P.A.KT II. 



THE COD, HADDOCK, AND HAKE FISHERIES. 



1. Early history. 



2. The fishing grounds. 



3. The fishing vessels. 



1. THE BANK HAND-LINE COD FISHERY. 



4. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



5. The care of the fish. 



6. The Marblehead hand-line fishery. 



2. THE LABRADOR AND GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE COD FISHERIES. 



1. Early history. 



2. The fishing grounds. 



3. The fishermen. 



4. The fishing vessels. 



5. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



6. Former importance of the Labrador fishery. 



7. Causes of the decline of the Labrador and Gulf fish- 



eries. 



8. Winter fishing hy Gloucester vessels on the west coast 



of Newfoundland. 



9. Early Labrador fishery from ports in Maine. 



3. THE BANK TRAWL-LINE COD FISHERY. 



1. The fishing grounds. 



2. The fishermen. 



3. The vessels. 



4. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



5. The care of the fish. 



6. Financial profits. 



7. History of trawling. 



8. Report on a cod-trawling trip to the Grand Bank. 

 By Henry L. Osborn. 



a. Itinerary of the cruise. 



6. Meteorological observations. 



o. Natural history of the cod. 



d. The vessel and outfit. 



. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



/. The care of the fish. 



g. Bait and baiting. 



4. THE GEORGE'S BANK COD FISHERY. 



1. Origin and present importance of the fishery. 



2. The fishing grounds. 



3. The fishermen. 



4. The vessels. 



5. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



6. The care and disposition of the catch. 



7. Financial profits and extent of the fishery. 



8. The fitting out of the George's fleet. 



9. History of the George's fishery from Gloucester. 



5. THE COD FISHERY OF ALASKA. 



1. Natural history of the Pacific cod. 



2. History of the fishery. 



3. The fishing grounds. 



4. The vessels and the fishermen. 



5. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



6. The care and disposition of the catch. 



7. Capital invested in the industry. 



8. Financial profits of fishermen and cnrers. 



6. THE GILL-NET COD FISHERY. 



1. Introduction. 



2. Construction and rig of the nets. 



3. The Newfoundland fishery. 



4. The American fishery. 



7. THE HADDOCK FISHERY OF NEW ENGLAND. 



1. The fishing grounds. 



2. The fishermen. 



3. The vessels. 



4. Apparatus and methods of fishing. 



5. The manner of caring for the fish. 



1. The fishing grounds. 



2. The vessels. 



6. Productiveness of the fishery. 



7. Running for the market. 



8. The manner of outfit. 



9. The haddock fishery fifty years ago. 



8. THE HAKE FISHERY. 



3. Apparatus and methods of the fishery. 



4. The products. 



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