792 



INDEX. 



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Meuliaden bait, method of iciug 349 



on Graud Bank fleet 343 



value of 347 



baiting fleet 335 



canned 330 



inoil 490 



carry-away boat ^ 374 



catch of 409-416 



in Massachusetts 667 



near Connecticut River 666 



caught in weirs 342 



codfish in school of 391 



commercial i mportance of 329 



dip-nets 340,374 



disappearance of, in Maine 423 



early uses of 371 



emptying seine of 339 



factories -. 331,365,367,373 



capacity of 335 



cost of 365 



in Maine 331 



on Chesapeake Bay 638 



statistics of 361 



first used for mackerel bai t 346 



fishermen 332,333,345,361 



fishery 327-416 



apparatus of 335 



atLonglslandfrom 17'.l3tol880. 370 



economy of 333,334 



methods of . . 335, 338, 366, 367, 371-409 



organization of 345 



season for 409-416 



settlement with crew 333,334 



statistics of 360, 361, 362 



fishing at night 259 



grounds for 331 



on a Long Island steamer 338 



fleet, value of 334 



floating factories 345 



for bait 342,345,376 



capture of 341 



lack of 435 



priceof 282 



quantity used 282, 362 



bluefish bait 347 



cod bait 193,345,436 



food 330,342 



hake bait 24-2 



halibut bait 12,42,112,349 



mackerel bait 205,280,281,330,345 



manufacturing purposes 356 



manure * 607 



former abundance of 335,376,377,380 



geographical distribution of 329 



gill-net fishing for 341 



gill-nets 341,530 



great haul of 335 



grounds, area of 331 



gnano 638 



ammonia in 362 



patent for making 3G9 



statistics of 330,361 



habits of 341 



in Buzzard's Bay (503 



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Menhaden in Chesapeake Bay 638 



Gulf of Mexico 329,588 



Long Island Sound 30-409 



mackerel fishery 353 



Rhode Island pound-nets (104 



weirs 000,602 



industry in Chesapeake Bay 369 



statistics of 354,361 



large hauls of 372,378-409 



laws for protection of 353, 379 



legislation for protection of 370 



methods of canning 490 



seining 337 



movements of 329,331,377 



names of 329 



natural history of 329 



number taken 330 



Oil and Guano Association 362 



oil of, adnlterat ion of 363 



early manufacture of. 364, 30r>, 360, 36*, 3(19 



exports of 363 



factory, capacity of 344 



cost of 344 



for tanning 355 



grades of 344, 363 



industry, history of 364 



manufacture of 343 



markets 364 



patent for steaming..., 369 



prices of 363, 364 



refining of , 343 



statistics of 330,361 



uses of 362 



yield of 357,358,359,638 



packed as sardines '. 490 



pot works .- 373 



pound-nets 341 



press, first nseof 366 



priceof 332,333,347,374-409 



protective legislation for 370 



purse-boat 374 



purse-seine 26S>, 335 



salted for food 347 



scrap :i(i:i 



seasons for 329 



seine-boat 250, 251, 336 



seines, size of 347 



seining, best time for 341 



methods of 337,338 



size of 329,356 



slivering 346 



slivered 348,353 



slivers for cod bait ; 133 



haddock bait 236 



value of 347 



statistics of catch of 330, 354, 362 



steamers, crew of 332 



description of 334 



first used 368 



in mackerel fishery 304 



unloading cargo of 337 



used by farmers 330,371-409 



value of 350,357 



vessels, description of 334 



