348 INDEX . 



Nets, preparations for preservation of, 123-124 



,, Scotch method of curing, 123 



,, size of, used by French mackerel fishers off the coast of Kinsale in early 

 part of 1 8th century, 119 



working of, and suggested improvements on existing system, 126 

 Nettles, 272 

 Netting seals, 166 

 Newfoundland, 155, 156, 158, 169 



,, fishermen and importations of, 79> 97> J 4 



,, fishing-grounds. See Fishing- grounds. 



Newport, 41 



*' New York Herald " warnings, 184 

 New York Ichthyophagus Club, 32 

 Nitrogenous constituents of fish and flesh, 5, 6, 7 

 Nordney (see also North Sea trawling-grounds), 317 

 Normandy, fish pond in, 83 

 North Atlantic fisheries, 169 



,, Sea fisheries, diminution of, 97, 142 



,, Sea halibut, 21 



,, Sea, kinds of fish taken in, 316 



trawling-grounds, 305, 310, 313, 315, 324 

 Northern fisheries, 156, 157, 158, 159, 170, 171 

 " Northfleet," loss of the, 200, 212 

 Norway, importations of preserved fish from, 95, 140 

 Norwegian fishing-vessels. See Fishing' vessels. 

 Number and capacity of boats provided for saving life at sea, inadequacy of 



the, 202, 203 

 Nutritive qualities of fish, 4, 5, 9, 16 



OAK, 217 



Object and value of Papers read at Conferences, 172 

 Ocean-going steam and sailing ships, boats provided for, 201 

 Oil of seals, 159 



,, use of, in diet, n 



Omeath herring fisheries, statistics of, 76 

 Organisms, danger of eating fish on account of, 29 

 Osborne, Mr., of Clerkenwell, a supply of fish to the poor, 85 

 Osier willows, 274 



Ostrya Virginica. See Leverwood tree. 

 Ovens for cooking fish, 25, 26, 27, 28 

 Over-fishing, 247 



Owen, Sir P. Cunliffe, address by, 3 

 Oxygen, 46 

 Oyster beds of Spain, 246 



" Pacific," loss of the, 214 

 ,, seal-fisheries, 159, 171 



