INDEX
Reading edition
Ambergris, 106
Anadromous fish, 38
Angler (devil) fish, 18, 32
Beam trawl, 46, 77, 86
Berried lobsters, etc., 35
Bivalve, 94
Black (southern right) whale, 100, 102
Bloater, 60, 66
Blue whale, 104
Brill, 24, 31, 78
Brine pickling, 5, 110
Cachalot (sperm) whale, 100, 104
Canning of fish, 92, 93, 108, 120
Capelan, 70, 100
Cast net, 52
Cat-fish, 16
Clams, 73
Cockle, 25, 27, 53, 74, 90, 93
Cod, 2, 19, 21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 34, 37, 43, 48, 69, 78, 86, 89
—— fishing, 69-76
—— liver oil, 69, 76
Cold storage, 108
Cooking of fish, 122
Copepoda, 27, 30, 36, 90
Crab, 25, 35, 52, 90
Cran, 58, 64
Crustacea, 25, 27, 30, 31, 36, 90, 102
Cutter, 77
Demersal fish, 19, 21, 31, 89
Diatom, 28, 90, 96
Distribution of fishes, 18-27
Dog-fish, 31, 32, 34, 35, 116
—— whelk, 94, 96
Dolphin, 24
Dory fishing, 70
Drifter, 10, 50, 56
Drifting, 50, 56-8, 88
Drift net, 50, 56, 77
Drying of fish, 75, 108
Eel, 16, 38, 44
Eggs of fishes, 27, 28, 32, 34, 35, 69, 90
Fin whale, 104
Fish fertilizer, 4, 62, 76, 130
—— glue, 4, 76, 128
—— hatching, 3, 4, 92
—— leather, 4, 132
—— meal, 4
—— oil, 4, 76, 124-8
Fishery salt, 112-114
Fishing grounds, 10, 30, 69, 80-81, 83
—— traps, 42
—— weirs, 42
Fixed engines, 43
Flake drying, 75
Flounder, 16, 19, 22, 32, 39
Food of fishes, 25, 27, 30, 31, 69, 94
—— value of fish, 37, 54, 115
Gills, 16, 24, 25, 31, 94, 95
Grampus whale, 24, 104
Grayfish, 116
Greenland (Arctic right) whale, 99, 102
Gutting fish, 72, 113
Haddock, 2, 19, 22, 31, 32, 34, 37, 48, 70, 78, 86, 119
Hake, 22, 31, 70, 78
Halibut, 22, 48, 89
Harpoon, 42, 102, 104
Herring, 19, 24, 27, 30, 31, 32, 34, 36, 37, 50, 54, 55, 70, 74, 89, 91, 100, 111, 117, 119
—— fishing, 5, 9, 14, 48, 50, 54, 60, 67, 68, 88
Hose net, 44
Humpback whale, 104
Ice, 83
Immature fish, 3, 52, 86, 88
Incubation period of fish eggs, 35
Inshore fisheries, 11-13, 15, 50
Isinglass, 69, 130
Jelly fish, 28, 30, 77
Katadromous fish, 38
Kenching, 72, 110
Kipper, 60, 66
Larvae of fishes, 27, 30, 34, 35, 36, 38, 91
”Last” of herrings, 58
Limpet, 94
Line fishing, 42, 43, 70-72, 73, 74, 78
Ling, 22, 31, 32, 78
Littoral fishes, 21
Lobster, 25, 35, 52, 90-92
Lobster pots (creels), 42, 91
Mackerel, 18, 25, 27, 30, 31, 39, 44, 50, 89
Mesh of nets, 47, 52, 86, 88
Migration of fishes, 36-40
Mollusca, 25, 27, 30, 31, 36, 90, 93, 94
Mullet, 19
Mussel, 25, 27, 35, 53, 90, 93, 97-98
Nets, 43
Otter trawl, 48, 81
Overday herrings, 60, 66
Overfishing, 3, 11, 80, 84, 86, 91, 96
Oyster, 25, 27, 35, 90, 93, 94-97
—— culture, 95-97
Pelagic fishes, 24, 30, 31, 89
Periwinkle, 25, 35, 53, 94
Phosphorescence, 18, 40, 41
Pilchard, 25, 31, 44
Plaice, 2, 16, 19, 22, 25, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 44, 46, 48, 78, 86, 89
Plankton, 24, 27, 28-31, 33, 35, 36, 40, 69, 90, 94, 100
Poke net, 44
Porpoise, 24, 99
Prawn, 25, 30, 35, 90
Preservation of fish, 15, 107 (See also canning, drying, salting.)
Productivity of the sea, 28
Purse net, 44
—— seine, 44
Push net, 52
Red herring, 60, 64
Reddening of salted fish, 114
Reproduction of fishes, 32, 95, 102
Rorqual whale, 100, 102, 104
Salmon, 19, 31, 38
Salt herring, 60
Salting of fish, 5, 6, 62-64, 72, 74, 109
Seal, 99
Sei whale, 104
Seine, 44
Shad, 4, 19, 38
Shark, 4, 16, 19, 24, 32, 34, 43, 132
Shellfish, 90-99
Shrimp, 25, 30, 35, 52, 86, 90, 92, 93
Skate (ray), 6, 22, 24, 32, 34, 78
Skin of fishes, 4, 16, 132
Smack, 9, 46, 77
Smoking of fish, 64, 65, 66
Sole, 2, 16, 19, 22, 31, 32, 78, 86, 89
Spawning of fishes, 19, 24, 32, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 50, 54-55, 90, 95, 117
Spermaceti, 102, 106
Sperm oil, 102, 104, 106
Sperm whale, 100, 104
Sprat, 25, 27, 50, 91, 119
Squid, 70
Stake net, 43
Starfish, 50, 96
Steam fishing, 9, 78, 80, 84
Steam trawler, 10, 77, 81
Stickleback, 19, 35
Sturgeon, 16
Tile fish, 116
Trawl (line fishing), 71
—— net (See beam trawl, otter trawl.)
—— —— (shrimps), 2, 52, 93
Trawling, 2, 3, 9, 10, 46, 77-89
—— for herrings, 88-89
Tunny, 24
Turbot, 24, 31, 32, 78, 89
Univalve, 94
Vitamins, 123
Walrus, 99
War service of fishermen, 84
Whale, 24, 99
—— bone, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105
—— fisheries, 99
—— oil (blubber), 103, 104, 105
Whaler, 103
Whaling, 103
Whelk, 94
Whiting, 22, 31, 34, 52, 78, 86
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