272 Part III. — Twenty -fifth Annual Report 



INDEX. 



Acartia, 268. 



Age of the common mussel, 237. 



Anstruther district, fluctuations in her- 

 ring fishery in, 97. 



Ascidians, commensals of, 215. 



Ayrshire, herring fishery on coast of, 41, 

 42, 45-62. 



Ballantrae Bank, routes by which 



herrings approach, 62. 

 statistics of herring fishery 



on, 49. 



district, catch of herrings within 



limits of, 1863-1887, 109. 

 statistics of herring fishery in, 



46. 



proportion of herrings taken in 



the Solway, 

 Boreophausia, 268. 



Calanus, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 269. 



finmarchicus, 268. 



helgolandicus, 262, 266, 267, 268. 



Caligidse, 216. 

 Caligus rapax, 265, 267. 

 Campbeltown district, limits of, 62. 

 catch of herrings within limits 



of, 1863-1887, 109. 

 statistics of herring fishery in, 



62. 



and Inveraray districts, statistics 



of herring fishery in, 92. 

 Centropages, 269. 



hamatus, 262, 263, 267, 268. 



typicus, 268. 



Chemical composition of herring, 197. 

 Copepoda from Scottish seas, 209. 



Decapod larvae as food for herrings, 269. 

 Dinemoura, 216. 

 Doropygidee, 212. 



East coast, fluctuations of herring fishery 



on, 98. 

 Echthrogaleus, 216. 

 Euchceta norvegica, 269. 

 Evadne nordmannii, 262, 267. 



Firth of Clyde, fluctuations in herring 

 fishery in, 98. 



quantities of barrels of her- 

 rings taken, 1863-1887, 109. 



statistics of fishermen since 



1825, 27. 



statistics of fishing boats since 



1825, 27. 



statistics of herrings cured 



since 1809, 23. 



Firth of Clyde, statistics of herring 



fishery in, 94. 

 Fishermen, scientific and technical 



instruction to, 7. 

 Food of herring, 260. 



of Clyde herrings, 263. 



of Firth of Forth herrings, 266. 



of Lochbroom herrings, 264. 



of Lochfyne herrings, 261. 



Food-value of the herring, east coast, 



197. 



Gareloch, herring fishing in, 46. 



Gastrosaccus spinifer, 268. 



Glasgow district, catch of herrings within 



limits of, 1863-1887, 109. 

 Greenock district, catch of herrings 



within limits of, 1863-1887, 109. 



great fishing in, 1868, 42. 



limits of, 40. 



statistics of herring fishery in, 



40. 



Growth of common mussel, 221, 233, 

 237 ; horse mussel, 233. 



of spout-fish {Solen siliqua), 251. 



" Gut-poke " in herring, 270, 



Harrietella simulans, 209, 210. 



Hatchery, annual expense of mainten- 

 ance of, 257. 



visits of fishermen to, 257. 



Hatching of plaice, 256. 



Herring, chemical composition of, 197. 



of " fulls," 198, 199, 200, 



202, 204. 



of " maties " of east 



coast, 200, 203, 204, 205, 206. 



, of spents, 201, 203, 205. 



food-value of east coast, 197. 



food of, 260. 



food of, Clyde, 263. 



food of, Firth of Forth, 266. 



food of, Lochbroom, 264. 



food of, Lochfyne, 261. 



food of, Stornoway, 265. 



"gut-poke" in, 270. 



spawning of, on Ayrshire coast, 47. 



Herring fishery, description of seine-net, 

 16. 



description of drift-nets, 17. 



on Ayrshire coast, 41, 42, 



45-62. 



in Ballantrae district, 46. 



in Campbeltown district, 62. 



in Gareloch, 44, 46. 



in Greenock district, 41. 



in Inveraray district, 76. 



in Kyles of Bute, 33-40. 



