A History of the Menhaden

George Brown Goode

Orange Judd Company, 1880 - Menhaden fisheries - 529 pages

Contents

• SECTION A INTRODUCTION: 1
• APPENDIX N Statements of correspondents Continued 23 Statement of David F Loring Highland lightstation North Truro Mass March: 2
• Page: 18
• A DESCRIPTION OF THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF BREVOORTIA WITH ANATOMICAL: 19
• SECTION N MENBADEN AND OTHER FISH AND THEIR PRODUCTS AS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE Continued: 23
• Size: 31
• Rate of growth of young fish: 32
• Rate of growth of fish during their sojourn on the northern coast: 33
• Arrangement and number of scales: 34
• The swim bladder: 35
• Southern limit of range: 36
• Range of other species of the genus: 37
• The arrival and departures of the schools: 38
• Review of the dates of movement upon the entire coast: 39
• Stay on the coast of North Carolina: 40
• Stay on the coast of Virginia and Chesapeake Bay: 41
• Stay on the coast of Now Jersey: 42
• Stay in Long Island Sound 73 Stay in Block Island Sound: 43
• Stay in Narragansett Bry 76 Stay in Marthas Vineyard Sound: 45
• Table showing dates of appearance of menhaden at Waquoit Weir 185972: 46
• Stay in Cape Cod Bay 81 Stay about Cape Ann 82 Stay in the Gulf of Maine: 48
• Mr Maddocks account of the movements of the schools on the coast of Maide: 50
• The influence of ocean temperatures upon the movements of the menhaden: 52
• General considerations as to the winter retreat of summer fishes: 56
• 8 The theory of extended migrations discussed with special reference to the mackerel: 62
• The arguments against oxtended migrations of the menbaden: 65
• The hypothesis of the oceanic sojourn of the mophaden: 66
• A criticism of Rimbauds classification with a new classification by habits of east coast fishes: 68
• The movements of the schools of menhaden: 70
• Movements of the schools to and from the surface: 71
• Review of the success of the fisheries in New England since 1865 by Mr D: 88
• SECTION H THE ENEMIES AND FATALITIES OF THE MENHADENContinued 25 Parasites of the menhadenContinued: 101
• Inferences to be drawn from the presence of these parasites: 103
• Other parasites: 104
• The destructireness of sharks: 105
• Ravages of the bluefish and the bonito: 106
• The menhadon driven upon the shores: 107
• Captain Spindels account of the ravages of the bluefish: 108
• An estimate of the number of menbaden annually consumed by predaceous fish: 109
• Man and the fisheries: 110
• Comments upon these allegations: 111
• Professor Hinds unwarranted statements: 112
• THE MESIIADEN FISHERIES: 113
• Difficulty experienced in obtaining statistics: 114
• Tisheries in Massachusetts: 115
• Fisheries in Connecticut: 116
• Fisheries in Virginia and North Carolina: 117
• The seineboats: 120
• The sailing ressels See also Appendix I: 122
• Certain requirements of purseseine fishing: 123
• The best time of day for using the purseseine: 124
• Fishing on the coast of Massachusetts: 125
• lishing on the coast of Maine: 127
• Gill net fishing on the coast of Maino: 128
• Weir fishing for menbaden: 129
• Fishing for fatbacks in North Carolica: 131
• The menhaden fishery and land industries: 132
• Laws regulating the menhaden fishery of Massachusetts: 133
• SUPERSECTION ECONOMICAL VALUE AND APPLICATIONS OF THE MENFADEN: 135
• Menbaden gelted See also Appendix G: 136
• SECTION K THE MENHADEN AS A SOURCE OF FOODContinued 36 Foodpreparations derived from the menhaden: 137
• The qualities of American sardines: 138
• Mr Goodales Extract of FishMethods of pre and uses: 139
• Possiblo yield of Extract of Fish: 140
• THE MENHADEN AS A BAITFISH: 141
• Comparative value of menhaden and other bait: 142
• Comparative value of herring and menhadon for tollbait: 143
• The testimony of Canadian officers as to the value of menbaden bait: 146
• Testimony before the Halifax Commission regarding the greater value of menhaden bait: 147
• The use of menhaden bait in coast fisheries: 148
• Estimate of the annual consumption of menbaden bait: 149
• Use of menhaden bait by the Georges Bank fleet: 150
• Use of menbaden bait by the Connecticut smacks: 151
• The Connecticut method of icing bait: 152
• Conflicts between baitfishermen and manufacturers of oil: 155
• Present aspects of the conflict in Maine: 156
• Claims of Hor Majestys government: 157
• Reply of the agent of the United States: 158
• Reply in behalf of Her Britannic Majestys government: 159
• Other references to the menhaden in the testimony and affidavits: 160
• The argument of Mr Dana: 161
• Tho claims of Connecticut and New York: 162
• The inception of the oil business in Maino: 164
• The location of the oilfactories See also Appendix H: 165
• Factories in Rhode Island: 166
• Factories in New York: 167
• Factories in New Jersey: 168
• Factories on the Southern coast: 169
• A description of processes employed in manufacture: 170
• The factory of George W Mies Co: 171
• The factory of Joseph Church Co: 172
• The factory at Napeague N Y: 173
• The model of the factory of Joseph Cburch Co: 174
• Organization of the fishing gangs: 176
• Mr Goodales improved method for extracting the oil: 177
• Proposed chemical method: 178
• Prices proportionate to amount of oil to be obtained from the fish: 180
• Oil yield of southern fish: 183
• Statistics of the manufacture of oil and guano: 184
• Returns for the United States: 187
