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Fishermen, salmon, of Columbia River......-..-. 745 | Flounders, menhaden, bait for ............-.--.-- 349 
shad, profits of ......-.-.....22-.--.. 616 taken in weirs... .......---.-.----.---- 600 
Spanish....... Pisa decdjesectvoemanisiies 562 Ployd,. David G .ccicn- vesivies envees seveaciessces esas 369 
sports of ....... 22.222 eeee ee eee see. 163 Fly-hook, mackerel......--...-.- +--+ ---+ wesc sere 279 
BPOU dries eee cccvucemswasnseeeev ates: Dot Fog, dangers from..... 1... .-2--- e222 eee nee e eee 155 
squeteague.......-.2.- 2... eee afaecaiste 528 on Grand Bank. ...... 2... -.0- seee eee eee ones 165 
sturgeon, profits of ....... .........- 622 signals used i)... saa o ce esiecesceestessene xe 171 
superstitions of............. 02.20. 107,109 | Folk-lore regarding fish season ............-....-. 605 
training-school for ..........-.....-. 149 Food of cod on Grand Bank ......-.-...+-+. .-.+-- -168 
Fisherton, Wash...... 0.2... c0ce cece cececs ceanes 745 fishermen ........-...--.---- 75, 109, 132, 174, 563 
Fisher, William J., on cod schooling...--.-..----. 205 halibut sejeccGec cwse eatelecde ove soe verartan 36, 118 
Pish-B1U6 o5.o5:00 sciinie’s swebisvciawessckdu cea ceeias ae 363 mullet fishermen ..-....-..-....----.---- 563 
Fishing-gear, cod, at Shumagin Islands........... 220 Pail C00) .x-innswucesiwssawcessasegeecen 207 
for dory hand-lining..........---- . 17 supplied by fishermen.........-....-.....4. 132 
of George’s-men ........-.--------- 191 Foreign fishermen .... ........-.222e2eeee eee e wees 562 
Fishing-grounds at Newfoundland................ 135 trade in pickled herring..............---. 471 
for'codsa. 200s ceeees 121, 124, 134, 137,148 | Forest and Stream, quoted...............-..-.++ 321, 591 
frozen-herring trade.......-.- 442 | Fort Pond Bay, menhaden fishing in ............ 375-409 
groupers ...--...-...--....--- 592 Fortune Bay, baiting at ...... ....-.2.. ---..2--2- 183 
haddock -...........-......-- 121, 234 halibut fishing in.... .............- 5,44 
hake sass seve ty sceteese ee 121, 241, 242 herring fishery in.........--...----445, 461 
halibutesss tesesccsigedess sex 4, 37,44 value Of.........2-2. eee eee 472 
herring............. 419, 421-426, 461 international difficulty at..........146, 186 
mackerel .............-.....273, 276 methods of fishing at ...-........... 450 
menhaden ...--. .....--.eecee 331 natural dangers at...--. ..-... 22.22. 444 
mullet... ...- sees cecees cane 560 Newfoundland.........-.....--.-.-- 442 
Pacific cod .... ....---..eecee 212 France, fish-oil manufacture in...........---.---. 368 
Perch - scsecas cdeeae seoeecwnns 539 sardine industry in......-.-..-.-.-..--- 489,513 
red-snapper ...... .... .----- 585, 588 Franklinville, N. Y., menhaden at.....-. ......-. 373 
rockfish ...--.2- sccecccee cace 539 Frazer’s River, salmon in ...........--.0.---0--- 740, 744 
seining mackerel ............. 247 Frederica, Del...... 2.2200. .eeeee cee eee ee eee ceee 528 
Spanish mackerel ...... -..... 545 Fredericksburg, Va., shad-fishing at.... ........-. 644 
BPObi oe icciecisioicis cecciaieiaien iseees 534 Freeman’s History of Cape Cod, quoted....-...... 301 
squeteague ...... - ..---.-.-.. 527 Freezing herring, methods of ........-.-...-.---- 452 
swordfish ...... -...0..-...2-- 317 French cod fishery, bait for..............---.---. 450 
in Croatan Sound................ 632 on Saint Peter’s Bank........ 148 
Davis Strait......--..-.2. 2... 95 fishery limited by convention of 1818 -.... 148 
nature Of... -.. 22-20. ceceee cenene 168 Frenchman’s Bay hake fishery .........-...-...-. 242 
on George’s Bank ......----...... 189 Frenchmen in fresh-halibut fishery ...... ewiickwes 6 
Fishing: lines of kelp and bark ................--. 220 George’s fishery......---..----...-- 189 
Fishway at Lawrence, Mass ...........-2--..0+-- 673 on mackerel fleet. ...........---..---- 248 
Flaking herring-sardines .........-......-....--- 511 French method of trawling ........---..---..--- 158, 160 
Flatfish in Cape Cod weirs ..-%...........-2. 200- 600 Friend, Capt. Israel ........---. s0see. -eeceeseeee 37 
WOES! iginic cisieic sarceas cuecereescsceues -- 342 Friendship, Me.... 2.22... 22-22. ees eeee 295, 306, 425, 438 
Flemish Cap, fishery on.........----- +202. e200 93 FPOZON: DALE jens o.oo 6.05: oie sini wivie'sininicns: Seeiniewieisins ins. 588 
halibut fishery on.......-.....--... 5 herring fishery at New Brunswick ........ 452 
Flint Island, halibut fishery at...............0-2. 4 methods of.......-.....-.. 450 
Flitched halibut... .... 22... sence cone cee eee eee eee 109 fishing-grounds for ...:-......-..-. 442 
Flitching halibut, method of.....--...........--- 114 for bait, first use of............-.. 440 
Floating factories, menhaden ............... 345, 378-409 cod baifi ...-.. 0.2.02 eee eee 183 
Float-nets.....--2-. -20- ceene es cee eee cece ee enceee 643 L000 snic oro sieicicie's's sawmed seeceic en 456 
Floats for cod gill-nets..........-.2.-+-..... 228, 229, 230 INAUGEY 5:5) :5)0:s eines ve ceesiccviees 439-458 
herring nets. ...... ..---- scenes ccee none 430 markets for .............---..---- 455 
Florida, catch of mackerel in .. ..........-...2.0. 552 method of packing ............... 455 
grouper fishery of ......--.....2.-. 2202. 592 methods of preparing. .......-.--- 453 
mullet cast-nets in ..........-..-..0e--- 569 PPICO OF se sisiae ccisacwewicsscccneven, 456 
fishery Of ...2.. 2.02. .e-0es wen eee 576, 577 statistics of ............22-5--.-- 456, 457 
red-snapper fishery of .......-...-...... 585-592 trade, crews in......--.-....-.--- 443 
viver fisheries of........---..........---- 613 origin of.........---...---- 456 
Flounder, arrow-toothed .......... ..0--.02-encees 216 statistics of ...........--.-. 457 
MBNELY? hae ose sido ciseseund semiapaeeteie wee 349 used for smoking................- 485 
Flounders, catch of, in Rhode Island............. 606 VOSSCIG:<c20.ckesesacsoues Sees cone 443 
in Massachusetts -.........2.- 202002 667 MOAB eccsiee sesccs cased. cevesew cee seeiewas 351 
Rhode Island pound-nets.......... « 604 SINelte: sscccctciencewncucnssece these esse ee 693 
