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Menhaden vessels, statistics of.,...--...-22----- 360,361 | Mullet, drag-nets ......--. sisieisiceesdsieitaininnie sein sien 567 
WEIS 2220 coon e ene ne cen eee cece renee 341 dressing Of... ...000-222.eeeee-- ee-eee = 572 
Merchant, Capt. Epes W ....---.......-- 37, 197, 288, 324 Ari6d se cceewsecwndcsoseeeesses cece seeees = 560 
Merchant, Capt. George .._¢.....36, 250, 253, 259, 266, 271 Ory-salted .. 1.222. ..ceee nee een ee eee eee 572, 579 
Merrimac River ........22 022. ..2202 200s 347, 370, 667, 672 ease with which secured....-...--------++ 581 
Merritt; Hy Me occ cerca ieee cave ou ccousasceiee 606 OXPOrtarOL cedcieaccemau se iieiciarscivisice <acieee 580 
Merrymeeting Bay...-......--2..2-.0b-eeeeee aces 719 feeding-grounds of ......---------+--+-+- 556, 560 
Miamogue, menhaden fishing at ........--..-.-- 371-409 ASNOEMECN jeewirseaeicess wecaipietsiemene,sictiowier 561,570 
Michigan City, trawl fishing at...............--. 767 FSHOLY sis a :0:0s aves <einim ein sninie's wmininine dee eesces 553 
Microgadus proximus in Pacific........-...-.:-.. 200 apparatus of........---.-.---2+---- 562 
HOM -0Od eoweies ce sseneacacccce caee eos 678 care of catch ....--.--..----2------ 572 
Middle Bank, halibut fishery on...... EAL Ra 33 methods of ....-...-..----- e------- 562 
Middle Bay, Maine ...-2. 22.20... 0200 eee eee ewes 724 of Great Lakes ........--....------ 766 
Middlesex, Conn.,shad at ..........-.2.scee- eee 660 OTIQIN Off ac:escainie exes mescicnn aie aeies 559 
Middletown, Conn...... 2.222... eee. cen ee eee nee 660 PVOfits OF ao sescccwsse sess saenem ocise 582 
Migrations of cod. .... 0.22. .0200 cence cee acne 166, 167 Statistics Ofsio0sacs sce ses2 soe sxe 575 
Miles, George W....... 2222-225 eeee cece ee ceee eens 344 fishing-grounds for.............--...-.-.. 560 
Milford; Del scmstasaweiecscacusecsewsieinde asic memes 533 food qualities of ....-. ..-----.-.-02+---- 577, 581 
Millbrid g@)- Me... sesusosreusoneesss eesea unas 474, 520 for grouper bait .......-..------- 20. - wees 593 
Milner, Professor -......--..------.----- 633, 651, 759, 768 POSH esawins cess stews saswew ceeeees 572, 575-577 
Milk Island, floating traps at .--.......-...--0.- 599 Gill-nets cxcscsesce wa saeye soem sees sone 568, 575-577 
Milton; Del -.-iieceseseesseuscciwesienses catsee 528, 533 habits of.... 2.2.2. 220-20. Genes ee eeee eee = 555 
Milwaukee, gill-net fishery at..........2...2-.-+- 762 hook-and-line fishery for............--.--- 570 
seine fishery at ..........-----...--.- 766 In Florida. vccse4 seine, cseees soos veecewres 614 
Miquelon Beach, halibut fishery at...........--.. 4,44 markets fOr gece sxsesiesinsis weiss eae aie stares 577 
Miquelon, halibut fishery at.........--.....--.-- 17 market value of ......-- .-2002 -225 nee eee 578 
Miramichi, cod fishery at ...-...-..-.------.---- 137 meTits Of fresh cose cence sseeee veces sineces 581 
Miscou Flat, cod fishery on ....-....----. 200+... 137 methods of packing ..........-...-..----. 573 
large cod on ......- jichniciebsisiate weieleibisiaie 139 preserving ..--....2--.--2.---- 572 
Mispillion Creek, Delaware ........-.----------0- 528 movements Of .... 222. 22.0 cree ween en ene eee 556 
Mississippi, mullet fishery 6f.........--.....-..-- 577 NAMES FOL... 22... ane ene cee ee ce eeenee 555 
Mitchell, J. M., on herring .........----...-.---- 420 pound-nets .... 22.2.5. -eee eee eee ee eens 570 
