ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Aalepind, v.,153 



Abalone Fishery, in the United States, 

 its value, v., 27 



Abercrombie, Mr., remarks on storm 

 warnings, vii., 193 



Aberdeen fisheries, how worked, vii., 

 95 ; advantages of using steam fish- 

 ing vessels, vii., 103 



Aberdeen, value of herring fishery 

 there, vi., 75 



Aberdeen "Whale Fishery, Code of 

 Rules for, iv., 112 



Aberffraw Bay, Anglesey, endeavours 

 made to establish a general fishery, 

 ix., 23 ; need for harbour accom- 

 modation, ix., 23 



Abergavenny Fishing Association, iii., 



143 



Aberystwith, one of the principal 

 fishing ports on the Welsh coast, 

 ix., 256 



Abuses practised in fisheries, their 

 amelioration necessary, vii., 254, 255 



Acacias. See Wattles, vii. 



Acalephae, food of herring, vi., 283, 284 



Acanthopterygian or spiny-rayed fishes, 

 ii., 147 ; x., 6 



Acanthopterygii, British fishes of this 

 order described, i., 82-150; viii., 

 57-121 ; number of genera inhabit- 

 ing rivers of India, Burmah and 

 Ceylon, ii., 472 



Acclimatization of foreign fish in Eng- 

 land, i., 201 ; meaning of the term 

 acclimatization, xi., 489 ; importance 

 of selecting suitable waters, and of 

 providing proper food, xi., 489 ; 

 stage of development at which tran- 

 sit can best be effected, xi., 489 ; 



pisciculture compared with agricul- 

 ture, xi., 489; improvement of our 

 own national fishes of even greater 

 importance than the introduction of 

 foreign ones, xi., 490 ; neglected 

 condition of our inland waters, xi., 

 490, 548 ; the Rhine salmon, xi., 

 490 ; Salmo quinnat or Californian 

 salmon, xi., 490 ; its successful pro- 

 pagation, xi., 491 ; and commercial 

 value, xi., 491 ; landlocked salmon, 

 xi., 491 ; its introduction into Eng- 

 land, xi., 491 ; hybrids, xi., 491 ; 

 varieties of trout recommended for 

 cultivation, xi., 492 ; carp, varieties 

 recommended for cultivation, xi., 

 493 ; rapid growth of this fish, xi., 

 494 ; districts recommended for 

 culture, xi., 494; recent introduction 

 of carp into England, xi., 494; shad, 

 xi., 495; black bass, xi., 495; golden 

 tench, xi., 495; field which exists for 

 improvement of our native coarse 

 fishes, xi., 495 ; the stocking of 

 canals recommended, xi., 496 ; de- 

 sirability of an extended system of 

 cultivating the mussel, xi., 496 ; 

 French system of cultivation, xi., 

 496 ; the " great mussel," xi., 496 ; 

 cultivation of sea fishes, xi., 496 ; 

 the Murray cod, xi., 497; importance, 

 when considering the question of 

 acclimatization, of knowledge as to 

 the food required by certain species 

 offish, xi., 510 



Acclimatization of freshwater fish, vi., 

 35-68 



Acclimatization. See Fish culture. 



Achil Point, fishing appliances in use 

 there, vii., 138 



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