XXI. 



THE CRAB, LOBSTER, CRAYFISH, ROCK LOBSTER, SHRIMP, AND 



PRAWN FISHERIES. 



By RICHARD RATHBUN. 



1. THE CRAB FISHERIES. 



a. ATLANTIC AND GULF COAST. 

 Common edible crab, or blue crab. 



1. Natural history and uses of the blue crab. 



2. Methods of fishing and transporting. 



3. Extent and character of the fishery. 



4. Coast review of the crab fishery. 



5. Crab canning. 



6. Statistical recapitulation of blue crab fishery. 



The minor crab fisheries. 



7. The fiddler crab, oyster crab, stone crab, and other 



minor species. 



10. 



The horse-shoe crab fishery. 



The commercial importance of the horse-shoe crab. 

 b. THE PACIFIC COAST. 



Crab fisheries of the Pacific States and Territories, 

 California to Alaska. 



c. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 

 Statistics of the crab fisheries of the United States. 



2. THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



1. General review. 



2. The fishing grounds and fishing seasons. 



3. Apparatus and methods of the fishery. 



4. The fishermen. 



5. The fresh-lobster markets. 



6. The methods of shipping ; prices. 



7. The canning industry. 



8. History of the fishery ; decrease; protective laws. 



9. The cultivation and transplanting of lobsters. 

 10. Coast review, with statistics. 



1. The crayfish fishery of North America. 



2. Methods of capture, preservation, and transportation 



in Germany. 



3. THE CRAYFISH FISHERY. 



3. Statistics of crayfish fishery for 1880. 



4. THE ROCK LOBSTER FISHERY. 



The rock lobster fishery of California. 



5 THE SHRIMP AND PRAWN FISHERIES. 



a. THE ATLANTIC AND GULF COASTS. 



1. General review. 



2. Coast review of the fisheries. 



3. Shrimp canning. 



b. THE PACIFIC COAST. 



4. The shrimp fishery. 



5. The prawn fishery. 



c. STATISTICAL RECAPITULATION. 



6. Statistics of the shrimp and prawn fisheries of the 



United States. 