Mobile Bar, red-snapper fishery at..............-. 585 TOCS esa esiieiereisid-aeissiceinanncie meres aieeisice seem 573 
Mobile, red-snapper fishery from .......--.....-- 585, 587 O10 is siecle scalp cals Soeieisieas seeREdaeeeee 575 
Mohawk River’ oo2200s0s:sescie sacs cece esas scines 658 PPOGN  <sie cp oe cesjeteseprecinie ccisprime nee 574 
Molloy, JODN «6 o:ccnjo0cneevesiewe sistem secwae seenes 223 method of curing ..........---...---- 573 
Monhegan Fall Ground .... 2... 2... 220. --00--ceee 234 salted. ...cc-crreess xs disldhi wag Siew aes vets 575 
Monhegan Island, herring fleet of .............--. 438 statistics of..........---.----+2,--- -576-577 
‘ mackerel off ........20---.--00 247, 276 salted ..........-..,: 560, 572, 575. 576, 577, 578, 582 
fishery atiscnecc cecece sone seewss 647 seine fishery: .. .- sceiwigs wecece sesese ieeeens 565 
Monomoy Point, pound-nets at -.......2.......-+ 602 BOINOS isso oo seen ats iarstaris aaiarsis diseiainieie debe 563, 576, 577 
Moon-eyes, dip-net fishery for ........--20.. --00e - 769 size of....-..--.- fears eatnis ene nasernaae Seley se 557 
Moon, herring fishery affected by .........--....- 503 spawning grounds of ..........-.--------- 560 
Moosehead Lake, Maine .......-.. .-------------- 716 habits of....-. ....----.-.2-08-- 556 
Morey, George, on herring ........-.---.--------- 424 stake-nets .......-.--. sp eeeanisemeossasis 568 
Mossbunkers, canned........--.2 ee---- eee eee ene 490 BOP fishing. acisiccssscissceasccieccacs ewanins 569 
menhaden called ....-..........-.- 329 BWCD-NGtS oo 5 ws ieneerscasicemesesarsnieaiersjais 568 
Mount Desert Island .... -... 2. -22.-2- cece eee eee 705 trade in fresh s.ecscwsscessoeess wecenweines 578 
Mount Desert, Me., herring fishery of........ 423, 438, 459 Murderkill Creek, Delaware .............2-.-.005 528 
Labrador fishery from ........ 147 | Maurres at Shumagin Islands ........... PE alcinieinic 215 
Mount Desert Rock, mackerel off................ 247, 276 Mutual Fishing Insurance Company ........-..-. 189 
Mousam River, Maine...--. 002.02 ee ee ween ee nee 725 Mya arenaria....... ioiaip histo pletere emilee ches Sieh oi steel Srsieve 127 
Mogil albtla ccecsccc.-sasacecneccecccacscwoces 555 Mystie, Conn., flounder fishing from ....-.t...... 349 
DrAZiGNSiG nin naceaene dees ccaie cence eee sae 555 Mystic River, Massachusetts,.....-.-.-..---.---- 667 
MONICANG) 22:2 <sces scicmic Seles weeuceleee sc nese 560 Nantes, France, sardine canneries at 490 
Mallet, abundance of .......... ..0.0- eweeee scene 556, 580 Nanticoke shad fishery ....... 222-2... -0esseeee- 647 
Da e-NG bis 2.cj2 in ceicicdse sa closie wniemrcie cigesiow welece 569 Nantucket, pound-net fisheries of ............-.-597, 602 
DOM aceiscia.cesectvetenes cceecattucca anne 555, 560 pound-nets at 2.0.22. 22-2 seee eee eee . 604 
CAMP 5 sac caciatin dat wincsawardien: absaraciocietece 563 Nantucket Shoals, halibut fishery on ........-... 4. 
catch of, in seines ... 20. 20.25. cone ceee wees 567 ODais oeceecmipwiscca ce ecae, 04,37 
cast-net fishery ..--.. 22.2222. ceeeee ceeeee 569 Napeague, N. Y., menhaden at..............---- 374-409 
cast-nets, statistics of ........-. 2.200. wnee 577 pound-nets at -....... .......-.- 607 
development of fishery for............. ‘.-- 580 Narragansett Bay, herring in ..............-..... 426 
distribution of ...2.. 0200. .-.c00 cones e--- 555 pound-net fisheries of ........ 597, 604 
