CONTENTS. XI 



Vn. M. Friclc. Ax account of Tiin fisheries OF Xokway Di 1877— Coutinued. Pa^c- 



C. The herring fishery 723 



1. The spring herring 723 



2. The great herring in Nordland 728 



3. The summer herring 729 



D. The hrisling fishery 730 



E. The mat'kerel fishery 731 



1. Apparatus and methods in use 731 



2. Preparation of the mackerel, and the trade 733 



F. The lobster fishery 733 



G. The whale fishery 735 



H. The seal fishery 735 



I. The salmon fishery 736 



J. Miscellaneous fisheries 730 



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. vStatistics of the winter and spring fisheries 738 



4. Statistics of the summer fishery 739 



5. Products of other fisheries 739, 740 



VIII. G. VOU Yllleil. PtEfOKT ON THE SEA-FISIIERIES OF THE LaN OF GoTEBOIld AND BOHUS 



IN THE YEAR 1877. By Gerhard Von Thlen. 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 Dantzigcr. 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 foe young salmonoids ,vnd foe larger salmonoids 



IN roNDs. Translated from the German by H. Jacobson 779-782' 



XI. liiringston Stone. Eeport of oi'erations at the salmon-hatching station on the 



Clackamas Eiver, Oregon, in 1877. By Livingston Stone 783-796 



XII. JLiringston Stone. Eepoet of operations at the United States salmon-hatch- 



ixc, station on the McCloud River, California, in 1877. By Living.ston Stone 707-810 



XIII. Frc«! Mather. Account of trip to Europe with eggs of the Quinnat salmon. 



By Fred Mather 811-816. 



XIV. Charles Cr. Atkins. Beport on THE collection' and distrhjution of Schoodic 



SALMON eggs in 1877-78. (With one plate. ) By Charles G. Atkins 817 



1. Preparations 817 



2. Thoflshmg '. 818; 



3. Taking spawn 820 



4. Incubation 822 



5. Distribution of eggs 822 



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



1877 823 



Table 11. Record of spawning operations, Grand Lake Stream, 1877 827 



Tabic III. Record of surplus of salmon spawn from Grand Lake Stream, January and 



February, 1878 830 



Table IV. Statement of the distribution of young Schoodic sahnon, 1878 832 



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

 Table VI. General summary of observations on temperature of Grand Lake Stream 



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



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



Table Vm. Measurements of Schoodic salmon at Grand Lake Stream, 1876 843 



Table IX. Measurements of Sclioodic salmon at Grand Lake Stream, 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. 



