224 REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [222] 



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Squids as bait 31, 32, 126, 129, 130, 136, 177, 179 



food for fishes 35, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 



food of 06 



Squilla empusa . i 40 



Stake-nets 121 , 124 



Starfish as bait ; - 34 



food for fishes 36, 43 



food of 119 



Statistics of fisheries 14, 20, 197, 198, 2 1 4 



lake fisheries 193 



menhaden oil and guano 214 



sea fisheries 215 



shore fisheries 22 



traps aud pounds 19") 



Stenotomus argyrops 28, 41, 42 



Sterlet, suggested introduction 102 



Sticklebacks preparing nests 80 



Sting-rays, food for fishes 44 



foodof 43 



migrations 54 



viviparous 80 



Stolephorus vittatus 31 



Storer referred to 46 



Storms destroying fish - 68, 72 



Strait of Belle Isle fishing-ground 101 



Striped bass 29, 49, 51, 1 91 



bait for 127 



decrease of 21, 01 



foodof 42 



spawning of 83 



statistics of 215 



Stromateidas 27 



Strongylocentrotus drobachiensis 39 



Sturgeon 31,49,193 



decrease of 22, 51 



hibernation of 54 



isinglass from 147, 148 



statistics of 215 



Surf clam 32 



as bait ' 34 



Survival of the fittest 77 



S wordfish 27, 47, 53, 64 



foodof 40,58,76 



statistics of 143, 215 



Sycotypus canaliculat us 34 



Syngnathus 80 



peckianus 39 



Tagelus divisus 37 



Tailor 29 



Tailor shad, anadromous 49 



Tanner, Z. L 72 



Tarpum 30 



Tautog 1 26,46,52,187 



baitfor 132 



food for fishes 44 



foodof 39 



propagation of 103 



protection for 159 



spawning of 83 



statistics of 215 



transplanting 161 



Tautoga onitis 26,39,44 



Tautogolabrus adspersus 26,42 



Temora longicornis 58,74 



Temperature as affecting fish 47, 55, 69 



Tench profitable for culture 19 



Teredo 73 



Tetrapturus albidus 27 



Thaleichthys marinus 149 



Thomson, S. R 15,198,208 



Thracia truncata 37 



Thread herring 31 



Three-mile limit 201 



difficulty of estimating.. 153 



disregarded 168 



Thysanopoda 32,38,39,40,42 



Tiger sharks, food of ' 44 



Toadfish depositing eggs on bottom • 83 



foodof 39 



Tomcod 26, 53 



food of 37 



statistics of 215 



Toothed herring 31 



Tornatella puncto-striata 38 



Torsk 26 



To wing-nets 74 



Trachyuotus carolinus 27 



ovatua 27 



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Tracurops crumenopthalmus 41 



Trammel-nets 120 



Transhipping, benefit to Americans 168 



Transportation of fish 23, 161 



Traps, construction of 193 



used in fisheries 123 



Trawl-liue fishing not injurious 113,118 



objections to 138,141,170 



Trawl-lines, bait used on 179 



introduction in America 110 



use limited in England 155 



use of 110,175,176 



Treat, Capt. U. S 203, 204 



Treaty of Washington, cited 15,200 



Trescot, William H 15 



Triforis nigrocinctus 40 



Tritia trivittata 35, 39 



Trout 28 



eaten by birds 64 



product of Gloucester 143 



relative rate of growth 79 



roes used as bait 129 



transplanting 161 



Trumbull, J.H 36,38 



Trygon centrura 43 



Tunnies ,27, 53, 64, 187 



foodof 40,58,59,76 



utilizing 146,190 



Turbonilla interrupta 36 



Turbots, desirability of importing 161 



number of eggs 82, 175 



spawning of 122 



taken by beam-trawl 122 



Turritella erosa 36* 



interrupta 36 



Turtles destructive to fish 64 



TJlva latissima 42 



Unciola irrorata 41 



Urosalpinx cinerea 33 



Vegetable matter, basis of food 72, 74, 76 



Vegetable substances used as bait 125 



Venus meicenaria 32, 111, 131 



Verrill, A.E., cited 35,38,39,42,44 



Vessels used in fisheries 104 



Virbius zostericola 37 



Virgin Rocks 97 



Volcanic eruptions destroying fish 68, 69, 70 



Volga River fisheries 19 



Wall-eyed pike 193 



Walruses, food of 63 



Water-snakes, destructiveness . 64 



Weakfish 28,40,52,67 



Weirs and traps used 214 



Weirs, construction of 193 



used in fisheries 123 



Wells used in fisheries 112 



Western Bank 92 



Wetherbe,Mr 15 



Whale-oil statistics in 1865 20 



Whales 64 



devouring fish 58, 63 



foodof 74,76 



method of feeding 63 



Whelks • 33.180 



as bait Ill, 126, 130, 179, 180 



Whitcher, W. P., cited 59,60 



White perch 29,42,51 



White whales destroy certain fishes 60 



Whiteaves cited 208 



Whitefish 29,30,49,193,208 



propagation of 194, 197 



taken at spawning season 52 



Whiteway.Mr 15,209,212 



Whiting.' 26,28,52 



Widegren, Hjalinar, cited 151 



Winds as affecting fishes 57, 68 



Winkles 34,179,180 



Wolf-fish, food of 39 



Wood eaten by marine animals 



Wood's Holl, temperature -- 55 



utilizing fish at 67,190,213 



Worms, food for fishes 76, 79 



foodof 79 



Xiphias gladius 27 . 40 



Yarrow, Dr. H.C K<>9 



Voldia limatula 35, 37 



sapotilla 37, 44 



Zostera 40,41,73 



