﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  History 
  and 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  menhaden 
  fishery 
  5 
  

  

  Factories 
  6 
  

  

  Vessels 
  7 
  

  

  Purse 
  and 
  striker 
  boats 
  8 
  

  

  Fishing 
  apparatus 
  8 
  

  

  Season 
  and 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  10 
  

  

  Fishing 
  methods 
  11 
  

  

  Capture 
  of 
  edible 
  fish 
  13 
  

  

  Unloading 
  and 
  weighing 
  or 
  measuring 
  14 
  

  

  Cooking 
  - 
  15 
  

  

  Pressing 
  16 
  

  

  Screw 
  press 
  18 
  

  

  Drying 
  19 
  

  

  Oil 
  21 
  

  

  Fishermen 
  26 
  

  

  Factory 
  employees 
  26 
  

  

  Laws 
  governing 
  menhaden 
  fishing 
  , 
  . 
  27 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  