ANALYTICAL INDEX. 



Boothbay, a small fishing port of 

 Maine, v., 20 



Borer or Glutinous Hag, L, 199 ; ii., 

 167 ; vi., 278 



Borhame, a name given in Northum- 

 berland to the lemon- sole, viii.,231 



Borkum, a North Sea trawling-ground, 

 viL, 317 



Borne, Herr Max von dem, his experi- 

 ments respecting dry fertilisation of 

 salmon ova, ii., 48 ; his experiments 

 in artificial culture of carp, vi., 217 



Boston Deeps (Lincolnshire), a source of 

 supply of whelks, vi., 303 ; state of 

 the oyster and mussel fisheries there, 

 v i-> 37 > a principal source of supply 

 of mussels used as bait, vi., 311 ; 

 might be made much more produc- 

 tive, vi., 314 



Boston (United States), a centre of the 

 commercial fisheries of the United 

 States, v., 5, 20 ; fish bureau, v., 12 ; 

 one of the principal lobster markets of 

 the United States, v., 47 



Boston (Lincolnshire), Angling Asso- 

 ciation, iii., 145 ; oyster beds, iv., 100 



Botanical pond at Howietoun, vu, 49 



Bothock, a name given to the bib, viiL, 

 148 



Bothriocephalus latus, vi., 21, 257 



Botney (North Sea trawling grounds), 

 vii., 317 



Botrytis bassiaita, the cause of the 

 " muscardine " disease in silk worms, 

 vi., 10 



" Bottom fish," L, 12 



"Bottom" nets, xi., 117 



"Bou" (drag-net), v., 358 



"Bou" (trawling gear), prohibition of 

 its use recommended, vii., 255 



Bounties, early efforts to promote the 

 Scotch herring fishery by their means, 

 L, 25 ; iv., 60 ; vL, 76 ; xi., 109, 

 199 ; in modern practice payments 

 by "curers" to fishermen to secure 

 their services in catching the fish, 

 ii., 204; xi., 199-203; grants by 

 Canadian Government to fishermen 

 and owners of boats, v., 145 ; growth 

 of the bounty system, ix , 174 175 ; 

 bounties on exports of fish, ix., 



178, 1 80 ; on fishing vessels, ix., 



179 ; on imports, ix., 179 ; effect of 

 the system on the fisheries generally, 

 ix., 1 80 ; on the herring fishery, ix., 



1 80 ; on the Greenland and New- 

 foundland fisheries, ix., 183, 184; 

 changes of policy with respect to 

 bounties, ix., 228 ; Act to ensure 

 their abolition, ix., 247, 282 ; appli- 

 cation of the moneys previously 

 granted as bounties, ix., 283 ; com- 

 petitors for bounties debarred from 

 fishing before a fixed date, ix., 287. 

 See also Dutch Sea Fisheries. 



" Boutargue," xiii., 33 



Bowness, sewage from, its effect upon 

 the waters of \Vindermere unim- 

 portant, vi., 6 



Box-fleeting system, iv., 391 



Boxing system of disposing of fish 

 caught, vii., 321, 323 ; danger at-' 

 tending it, viii., 371 



Brackett, Mr. E. A., an early fish 

 culturist of the United States, v., 13 



Brackett's hatching-box, ii., 86 



Braden leathen, a name given in the 

 Moray Firth to the halibut, viii., 187 



Bradford-on-Avon Fishing Association, 

 iii., 145 



Brady, Mr., Inspector of Irish Fisheries, 

 remarks by him on the economic con- 

 dition of fishermen on the west coast 

 of Ireland, iv., 188 ; on the protec- 

 tion of salmon fisheries as compared 

 with the protection of sea fisheries, 

 vi., 56 ; on restrictions on deep-sea 

 fishing, vi., 96 ; his opinion as to the 

 desirability of artificially cultivating 

 " coarse " fish, vi., 236 ; remarks by 

 him on the artificial cultivation of 

 crabs and lobsters, vi., 348 



Bragay, a name given to the bib, viiL, 

 148 



Brahmapootra, presence of the fish-eat- 

 ing crocodile in that river, ii., 492 ; 

 increase in the number of fish therein, 

 ii., 497 



Brain-workers, fish appropriate food 



for, vii., 15-17 

 ! Bran, brant, or brent goose, iii., 315 



Bran Weir fish-pass, ii , 329 



