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PART V. 
THE MENHADEN FISHERY. 
By G. BROWN GOODE and A. HOWARD CLARK. 
. Natural history and commercial importance of men- 8. Value of menhaden for manufacturing purposes. 
haden. 9. Statistics of the fishery and of oil and guano manu- 
. The fishing grounds. facture. 
. The fishermen. 10. The uses of menhaden oil; the oil market. 
. The vessels. 11. History of menhaden oil industry. 
. Apparatus and methods of capture. 12. Protective legislation. 
. Oil and guano factories. 13. The menhaden fishery at east end of Long Island from 
. The menhaden as a bait-fish. 1793 to 1880. 
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