INDEX 



Adriatic : oysters, 122 ; sponge- 

 harpooning, 261 ; fisheries, 

 147, 150 



Africa : river fishing, 211, 212 



Air-pump for divers, 256 



Albicore or horse-mackerel, 153 



Amber, 19, 147 



Ambergris, 249 



American fishermen, 25, 29, 

 124, 125 



Anchovy, 148-150 



Andalusian fisheries, 148, 149, 



153 

 Angling, 23 ; salmon, 73-82 ; 



tarpon, 82-87 ; among the 



Chinese, 180, 181 

 Annam, 179, 180, 187 

 Antarctic whaling, 233, 245 

 Arab pearl-divers, 221 

 Arapaima, 205-207 

 Arcachou, 112, 122, 123 

 "Archer," 187 

 Arctic : fisheries, 217 ; whaling, 



245-249 



" Argentine/' 230 

 Armado, 207, 208 

 Arrows, 206, 289 

 Artificial breeding : fish, 70, 148 ; 



oysters, 121 : sponge, 262 

 Asiatic fisheries, 179-190, 212- 



215 

 Australia: fisheries, 216; oysters, 



122 ; pearls and pearl-shells, 



230 

 Austrian fishing-fleet, 147 



Bahamas, 262 



Bait, 23, 26, 27, 52, 55, 129; 

 salmon, 75, 8 1 ; tarpon, 84; 

 cod, 94, 1 06; lobster, 168 ; 

 crab, 173 



Barge, 52, 53 



Beluga, 277-279 



' ' Bending-on," 55 



Bergen, 60, 168-170 



Biscayan fishermen, 20, 233 



Blue-fish, 124 



Boar-fish, 151 



Board of Trade, 20, 193 



Boats, 24 



Bomb-lance, 246 



Breton fishermen, 89, 99; em- 

 barkation of, 91 



' ' Brisse," 20 



British Columbian salmon-fleet, 

 66 



Brittany, 27, 89, 148 



Brixham, 41 ; trawlers, 33 



"Brood/' 112 



Brood-getting, 112-122 



Brown's Bank, 101 



Bulters, 58, 174 



Caaing whale, 277, 278 



Cachalot, 244 



Cape Hatteras mackerel-ground, 



126 

 Canadian fisheries, 20 ; salmon, 



66 



Casting-line for salmon, 74, 76 

 Catching fish on land, 208 

 Catching turtles with fish, 287- 



289 

 Caviare, 166 



315 



