CONTENTS 7 



CHAPTER VII 



PAGE 



FISHERY AND SCIENCE . . . . . .148 



I. Piscifacture Its principle and methods Criticism of 

 its results The laboratory of Flodwig. II. Azote in the 

 economy of the ocean The Conference of Stockholm 

 (1899), and the Christiania programme (1901) Theory and 

 practice Fishery charts. III. The fishery schools of the 

 French coast Professional and technical instruction- 

 New fishing-grounds. 



CHAPTER VIII 

 FISHERY PROBLEMS ...... 165 



I. Local distribution of fish : movements and migrations 

 are not extensive. II. The dependence of fish upon their 

 surroundings The herring of the Kattegat Miraculous 

 catches in the estuary of the Elbe. III. Comparative inde- 

 pendence of fish Defence and attack Hereditary instincts. 

 IV. Special adaptation The critical oceanic condition and 

 the critical biological condition The law of fishing- 

 grounds. V. Practical consequences of this law Experi- 

 ments of the Fishery Board of Scotland Virgin grounds 

 Matters of exploitation The fisheries of the future. 



PART II 



PRODUCTION 



CHAPTER I 



SOCIAL LIFE ON THE COAST ..... 197 

 I. The oiKovpevri of the coast Antagonism between fishing 



ports and commercial ports Historical pen view of the 

 development of the Havre district. II. Principal profes- 

 sional and social groupings among the French fishermen 

 The necessity of an extension of the cecumene. 



CHAPTER II 

 FISHING PORTS . . . . . . .205 



I. Generalities concerning the French fishing ports. II. 

 Boulogne, Fecamp, Arcachon ; Grimsby Description of 



