methods of 

 Capture • Canning Procedure • Freezing Crab Meat • By-Products. 



Chapter 30: The Lobster Fishery 632 



Early History of the Industry • Location of the Present Industry • The 

 Decline of the Fishery • Life History of the Lobster • The Larval Stages 



Habits of the Adult Lobster • Color of tlie Lobsters • Propagation of 

 Lobsters • Need of Artificial Propagation • Methods • Chemical Com- 

 position and Nutritive Value of Lobsters • Fresh Lobsters • Composition 

 of the Shell of the Lobster • New England Lobster Fishery • Methods 

 of Fishing • Preservation of Live Lobsters • Transportation of Live Lob- 

 sters • Boiling • Canadian and Newfoundland Lobster Fishery • The 

 Live Lobster Industry • The Canning of Lobsters • American Spiny Lob- 

 ster Fishery • European Lobster Fisheries • Development of the Fishery 



Species of Lobsters Caught in Eiu-opean Waters • Present Extent of the 

 European Industry. 



Chapter 31 : Marine Turtles and Terrapins 655 



Location and Importance of Industry • The Green Turtle Fishery • The 

 Key West Turtle Industry • The Costa Rican Fishery • The Hawks- 

 bill Turtle Fishery • Manufacture of Tortoise Shell • The Loggerhead 

 Turtle • Other Marine Turtles • The Diamondback Terrapin • Habits 

 and Propagation of Terrapins • Methods of Fishing • Marketing 

 Snapping Turtles • The Frog-Leg Industry. 



Chapter 32: Miscellaneous Shellfish Industries of the United 



States 666 



Scallops • Species of Commercial Importance • Chemical Composition of 

 Scallops • The Scallop Fishery • The California Abalone Industry 

 Utilization of Abalones • Sea Mussels • Utilization of Mussels • Other 

 Shellfish Industries. 



Chapter 33: The Whaling Industry: Whales, Dolphins, and Por- 

 poises 680 



History • Classification of Cetacea • Modem Whaling • Processing 

 Carcasses • Quality of Oil • Products • Meat • Ambergris • Ivory 

 • Glands • Baleen (Whalebone) • Hides • Oil • Whale Oil • Com- 

 position and Properties • Use • Waxy Oils • Liver and Liver Oil 

 Meat Meal • Bone Meal • Canned Meat • Blood Meal • Gelatin 

 from Stick Water • Meat Extract • The Factory Ship • The Shore Sta- 

 tion • Whaling Regulations. 



