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Lobsters shedding, time for 729 



skipped alive 683 



in barrels 685 



size of 691 



soft-shelled, at Eastport 744 



notedible 660 



southern limit of 661 



statistics of catch 747-793 



tongs for catching 668 



total, caught in Connecticut 789 



Maine 771 



Massachusetts 784 



New Jersey 793 



New York 792 



Rhode Island 787 



United States 793 



receipts at Boston 777 



transplanting of 740 



transportation of live 673 



to market 681 



value and uses of 659 



weight of 729 



wholesale trade at Boston 776 



Lobsterville, Mass., lobster fishery at 780 



Lockington, W. N 658 



on abalones 623 



crayfish 975 



lobsters in California 743 



Lockwood, Prof. S. S 518,597,600 



Loggerhead turtles, annual catch of 496 



diving for .-. . 495 



fisheryfor 495 



Long Island, blue-crab fishery at 634,635 



decrease in native oysters at 517 



history of shore whaling at 32 



horseshoe-crab fishery at 652 



lobster fishing at 789 



mussels at 617,620 



mussel statistics at 622 



natural oyster beds in 511 



oyster planting at 53_ 



quahaug fishery at 605,608 



scallop statistics for 581 



sea-clams at 609 



scallop industry at 572,577 



soft-clam fishery at 591 



whale fishery at 106 



Long Island Sound, green crabs in 651 



oyster decrease in 516 



planting in 534 



whales in 48 



Lord, J. K., on Pacific clams 611 



Los Angeles, Cal., clams at 613 



Los Angeles County, California, abalones in 624 



Louisiana, bine crabs in 645 



oyster industry statistics , 564,565 



oysters in 512 



shrimp in 800,805 



statistics of blue crabs 648 



shrimp 810 



Lubec, Me., lobster fishery at 744 



Lukannon seal rookery, Saint Panl Island 340, 344 



Lutraria maxima 611 



Lynnhaven, Va., oyster planting at 626 



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 Lynn, Mass., lobster fishery at 775 



whale-fishery statistics, 1771 to 1775. 116 



whaling fleet of..... 171,172 



Machias district, lobster industry in 747-750 



lobster statistics in 770, 772 



Machias, Me., lobsters at 706 



soft clams at 584 



Mackerel, canned 751 , 754 , 758, 763, 765 



fishery, clam bait in 594 



Macoina nasuta 581 



Mactra falcata 581 



solidissima 581,608 



Macy's History of Nantucket 31, 63, 440 



Madagascar, sperm whales around 12 



whaling at 70 



Magdalena Bay, humpback whales in 22 



Magdalen Islands, lobster canneries at 690 



sealing at 475 



Mahone's Creek, Delaware, horseshoe crabs at 654 



Makah Indians, sealing by 394 



whaling by 62 



Maine, blackflsh at Friendship 304 



boat whaling in 40 



decrease of lobsters in 698 



extinction of oyster beds in 514 



former abundance of oysters in 509 



history of lobster fishery in 699 



lobster canning industry in 687 



fishermen in 679 



fishery in 661 



laws of 731,736 



park in 740 



statistics for 793,794 



present abundance of lobsters in 707 



quahaugs in 596 



quantity of lobster bait in 676 



reach boats ot 670 



review of lobster fishery in 744 



season for lobsters in 663 



soft-clam fishery in 584,594 



statistics of oyster indust ry 564 



statistical-recapitulation of lobster indus- 

 try 770 



transplanting native seed oysters 524 



whaling off coast of 22 



Maltby, C. S., oyster packing by 560 



Manchester, Mass., lobster fishery at 773 



Mantels, name for scallops 565 



Maories as whalemen 218-220 



Marblehoad district, lobster fishery in 775, 784, 785 



Marblehead, Mass., lobster fishery at 709,775 



Marin County, California, clams at 613 



Marion Island, sealing at. 417 



Marion, Mass., oysters at 510 



whaling fleet of 3,171,172,173 



voyages from 1870 to 1880 . 176-192 



Marquesas Islands, sperm whales off 11 



Marsh & Dennett, lobster cannery of 765 



Martha's Vineyard, boat- whaling at 29 



cat-boats of 671 



lobster fishery at 780 



laws at 727 



oysters at 510 



qnahaugsat 604 



