Index 



Abalone fishery 



methods, 131-132 

 Abalone industry, California, 131-132, 671- 



673 

 Abalones, 



canning of, 673 



dried, 672-673 



fishing, 131-132, 672 



habits of, 671-672 



physiology of, 671-672 



shells, 131-132, 671, 673 



smoked, 672-673 



utilization of, 131-132, 672-673 

 Absorption refrigeration system, 314, 337 

 Adipose fin, of fishes, 155 

 Adrenaline, 701 

 Agar, 



chemical nature of, 80-82 



definition of, 63 



from Hijpnea, 78-79 



harvesting of, 65, 72 



imports, 69 



manufacture of, Japanese method, 63- 

 69 



physical properties of, 82-83 



purification of, 66, 67 



uses of, 47, 83-86 



yield of, 67, 68, 71 

 Agar industry, 69-77 

 Age analysis, of fishes, 184-185 

 Air bladder, of fishes, 150, 165 

 Air blast freezer, 347-348 

 Air transportation of fish, 324 

 Alanine, 288 



Albacore, kippered, 413-414 

 Albacore liver oil, 494 

 Albimiin, in fish muscle, 290 

 Alewife oil, 490 

 Alewives, 387, 388 

 Algae, 



as animal feed, 47, 49, 51, 102, 103 



blue-green, 48 



brine, 22 



brown, 



algin content of, 96 

 characteristics of, 48, 94 

 harvesting of, 96 



carbohydrates in, 51 



characteristics of, 47 



classification of, 48-49 



economic importance of, 6, 9, 47, 48, 49, 



53, 69 

 edible, 49, 57 

 green, 48 

 red, 



as animal food, 51 

 carbohydrates in, 51 

 characteristics of, 48, 49 

 food value of, 49-51 

 industry, 47 

 uses of, 47, 49, 52 

 vitamins in, 51 

 Algeria, coral industry in, 142-143 

 Algin, preparation of, 98, 99 



from fishes, 96, 97 

 Algin Corporation, 98 

 Alginates, from Alginic acid, 

 California process, 98 

 Maine process, 98-99 

 Stanford's process, 97 

 industrial uses of, 99, 100, 101, 548 

 Alginic acid, 



chemical and physical properties of, 94- 



96 

 fibres from, 100 

 metallic salts of, 95 

 Alimentary canal, of fishes, 167 

 Alkali digestion of fish livers, 503-504, 508 

 Alligator skin leather, 546-547 

 Altek mechanical system, 315 

 Ambergris, 696, 700-701 

 Amino acid concentration and staleness, 



284 

 Amino acids in fish protein, 292, 302, 486 

 Ammonia, 



and decomposition, 284 

 Anadromous fishes, 171, 202 

 Anchovies, Christiania, 462-463 

 Anchovy oil, 490 

 Anchovy paste, 462^63 

 Antiquity of fishes, 147-150 

 Antiseptics, in fish curing, 395 

 Apparatus, fishing, 



statistics of, 236-237 

 "Aquacide," preservation of fish livers, 507 

 Arctic sperm oil, 705-708 

 Arginine in fish protein, 292, 486 

 Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co., 344 



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