220 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [2 18 J 



Great Lakes, fisheries of 193 



Green Bank 06 



Green.Seth 163 



Greenland halibut banks 101 



Greenland turbot 25 



Growth of fishes, rate of 78,84 



Grunt 28 



Guano prepared from fish offal 139, 141 



menhaden 214 



Gulf of Mexico, destruction of fish in 66, 69, 70 



Gulf Stream, summer course 205 



Gulls as bait 125 



eatingfish 58,64 



Gully fishing-ground 93 



Gurry, disposition of 138, 180 



effect on fishing-grounds 165, 168, ISO 



Haddock 26,46,75 



an offshore fish 53 



devoured by halibut 119 



fisheries, decrease of 206 



vessels used 105 



fishing on the banks 86 



food of 36, 37, 38 



former abundance 



smoked 138 



spawning season of 116 



Htemnlon arcuatum 28 



Hag, destructi veness of 64 



Hake 26,28,46 



an offshore fish - 53 



bait for 44 



fisheries, decrease of 206 



fishing on the banks . .. 87 



food of 39 



isinglass from 147 



product of Gloucester 142 



spawning of 83, 116 



Halibut 25,46,47 



an offshore fish 53 



bait for 125 



banks near Greenland 101 



decrease of 22, 119 



fisheries, vessels used 106 



fishing on the banks 85 



product of Gloucester 142 



statistics of 215 



too large for freezing 136 



Hand-lines used in fishing 109 



Hand-nets 120 



Harpoons used iu fishing 109 



Harvest-fish 27 



Hatching-boxes 163 



Haycocks, shoal 97 



Hay-seed, food for mackerel 183 



Heads of fishes utilized 180, 209 



Heart-nets, used in fisheries 123 



Herons, destructive to fish 64 



Hermit-crabs 33,3!) 



Herring 24, 31, 53, 61 



abundance of 22, 184, 185, 190, 210 



affected by temperature 55 



anadromous 50, 57 



as bait .. ..90, 111, 113, 126, 127, 177, 179, 180 



decrease of 48, 50, 51, 61, 167, 206 



eggs adherent 84, 189 



size and number 82, 185 



fishery regulations 155, 156 



food for birds 58, 64 



food for fishes ... 35, 39, 41, 44, 58, 63, 66, 74, 

 77, 90, 174 



food of 42, 58, 74, 76 



geographical distribution 184 



methods of capture 189 



movements of 47, 185 



oil from 149 



preparation s in E urope 151 



preserved in oil 148 



product of Gloucester 142, 14:'. 



spawning of 83, 1 58, 159, 185, 189 



statistics of 20, 22, 21 (i 



value for food 100 



Hibernation 54 



Hickory shad, food of 43 



Hill, Stephen J 212 



Hind, Prof., cited 174,210 



Hippoglossoides platessoides 25 



Hippoglossus vulgaris •. 25 



Histiophorus ainericanus 27 



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Holdsworth cited 66,112,113,117 



Holdsworthy cited 83 



Holland, regulations on herring fishery . . . 155 



Holothuria chrysacanthophora . 44 



Homarus ainericanus 32, 40, 42, 43, 44 



Hook and line, use of 109 



Horse mackerel 27, 29, 53 



food for fishes 44 



food of 42,59,76,174 



Hulbert, Captain, cited 79 



Hurlbut, Captain 16 



Huxley, Prof. T. H 77, 83, 119, 122 



Hydroids, food for fishes 35 



Ice for preserving fish and bait 23, 134, 144, 178 



Icebergs supply ice and water 136 



Idotea irrorata 41 



Ily anassa obsoleta 39 



Implements used in fishing 108 



Improvements in handling fish 23 



Infusoria 79 



Inshore fishes 46, 51 



Inspection of fish 21. 158 



Invertebrates as bait and food 31, 32 



destroy fish 66 



Isinglass prepared from sounds 147, 173 



Jeffrey's Bank 68 



Jeffrey's Ledge 87 



Jelly-fish, association with other fish 80 



feeding on small fishes 66 



food for fishes 63,79 



Jew-fish 30 



Joint High Commission, organized 15 



Kellogg, E. II 15,172,213 



Kingfish 27, 28, 187 n 



coming inshore 52 



food of 41 



statistics of ■ 215 



Kingfishers destructive to fish 64 



Kyacks 31 



Labracid.e 26,29 



Lafayette 28,52 



Lake herring 193 



Lake trout 52, 193 



Lamellibranchs, food for fishes 34, 37, 38 



Lampreys 31,49,64,05,112 



Landlocked salmon 49,53 



LeFevre, S •. 122 



Le Have Bank 91 



Le Have Ridges 91 



Leda teiiuisulcata 38 



Legislation on the fisheries 60, 77, 151 



Leptoclinum albidum 40 



Libinia canaliculata 44 



Liman da ferruginea 25 



Limnoria 73 



Ling 26,150 



Linsley, J. H 36,38 



Liostouius obliquus 28 



Lit tori na littorea 34 



Liver, bait for codfish 180 



Lobotes surinamensis ,,. 29 



Lobster product? in Norway 20 



Lobsters as food and bait 32,126,132 



as scavengers 66 



destroyed by starfish 119 



food for fishes 40, 42, 43, 44, 174 



transplanting 161 



Loch Fyne herring fishery 60 



Lofoden Islands, fisheries of 114, 209 



setting long-lines 155 



Loligo . ... 130 



pallida 42 



pealii 32, 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 



London markets, supply of trawled fish . . 17 



Long-lines, advantages of 113, 114, 115, 118, 110 



antiquity of 110, ill 



bait used on Ill 



catch of 114 



construction and use. . .110-112, 117, 176 



Lophius .' 80, 83 



iiniericanus 35 



piscatorius ' 25 



Lophopsettamaculata 35 



Lophothuriafabricii 38 



Lota 150 



Lull, Commander E. P 155 



Lumpfish, food of 39 



numberof eggs 82 



