VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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 Section H.— The enemies and fatalities of toe menhaden — Continued. 



25. Parasites of the menhadev — Continued. 



140. Inferences to bo drawn from the presence of these parasites 103 



141. Otber parasites 104 



26. Predaccous foes of the menhaden 104 



142. The destructiveness of whales and dolphins 104 



143. Tl\o destructiveness of sharks 105 



144. The destructiveness of other fishes 105 



145. Ravages of the bluefish and the honito 106 



146. The menhaden driven upon the shores 107 



147. Captain Spindel's account of the ravages of the hlueflsh 108 



148. Professor Baird's estimate of the destructiveness of the bluefish 108 



149. An estimate of the number of menhaden annually consumed by ijredaceous fish 109 



150. The place of the menhaden in nature -, 109 



27. Man and the fisheries 110 



151. Former allusions to the influence of the fisheries 110 



152. Probability of future decrease .• 110 



153. The alleged destructiveness of fishing 110 



154. Comments upon these allegations. Ill 



155. Professor Hind's unwarranted statements 112 



15G. The agitation in Maine concerning productive legislation 112 



Section I.— The menhaden fisheries 113 



28'. The location of the fishing grounds 113 



157. Distribution of the fishing grounds 113 



29. Methods of capture 113 



158. Past and jiresent methods contrasted 113 



159. Difficulty espeiienced in obtaining statistics 114 



160. Pisheries in Maine 114 



101. Fisheries in Mnssachusetts 115 



162. Fisheries in Khode Islmd 115 



163. Fisheries in Connecticut 116 



164. Fisheries in New York 116 



165. Fisheries in Xew Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland 116 



166. Fisheries in Virginia and ISTorth Carolina 117 



107. Fisheries in the South 117 



30. Apparatus of capture 117 



168. The purse-seines 117 



1C9. The seine-boats 120 



170. The sailing-vessels. (See also Appendix I) 123 



171. The steamers 123 



31. Certain, requirements of purse-seine fishing 123 



172. Peculiarities of purse-seine fi,shing 123 



173. The best time of day for using the purse-seine 124 



32. Descriptions of fishing scenes 124 



174. Fishing in Southern New England 124 



175. Fishing on the coast of Massachusetts 125 



176. Fishing ou the coast of Maine 126 



177. Gill-net fishing on the coast of Maine 128 



178. "Weir fishing for menhaden 129 



179. Colonel Lyman's description of weir fishing for menhaden 129 



160. Fishing for fat-backs in North Carolina 131 



33. The fisherman and the relation of the fisheries to the population of the neighboring shores 131 



181. The fishermen of Maine 131 



182. The menhaden fishery and land industries 132 



34. Protective fishery laws 132 



183. Laws regulating the menhaden fishery of Maine 132 



184. Laws regulating the menhaden fishery of Massachusetts 133 



Super-Section.— ECONOMICAL VALUE AND APPLICATIONS OP THE MENHADEN.. 135 



Section K.— The menhaden as a source of food 135 



35. The menhaden as a table fish. 



185. Menhaden used fresh , 135 



186. Menhaden salted. (See also Appendix G) 136 



187. The demand for salt fish in seasons of scarcity of mackerel supplied by menhaden.. 136 



188. The question of allowance of drawback on salt 136 



