10 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



F. Preservation of fish and bait— Continued. Page. 



2. In ice 134 



(«) In contact with fish 134 



Gloucester method 134 



Noank method 134 



(b) Dry air process 135 



(c) Hard freezing 135 



(d) Advisable methods for cod-fishing 135 



:?. By drying 136 



Co) In air 13G 



(6) Desiccation 136 



4. By salting 137 



(a) Dry-salting 137 



(6) In pickle 137 



(c) Corning and drying 137 



(d) Use of other saline substances 137 



Boras 137 



(e) Use of acids „.. 137 



Citric acid ■ 137 



Acetic acid 137 



5. By smoking 138 



G. Disposition of offal or gurry 138 



1. Great waste to throw away 139 



(a) Utilization in Norway 139 



2. Alleged evils of throwing overboard 139 



(a) Destroy fishing-grounds 139 



( b) Probably correct theory of action 140 



Attract sharks, & c 141 



Destroyed by Crustacea, echini, fishes 141 



3. Inducements should be held out to fishermen to utilize 141 



4. No complaint in Europe 142 



II. Review of the American fisheries 142 



1. Yield of fisheries of all nations 



2. Yield of American fisheries 



(a) Amount of shore line of United States ..... 



{b) Yield of fish, by kinds 



(c) Combined tables 



(tf) Number of towns, post-offices, and men 



(e) Gloucester fishermen, 1874, '75, '76 



3. Fishermen of other nations 



(a) Canada 



(b) Newfoundland 



(o) Norway , 



(d) Sweden 



(e) France 



(/) Great Britain 



III.— Economical Applications of Products of the Fisheries. 



A. As food 143 



1. Fresh (in ice, see above) 144 



2. Dried 146 



3. Smoked 146 



4. Salted : Pickled 146 



5. Canned 146 



(a) In spices 146 



(6) In oil 146 



