222 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [220] 



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Otters destructive to fish 63 



Oyster fisheries, value 197 



Oysters, as bait 126,132 



former abundance in Potomac. . . 51 



method of preserving 177 



transplanting 161 



Palsemon squilla 113 



PalsBmonetes vulgaris 33, 35, 37, 39 



Palinurichthys perciformis 40 



Palmer, E., cited „ 35,40,43,44 



Pandalus 39 



annulicornis 33, 38 



Panopeus 33 



depressus 39, 40, 4 1 



herbstii 32, 33 



sayi 39, 40, 42 



Parasites offish 66 



Parasitic fish 64 



Paratractus 41 



Paronotus triacanthus 40 



Patterson, C. P., cited 154 



Peconic Bay, temperature 55 



Pecten fuscus 37 



irradians 34, 39, 132 



tenuicostatus . 37 



Pelagic fishes : 47, 53 



Pelagic spawners, list of 83 



Pelecanidas 64 



Pelia mutica 40 



Pelicans eating fish 64 



Penguin oil considered as a fish oil 212 



Penguins used as bait 125 



Pennaria tiarella 35 



Percentage of eggs producing fish . . 62, 75, 162, 195 



Perch, as food 26 



food of 39 



number of eggs 82 



packed in oil 146 



Periploma papyracea 37 



Petrels used as bait 125 



Petricola pholadiformis 40 



Petromyzon americanus 31 



Phascolosoma gouldii 43 



Pholas cuneiformis 37 



Phycis 83 



chuss 26 



tenuis 26,39 



Pickled fish in Norway 20 



Pigeon Hill Ground 09 



Pilchards packed in oil 146 



spawning of 83 



statistics in 1865 20 



Pinkies used in fisheries 104 



Pinnixa cylindrica 35 



Pipe-fish, 'carrying eggs in ponch 80 



food for fishes 39 



Plaice, as food or bait .... 25 



spawning of 84 



Platyonichus. ocellatus 39.40,41 



Platysomatichthys hippoglossoides 25 



Pleuronectidse 25 



Pogonias chromis 28 



Pogy 30, 53, 112 



Poisonous gases 68, 09 



water 70 



Poisons used in fisheries 124 



Pole flounder 25 



Police regulations on fisheries 155 



Pollachius carbonariits 26, 38 



Political considerations 17,168 



Pollock 26, 53, 87 



food of 38,66 



product of Gloucester 142 



Pollution of waters 67, 157 



Pomatomus saltatrix 29, 35, 41, 42 



Fomatopsetta dentata 25 



Pomolobus aestivalis 31 



mediocris 31,43 



vernalis 31 



Pompanos 27, 52, 187, 215 



Pontogeneiainermis 37 



Porgies 28, 29, 41, 52 



Poionotus triacanthus 27,41, 42, 44 



Porpoises as bait 125 



destructive to fishes 58, 59, 60, 03, 07 



food of 58,59,60,63,75,174 



utilizing 68, 1 90 



Portuguese Shoal 97 



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Potomac, black bass in the 197 



former abundance 50, 51, 61, 166, 167 



shad and herring barreled 22 



Pound-fishing, open to Canadians 199 



regulation of 188, 189 



Pounds, construction of 192 



used in fisheries 123, 187, 188 



Powel, .Samuel 16 



Prawns 33,35,37,39 



Predaceous fish, their capture beneficial.. 59 



Preparation im market, legislation on.... 155 

 Preserving fish and bait. .' .23. 133, 134, 144, 177, 178 



Prionotus caroliuus 39 



Pristipomatidao 23 



Pristis 54 



Procellaria 125 



Products of fisheries, utilizing 16, 143 



Psendopleuroneetes americanus 25, 35 



Pseurtorhombus dental us 25 



Psolus phantapus ..». 38 



Pteroplatea maclura 43 



Pteropods, food for fishes 40, 63 



Ptilocheirus pinguis 37 



Ptychatractus ligalus 36 



Puthnus major 125 



Pug-nosed eel, destructive to fish 64,65 



Purpura lapillus 33 



Purse-seines, depth of .■ 184 



not injurious 208 



P.vrula 131 



Quahogs 32, 34 



Quintal, weight of 212 



Radiata 34 



Raia diaphana 43 



lpevis 43 



Rangeley trout 49, 53 



Rathbun, Richard 35 



Rays, food for fishes 43, 44 



food of 43 



Red bass 28,52 



perch 26, 39 



Red fags as bait 125 



Red snappers coming inshore 52 



fish ery for 192 



Reddening of salted fish 137 



Redfish 26, 28, 39 



Refrigerators- for preserving fish .%5, 144, 178 



Reproduction of fishes 57, 80, 85 



Reptiles, destructive to fish 64 



not much used as bait. 125 



Rissoa exarata 36 



River fisheries, regulation desirable 157 



Roccus lineatus 29,42 



Rock tish 29, 42, 51 



Roes of fishes, utilized 126, 129, 148, 173, 180 



Romans, fish-culture among 161 



Rose-fish 26 



Roseway Bank 90 



Round herring 30 



Rudderfish, food of 40 



Rusty dab 25 



Sa Mr Island Bank 92 



Sable Island fishing-ground 103 



Saccopharynx 65 



Sailfish 27 



St. Pierre Bank 95 



St. Lawrence, fishing-grounds in 99 



Salamanders eating iish eggs 64 



Salicylic acid used for preserving fish 144 



Salmo oqnassa 49 



salar 30 



Salmon 24, 30, 47 



anadromous 49, 57 



changes during spawning season 84 



decrease of 21,61, 203 



fisheries of Canada, legislation.. . 60 



Scotland 167 



food for marine mammals 60, 63 



movements of. 

 number of tish from eg 

 product of Gloucester 



propagat ion of 



protection for 



roes as bait 



size of eggs 



skins utilized 



statistics of 



transplanting 



47 

 62 

 143 

 162 

 159 

 129 

 81 

 209 

 215 

 161 



