INDEX. 617 



Scotch Herring Fishery Board, 172, 182, 243 ; changes in its constitution, 

 246 ; functions of the Board, 246, 247 



Scotland, north coast, general deficiency of harbour accommodation, 19 ; 

 suggestions as to mode of providing funds for improvements, 19 j Port 

 Sculliance, 20 ; Tolmine, 20 



Scotland, west coast, possesses good natural harbours, 21 



Scouring of channels and harbours, by back waters, 105 ; by artificial means, 

 107 ; duration of scouring, 109 ; effective velocities of currents, 109 



Sea, the, heights reached by it in gales and storms, 52 



Sea fisheries, a nursery for the Navy, 173, 174 ; all British free to take part 

 in them, 174, 240 ; protective legislation unnecessary, 207 ; with some 

 few exceptions, 208 ; state of the law at present with respect to them, 

 219 ; fishing ports of England, Wales, and the Isle of Man, 255-257 



Sea Fisheries Act of 1843, 239 



Sea Fisheries Act of 1868, 210, 235, 261-264, 266 



Seal fishery, international convention respecting it, 194 ; protection of seals 

 probably a fit subject for legislation, 208 ; establishment of a close time 

 for seals, 287. See also Dutch Sea Fisheries. 



Seine-net fishing, Acts passed for its protection, 198 ; disputes between 

 " drifters " and " seiners," 198 ; mode of using the seine-net, 231 ; pro- 

 tected by Fisheries Act of 1868, 246, 278 



Selden, John, his work on " Mare Clausum," 471 



Semeyns, Meynert, his work on the Dutch herring fishery, 345, 356 



Shadwell, proposed fish market there, 164 



Shingle, its deposit at entrances to harbours, 102 



Shoaling of natural bays, 103 



Side channels for reducing waves in harbours, 74 



Signals, 239 



Silt, its deposit in harbours, 101 



Smeerenburg, the centre of the Dutch whale fishery, 402 ; its prosperity, 

 404 ; and decline, 409 



South of England Oyster Company, grant to them of a " several " fishery, 265 



Spawning beds, definition of the term, 258 ; distinction between spawning 

 beds and spawning grounds, 258, 260 ; legislation for the protection of 

 spawning beds of mussels and oysters, 261 j procedure to be adopted 

 under Sea Fisheries Act of 1868 to establish protection in particular 

 localities, 261 ; heavy expenses attending it, 262 ; nature of the protec- 

 tion granted, 262-264 ; regulations for protection of spawning beds in 

 general, 264 



Spawning grounds, their locality uncertain, 257 ; distinction between spawning 

 grounds and spawning beds, 258 ; examples of spawning grounds, 258 j 

 futility of past efforts to protect them, 259 



Spawning places, how defined, 258 ; examples of localities so designated, 258; 

 protective legislation, 259, 260 



Spawn, incorrect ideas respecting it, 170, 210 



Statistics of Scotch herring fishery, 173 ; value of statistics, 183, 215 



Statutes relating to fisheries, analysis of them, 296-298 



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