TABLE OF CONTENTS, 



INTEODUCTION. By Eichaed Eathbun vii 



LIST AND EXPLANATION OF CHAETS xiii 



A.— The SEA FISHING GEOUNDS of the Eastern Coast op NOETH AMEEICA 



FROM GEEENLAND to MEXICO. By Joseph W. Collins and Eichard 



Eathbun. 



1. Davis Strait 5 



2. TliB Atlantic Coast of Labrador S 



3. The Eastern and Southern Coasts of Newfoundland 13 



4. The Gulf of Saint Lawrence IS 



5. The Outer Coasts of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia, including the Bay of Fundy 23 



6. The Coast of Maine 26 



7. The Coasts -of New Hampshire and Massachusetts south to Nantucket , 39 



8. The Gulf of Maine ." 42 



9. Tie Southern Coast of New England 46 



10. New York to Southern Florida ' i9 



11. The Gulf of Mexico, by Silas Stearns 55 



12. The Offshore Banks, including the Grand Banks , 61. 



13. The mackerel and menhaden fishing grounds of the eastern coast of the United States 7.5. 



B.— Th^ sea pishing GEOUNDS of the PACIFIC COAST of the UNITED 

 STATES FROM the STEAITS OF FUCA to LOWEE C-ALIFOENIA. By 

 DAYii) S. Jordan. 



14. The Pacific Coast from the Straits of Fuca to Lower CaUfomia 79 



C— The FISHEEY EESOUECES and FISHING GEOUNDS of ALASKA. By 

 Tarlbton H. Bean. 



15. The fishery resources of Alaska 81 



16. A review of the Alaskan fishing grounds by districts yg 



17. Statistics of the Alaskan fisheries in 1880 nj 



18. Table showing the geographical range of food-fishes in Alaska 1 13 



1).— The fishing GEOUNDS of the GEBAT LAKES. By Ltjdwig Kumlien and 

 Frederick W. True. 



19. Lake Superior ,._ 



20. Lake Michigan and the Straits of Mackinac 119 



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