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FISHERIES EXHIBITION LITERATURE. 



in the colony, v., 367, 368 ; the 

 area and number of the islands, &c., 

 v., 367 ; their geological formation, 

 population, &c., v., 367 ; names of 

 the principal varieties of fish caught 

 in these waters, v., 368 ; literature 

 relating to the colony, v., 373, 374 ; 

 important results likely to arise 

 from a scientific investigation of 

 the fisheries, v., 389, 391 ; pro- 

 bability of other and more valuable 

 kinds of coral being found than are 

 at present obtained, v., 391 ; steam 

 communication with New York and 

 Florida most important for the de- 

 velopment of the trade of the colony, 

 v., 392 ; suggested introduction of the 

 coral of commerce into the adjacent 

 waters, v., 420; comparative unim- 

 portance of the fisheries, xiii., 36 ; 

 condensed report thereon, xiii., 356- 



359 



Baie des Chaleurs, formerly a resort of 

 cod, v., 121, 152; large shoals of 

 herrings found there, v., 133 ; abun- 

 dance of salmon found there, v., 164 



Baird (California) hatching station, v., 

 68,69 



Baird, Professor S. F., appointed 

 United States Commissioner of 

 Fisheries, v., 53; grand prize awarded 

 to him at Berlin for fish culture, v., 

 54 ; his investigation as to the causes 

 of the deterioration of the New Eng- 

 land fisheries, v., 59 ; his views as 

 to the part played by man in the 

 destruction of fish, v., 63 ; his 

 remarks on the increase of salmon in 

 California, vi., 44, 60 ; sends eggs of 

 land-locked salmon to England, vi., 

 6 1 ; his remarks on fish culture in the 

 United States, vii., 82, 83 ; his intro- 

 duction into the United States, of 

 the German carp, vii., 102 



Bait beds, regulations for their protec- 

 tion, ix., 255 



Bait, for long lines, i., 13, 304 ; iv., 

 65 ; fish roe not allowed to be used 

 for this purpose, i., 223 ; use of crab 

 as bait, i. , 245 ; bait used in Japanese 

 waters, v., 202, 203 ; use of caplin or 



sable launce as bait for cod, v., 282 ; 

 for sea fishing generally, v., 313 ; 

 bait must correspond with the natural 

 food of the fish at the time, vi., 294 ; 

 bait for whelks, vi., 303 ; for crabs 

 and lobsters, vi., 362 ; bait used by 

 Swedish fishermen for haddock, 

 cod, and ling, vii., 287 ; by British 

 fishermen for cod, vii., 292, 293; 

 use of mussels as bait, viii., 53 ; bait 

 for bass, viii., 59; for "old wife" 

 (sea-bream), viii., 65 ; for common 

 sea-bream, viii., 67 ; for Erythrinus 

 sea-bream, viii., 69; for gurnards, 

 viii., 71 ; grey gurnard good for lob- 

 ster, &c., viii., 77 ; bait for mackerel, 

 vi., 129; viii., 93; for John Dory, 

 viii., 106 ; for sand-smelt, viii., in ; 

 for grey mullet, viii., 117 ; for cod- 

 fishes, viii., 125 ; for cod, viii., 135 ; 

 for haddock, viii., 144 ; for whiting, 

 viii., 152 ; for coal-fish, viii., 156 ; 

 for pollack, viii., 161 ; for hake, viii., 

 165; for ling, viii., 170; for sand- 

 launce, viii., 176 ; for halibut, viii., 

 189 ; for turbot, viii., 196 ; for plaice, 

 viii., 206; for the smear-dab, viii., 

 2IO ; for dab, viii., 215 ; for floun- 

 ders, viii., 220; for the common sole, 

 viii., 229 ; for gar-pike, viii., 239 ; 

 use of herrings and pilchards as bait, 

 viii., 281, 297 ; bait for shad, viii., 

 306, 308; for conger-eel, viii., 312; 

 use of dog-fish as bait for shell-fish, 

 viii., 315; of skate, viii., 319; bait 

 for thornback, viii., 320 ; use of lam- 

 perns as bait for trout, viii., 326 ; 

 best means of securing supply of fish 

 used as bait, xi., 415-485 



Balani, or acorn barnacles, iii., 307 



Balbriggan herring fisheries, vii., 76 



Balkers, viii., 292 



Ballantrse, the spawning grounds there, 

 xi, 106, 117 ; use of " bottom " nets, 

 xi., 1 1 7 ; fishing carried on there from a 

 very early period, xi., 118 ; prosperity 

 of the fishery in 1883, xi., 123, 145 ; 

 want of harbour accommodation, xi., 

 146 



Ballast, proper and improper methods 

 of securing it from shifting, viii., 362 



