PART V. 



THE MENHADEN FISHERY. 



By G. BROWN GOODE and A. HOWARD CLARK. 



1. Natural history and commercial importance of men- 

 haden, 

 a. The fishing grounds. 



3. The fishermen. 



4. The vessels. 



5. Apparatus and methods of capture. 



6. Oil and guano factories. 



7. Tho menhaden as a bait-fish. 



8. Value of menhaden for manufacturing purposes. 



9. Statistics of the fishery and of oil and guano manu- 



facture. 



10. The uses of menhaden oil ; the oil market. 



11. History of menhaden oil industry. 



12. Protective legislation. 



13. The menhaden fishery at east end of Long Island from 



1793 to 1880. 



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