CONTENTS 



mercial Fisheries • Manila • Cotton • Linen • Synthetic Fibers 

 Netting Terminology • Apparatus of Capture • Purse Seines • Tuna 

 Seines • Menhaden Seines • Pilchard Seines • Mackerel Seines • Haul, 

 Drag or Beach Seines • Lampara Nets • Otter Trawl Nets • Shrimp 

 Trawls • Paranzella Nets • Beam Trawls • Gill Nets • Anchor Gill 

 Nets • Drift Gill Nets • Stake Gill Nets • Trammel Nets • Pound 

 Nets, Traps and Weirs • Weirs • Pound Nets or Traps • Submarine 

 Traps • Floating Traps • Reef Nets • Fyke Nets • Cast Nets 

 Fish Lines • Hand Lines • Trawl Lines • Eel Pots • Electronic Ma- 

 rine Devices in Fisheries • Electronic Depth Recorders • Sonar, Submarine 

 Radar • Loran; Long Range Navigation • Radar • Electrical Fishing 

 Device • Preservation and Care of Fish Netting • Gear of Foreign Fish- 

 eries. 



Chapter 14: Fish and Shellfish as Food. Characteristics of Fresh 

 Fish: Appearance, Chemical Composition, and Nutri- 

 tive Value 282 



Physical Characteristics • Chemical Characteristics of Fresh Fish • Proxi- 

 mate Composition • Nature of Constituents • Nitrogenous Compounds 

 Inorganic Constituents • Composition of Shellfish and Crustacea • Com- 

 position of Roe • Nutritive Value • Digestibility • Nutritive Value for 

 Growth • Vitamin Content • Summary. 



Chapter 15: Transportation of Fishery Products 307 



Introduction • The Jacketed System of Cooling • Transportation of Fish 

 by Sea • Transportation by Rail • The End Bunker Car • The Fan 

 Car • The Roof Tank Car • Dry Ice Cars • The Split Absorption Sys- 

 tem • Mechanical Refrigerator Cars • In Europe • In the United States 

 In Canada • Packing Fresh Fish for Shipment • Packing Frozen Fish 

 for Shipment • Railroad Containers • Trucks and Trailers • Hold-Over 

 Plate System • Mechanical Systems • The Transport of Fish by Air 

 Factors Affecting the Rate of Ice Melting. 



Chapter 16: Refrigeration and Freezing of Fish 328 



Importance of Refrigeration • Location and Extent of Industry • The Na- 

 ture of the Preservation of Fish by Freezing • Layout, Constrviction and Me- 

 chanical Equipment of Fish Freezing Plants • Mechanical Refrigeration 

 Preliminary Handling Aboard Boats • Landing, Inspection, and Grading 

 Washing and Panning • Fillets and Steaks • The One-Pound One-Piece 

 Package • Freezing Whole Fish • In Sharp Freezers • Brine Freezing 

 • The "Z" Method • Other Quick Freezing Methods • Air Blast Freezing 



The Kolbe "Diving Bell" Freezer • Kolbe's Floating Pan System 

 Freezing Packaged Fish • Cold Plate Freezing • The Murphy Freezer 

 Birdseye Systems • The Jackstone Contact Freezer • Jackstone Roto Froster 



Freezing Fish at Sea • Glazing of Frozen Fish • Cold Storage 

 Packing and Shipment. 



Chapter 17: The Principles of Fish Salting— The Salting of Cod 



AND Other Ground Fish 361 



Principles of Fish Salting • The Preservative Action of Salt • The In- 

 fluence of the Composition of Salt • Commercial Methods of Salting Fish 

 Influence of Methods of Cleaning • Storage of Salted Fish • A Method 

 of Salting Fish in Warm Climates • The Salting of Cod and Other Ground 

 Fish • Location of Industry • Methods of the New England Industry 

 Salting • Water-Horsing • Drying on Flakes • Skinning and Boning 

 Hard Dried Cod • Slack-Salted Cod and Pollock • Haddock, Hake, Pol- 



