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, catch of, in Potomac River..........-.----- 645 
Rappahannock River ......--.. 664 
Susquehanna River .........--. 653 
caught in weirs...... .-2... 000-02 cece eee eee 342 
WIth NOOK won cs osc se cerusinecinceeie ec 650 
close-time for.---..--- 20. cnceee semen neeene 727 
cost of, to fishermen ..-....----....--.--20- 616 
country supply of .........--.--.---------- 663 
decrease Of... 22. ne ens e+ ene ee ne eee 627, 633, 638 
destroyed by eels .... 2-2-2. 20. ee eee eens 652 
OIP-N6t6 a2. <ccic Vacccvads siden cote oeeee acees. 686 
OPA R*NGUS ccsicse Gocciswccsacdstoedoestaswses ' 628 
Oriften6ts<cc¢csceweccsnseiscens comnsecees 625, 685 
Dutelt: net ec22.cest gaseeesssseoantahe sack 628, 636 
early held in disrepute .............--.-..- 660 
PPACG AD se ocie os seiniieeeecm ccices Se ties ue 649 
ORES Ofotec, venice veseseasiesietesatceisioen 684 
family supply of..-..-.-..-...- mionciee saieaes 649 
fishermen ...... 2.0220. - ence e cece ee eee eeee 615, 616 
fishery, in Albemarle Sound ...-.......... 632-637 
Altamaha River ................ 617 
Chatham, Mass ....-...-........ 297 
Cape Fear River...-............ 625 
Connecticut River .............. 659 
Delaware River..........-...... 654 
Edisto River........-.....---.-- 623 
Housatonic River............... 666 
Hudson River..........-......-- 658 
James River ........-----...0--- 638 
Maine.. .. .683-687, 701,702, 703, 704, 708 
710, 716, 724, 725 
Merrimac River.......-......-.. 673 
New York Harbor...-........... 658 
Ogeechee River.......-.....---. * 618 
Pamlico River ........-.--...... 631 
Pamlico Sound .... ..-.....-. 008 632 
Potomac River .............---. 644 
Rappahannock River..-......... 644 
Saint John’s River ............. 614-617 
Saint Mary’s River....-......... 617 
Santee River ........... -.....2. 624 
Savannah River ................ 619 
Susquehanna River ........ ..... 645 
Taunton River....-... ....2..... 667 
Winyah Bay................ 2... 624 
York River ....-..--.........2.. 642 
laying out gill-nets ........... sone-- 623 
laws relating to.....--....--....2.. 657, 727 
methods of............ 614, 615, 616, 627, 645, 
651, 657, 658 
PONG Of 5 asses ds saesssep ses scacces cacs 639 
statistics of ....... 618, 619, 621, 624, 625, 626, 
631, 664-666, 719 
with trapsm .... 2222-2022. cece eee 620 
f000 OF sse5 oe sssjsigis ee ees deeideccce eowinca oe 654 
qualities of Florida ...-- Je eee ween se ccee 615 
for domestic supply....-. 0.2.2. ...-.. 20 200- 656 
former abundance of..-........... 644, 648, 656, 699 
Value Of sess ssiss sess seciecie cecececcwes 647 
gilling-seines....-..........22. 020-202. 657 
gill-net fishery ........0... 2.2.0 ese eee 652, 666 
gill-nets ......... 615, 618, 619, 621, 623, 630, 645, 665 
grades of pickled ............-...--........ 686 
gtowth Of 22-06 .o.c00 ceecee ceen cows neeees 655 
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Shad, haul-seine fishery, statistics of ...-......-.. 666 
haul-seines........--.---- 621, 625, 628, 636, 645, 665 
iCkOryssc0 so eee cote ee teat ees aaesdens 618 
1 COU rx, asiaisvhornurtinsaie wre wa reeaeicdchirae manera wee 614, 666 
increase of, in Connecticut River .........- 663 
in pound-nets ...-,..2--- .----.-2---- 606, 608, 609 
Mid@ Ob sect. ace SciaccisiscuveceiedcmRrccaresscee 656, 684 
low price Of ....-..---0. .-- 22 eee eee eee 660 
MOSS s cccwiccscomesu acces seeeeas tees ceased 687, 724 
methods of capturing..---. .-...-----.----- 684 
CUTING .----- ane cee nee enone eee 686 
migrations Of.....----------+ -2e--- eee- eee 655 
movements Of ...--.------ --0- een ee vee eee 632, 654 
natural history of ...-....-.--------------- 683 
nets in Saint John’s River ..--..----------- 614 
night fishing for.....-..-..----...---- 640, 652, 686 
number of, to barrel....-. ...--.------- 26+ 687 
obstructed by dams......-.---..---------+- 650 
pickled .... 22. ------ .e0- eee eee ee 640, 641, 642, 709 
Planked .... 2.2222 --20e seme e seen cee cee eens 656 
pound-nets......----.-- see. eee 628, 645, 665, 666 
price of .......-.----. ene eee one 614, 649, 687,710 
proportions of buck to roe..........-...---- 630 
reaches on Saint John’s River......-.-...-- 615 
results of propagation of.....-.-.---...---- 645 
return to place of spawning .......-....---. 655 
VIVOP sees ceecicedtasnscsew as < ceeeen ates coe. 684, 719 
runs of, in Delaware River. .....-.--.--..-- 655 
Neuse River .....-....-.-.-..--- 631 
Susquehanna River ............. 646 
Galt sxcuscesecticccw eee sé Sess de Soom vice 649, 656 
scoop-nets....--..---------+---. . 621, 662 
BOR emeoeniseeisemesick eamsos lace 700, 719, 724 
seasons for ...... 613, 615, 620, 626, 633, 639, 642, 655, 
662, 683 
BONES ws sciccce cscs ecind ax'seeede secs 636, 639, 656, 685 
vast size Of ....--..-.------..20022.-. 636 
size of ....-.---.----------------- 615, 619, 648, 683 
skim-nets .... 2.222052. 22-222 2002 -s- -- 625, 629, 643 
smoked ....-.....-..- weeeeee-- 656 
spavned, called racers .....--....-.--...... 655 
spawning grounds of ......-....---...---- 614, 620 
habite Of 6s 5:cice0eseisecnics wericee <i 684 
season in Florida...--........... 615 
BPTING .--- 2+ eee ee cece eee ee eee eee eee 684 
stake-nets.-...........-----..--.-627, 636, 644, 658 
traded for salt..--... sseraielsiaiste eisielels Sisee cies 619 
trap-net ...--. 2-2) eee eee eee ROMS Suisse © 628 
traps on James River ....-....... Pyaeeib isis): 639 
TRONGON sis2.0:06 ccscesec es seiceecse ccc sece cece 655: 
LPTRIUG ion aen tee aa cexenwerede nese tenses AYO 
value of, in last century ....--....-......-. 642 
WITS ~~. ---- 2-2 eee eee ee ee ee ee ee ee 684, 719 
weight of .....--.-.--- seen cece eee nee. 656 
White ; caiess sweme ow ssessisec sues ance sie ees 639, 642 
Shadine, menhaden as ......---.-...-.------.---. 491 
Share, halibut fishermen’s ......-....--..----.--. 18 
Shares in mackerel fishery .......-.--..---.-..... 289 
Shark, Alaska........----------- 2-00 eeeeee eee e ee 206 
in Cape Cod weirs......-.-...-... ...----- 600 
thresher « sn:isjes-saee eelscer ee sebeese ce segs. “38S! 
Sharks, destroy menhaden nets .................. 332 
destructive to trawls ........-........... 179 
schooling of codfish ....... 206 
