CONTENTS. XI 



TU. M. Frielc. An account of the fishekies of Norway in 1877— Coutinncd- Page. 



C. Tho herring fishery 723 



1. Tho spring heiring 723 



2. The great herring in Nordl.and 728 



3. The summer herring 729 



D. The brisling fishery 730 



E. The mackerel fishery 731 



1. Apparatus and methods in use 731 



2. Preparation of tho mackerel, and the trade 733 



F. The lobster fishery 733 



G. Tho whale fishery 735 



H. The seal fishery 735 



I. The salmon fishery 736 



J. Miscellaneous fisheries 736 



K. Value of the principal products of the Norway fisheries 737 



1. Value at places of export 737 



2. Value at the fisheries 738 



3. Statistics of the winter and spring fisheries 738 



4. Statistics of tho summer fishery 739 



5. Products of other fisheries 739,740 



VUL Cr. Von If hlen. Eepokt on tiie sea-fisheries of the Lan of Goteborg and Bonus 



IN THE YEAR 1877. By Gerhard Von Yhlen. Translated from the Swedish by Dr. 



Josua Lindahl 741 



A. The great fishery 741 



B. The mackerel fishery 742 



C. The winter fishery 743 



D. The herring and sprat fisheries 743 



E. The lobtser and oyster fisheries 749, 750 



IX. Senator Santzi^er. The first five years of the Emden Joint Stock Herring 



Fishery Association. By Senator Dantziger, of Emden. Translated from the German 



by H. Jacobson 751-776 



APPENDIX B.— THE PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES. 



X. Anonymous. The best food for young salmonoids and for larger salmonoids 



INPQNDS. Translated from the German by H. Jacobson 779-782 



XL Eiiringston Stone. Eeport of operations atthe salmon-hatching station onthe 



Clackamas Ki\-er, Oregon, in 1877. By Livingston Stone 783-796 



XTT. liiringston Stone. Report of operations at the United States sauion-hatch- 



ING station on the McCloud River, California, in 1877. By Livingston Stone 797-810 



XIII. Fred Mather. Account of trip to Europe with eggs of the Quinnat salmon. 



By Fred Mather 811-816 



XIV. Charles G. Atkins. Report on the collection and distribution of Schoodic 



SALMON EGGS IN 1877-78. ("With one plate. ) By Chailes G. Atkins 817 



1. Preparations 817 



2. The fishing 818 



3. Taking spawn 820 



4. Incubation 822 



5. Distribution of eggs 822 



Table L Record of fishing at Grand Lake Stream, Maine, October and November, 



1877..... 823 



Table H. Record of spawning operations. Grand Lake Stream, 1877 827 



Table TTT. Record of surplus of salmon spawn from Grand Lake Stream, January and 



February, 1878 830 



Table TV. Statement of the distribution of young Schoodic salmon, 1878 832 



Table V. Observations on the temperature and weather at Grand Lake Stream, 1875-78 836 

 Table VL General summary of observations on temperature of Grand Lake Stream 



from October, 1875, to March, 1878, inclusive 841 



Table Vil. Measurements of Schoodic salmon at Grand Lake Stream, 1875 842 



Table VJXl. Measurements of Schoodic salmon at Grand Lake i^ team, 1876 843 



Table TK.. Measurements of Schoodic salmon at Grand Lake itream, 1877 844 



Table X. Record of spawning operations at Grand Lake Stream, 1875 845 



Table XI. Record of spawning operations at Grand Lake Stream, 1876 846 



