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CONTENTS 



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AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION . . .n 



INTRODUCTION ; . . . . . .15 



PART I 

 THE FISH 



CHAPTER I 

 EDIBLE SPECIES . ..... 21 



I. Fish, thy name is legion I Feeding and breeding in 

 relation to migration Current factors and hereditary in- 

 stincts. II. Table of the principal species consumed 

 in France. III. The geographical distribution of these 

 species. 



CHAPTER II 

 FISHING-GROUNDS . . . . . . .54 



I. The continental plateau of the Atlantic ; the in-shore 

 and off-shore districts ; the Channel. II. The threshold of 

 the Mediterranean. III. The North Sea and the Dogger 

 Bank. IV. The banks of Newfoundland. V. The banks 

 of Iceland. VI. The Atlanto-Saharan or Morocco banks 

 and the Baie du Levrier (Bahia del Galgo). 



CHAPTER III 

 THE OCEAN FEEDING-GROUNDS . . . . .70 



I. The salinity and density of marine waters, in particular 

 on the fishing-grounds. II. Oceanic circulation The 

 physiology of the North Atlantic, the Gulf Stream, and the 



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