INDEX. 



561 



Breams, king of the, local name for the Erythrinus sea-bream, 69 



Breams, sea. See Sea-breams. 



Breeding, 34 



Bret, brett, breat, brat, birt, names given to the turbot, 193 ; " brett " also to 



the brill, 199 

 Brill, 199-201 



Bristol, fisheries unimportant, 339 



Britt, a name given in Devonshire to young sprats or young herrings, 298 

 Browny, a name given in Cornwall to Miiller's and Bloch's topknot, 201 

 Buck-mackerel, name given in Scotland (Banff) to the scad, 99 

 Buckthorn, name given to haddock (generally when dried), 141 

 Building of fishing vessels, 353 ; working of present law relating thereto, 379 

 Bull-heads, 70-79 



But, a name given to the halibut, 18 

 Butt, a name given at Yarmouth to the flounder, 216 

 Byrte-fish, a name given to the turbot, 193 



C^ECAL APPENDAGES, l6 



Camrels, name given to haddocks after spawning, 141 



Cardiff, fisheries unimportant, 339 



Cardigan, fisheries unimportant, 339 



Carf, or carp, a name given on the north-east coast of Ireland to the common 

 sea-bream, 66 



Carnarvon, fisheries unimportant, 339 



Carriers, 370-371 



Cartilaginous fishes, 314-320 



Catadromous fishes, 56 



Cat-fish, a name given in Sussex to the greater weever, 80 



Caudal fin, its position, 8 ; how used, 8 



Ceithnach, a local name for the coal-fish, 154 



Certificates of masters and mates of fishing vessels ; regulations of Merchant 

 Shipping Bill, 1882, on the subject, 420 



Chad, a name given on the south-west coast of England to the common sea- 

 bream when young, 66 



Chondropterygian fishes, their characteristics, 7 ; species found in British 

 seas, 314-320 



Circulation of water in the ocean, 38 



Claspers, 34 



Cleghorn, Mr., his report on the herring fishery, 257 



Close time for salmon, 502, 532-533 



Coal-fish, 153-158 



Coalman, a local name for the coal-fish, 154 



Coalsay or coalsey, a local name for the coal-fish, 154 



Coal- whiting, a local name for the coal-fish, 154 



Cod-fishes, various kinds : geographical distribution, 12 1 ; capacity to exist 

 in fresh water, 122 ; antiquity of the cod fishery, 123 ; means of capture, 

 124; bait, 125; modes of preserving alive for market, 125 126; 

 diseased, 127 



Cod, 128; varieties of form and colour, 129; habits, 130; voracity, 131; 

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