• Comparative yield of oil from the men baden and whale fisheries: 190
• Comparative yield of nitrogen from the menbadenfactories and from the imports of bird guano: 191
• The markets for menbaden oil: 192
• Reviews of the market for individual years: 193
• SECTION N MEXHADEN AND OTHER FISH AND THEIR PRODUCTS AS RELATED TO AGRICULTURE By W 0 Atwater See also Appendix 0: 194
• Menhaden in a fresh state used as a fertilizer: 195
• Use at beginning of present century and later: 196
• Use at present day: 200
• Experience in Connecticut Mr Clift: 201
• Experience of Mr Hall and Mr Loveland: 203
• Statements of Professor Cook of New Jersey: 205
• Other testimony: 208
• Early manufacture in Rhode Island: 209
• Manufacture in Canada: 210
• Early manufacture in France: 212
• Early manufacture in England: 213
• The Norwegian fishguano: 214
• Manufacture of glue and removal of oil in preparation of fish guanos: 217
• Success of fishguano as a fertilizer in Europe: 218
• Kinds of fertilizers made from fish refuse: 219
• ishguano methods of manufacture and needs of improvement statements of Professor Goessmanr: 223
• Statement of Mr Maddocks manufacture in Maice: 224
• Adamsons process: 225
• Immense waste of fish at present Possibilities of future manufacture: 226
• Manufacture of ammoniated superphosphates: 227
• Chemical composition of menhaden and other fish and of fish manures: 228
• Analyses of wholo menhaden ond of flesh and bones of whalo 228 VO 299 Analyses of fish fertilizers: 229
• Waste from faulty manufacture and use of fish fertilizers: 230
• Essential ingredients of plant food: 231
• Ingredients commonly lacking in wornout soils and hence most important in ferti lizers: 233
• Explanation of chemical terms used in fertilizer analyses: 234
• Valuations of commercial fertilizers See also Appendix O: 235
• Relative values of different fertilizers Fish and Peruvian guano: 244
• Ways of improving fish manure fermentation: 247
• Feeding to stock: 248
• Danger in using fish fertilizers alone: 249
• Fish as food for domestic animals: 250
• General principles of feeding maintenance and production: 251
• Digestion of foods by animals as tested by European experiments: 254
• What is essential to economy in feeding Proportions of albuminoids and carbo hydrates: 255
• Composition and valuations of various food materials German tables: 256
• Early experience in use of fish as food for stock Feeding cattle on fish in Massa chusetts: 258
• Other European experience: 259
• Experiment of Professor Farrington on fish scrap vs cornmeal for sheep: 260
• European experiments on digestion and nutritive valae of fish: 263
• General conclusions: 264
• Recapitulation: 265
• Fish as food for stock: 266
• APPENDIX A Circular relating to statistics of the menbadea fishery: 268
• APPENDIX B List of correspondents from whom contributions have been received: 271
• Bibliography of literature relating to the mephaden: 274
• Extracts from writings of ichthyologists relating to the menhaden: 279
• From Mitchills Fishes of New York Transactions of Literary and Philosophical Society of New York 1815 p 453: 282
• From Storers History of the Fishes of Massachusetts 1867 p 168: 283
• From Dekays Zoology of New York Fishes 1842 p 259: 286
• From Uhler and Luggers List of the Fishes of Maryland 1876 p 133: 287
• From Günthers Catalogue of Fishes in the British Museum VII p 436: 288
• APPENDIX F Tables of ocean temperatures for certain points on the east coast of the United: 291
• Partial list of vessels employed in the menhaden fishery: 297
• Proceedings of the United States Menhaden Oil and Guano Association: 358
• Annual reports of menhaden oil and guano manufacturers in the State of Maine: 368
• APPENDIX N Statements of correspondents Continued: 373
• collector Belfast Me: 375
• Statement of Washington Olin keeper of Pond Island light near Booth Bay Mo: 393
• Statement of William Atwood lighthouse keeper Plymouth Mass February: 404
• Statement of David F Loring Cape Cod lightstation North Truro Mass February 23 1875: 409
• Statement of Josiah Hardy 2d Chatham Mass February 17 1874 and January: 410
• Statement of Alonzo Y Lothrop Hyannis Mass February 18 1874 and January: 412
• Statement of William S Allen Nantucket Mass January 1875: 413
• Statement of R C Kenney Nantucket Mass January 21 1874: 414
• Statement of C B Marchant collector of customs Edgartown Mass January: 416
• Statement of Jason Luce Co North Tisbury Mass January 6 1875: 417
• Statement of Luce Brothers East Lyme December 4 1877: 418
• Statement of E T De Blois Portsmouth R I November 26 1877: 425
• Statement of William H Potter Mystic River Conn January 27 1874: 428
• Statement of John Washington Mystic Conn December 30 1874: 430
• Statement of Leander Wilcox Mystic Bridge Conn January 15 1875: 431
• Statement of Samuel C Beebe Cornfield Point lightvessel No 12 Saybrook Conn January 6 1875: 432
• Statement of R E Ingham Saybrook lighthouse Saybrook Conn March 17 1874: 433
• Statement of J L Stokes Westbrook Conn February 25 1875: 435
• Statement of B Lillingston Stratford Conn February 23 1874: 437
• Statement of W S Havens Sag Harbor N Y January 1 1875: 441
• Statement of Hawking Brothers Jamesport N Y February 25 1875: 443
• Statement of Benjamin H Sisson Greenport R I January 29 1874: 445
• Statement of David G Vail River Head Long Island March 20 1875: 447
• Statement of Joseph Whaley Point Judith light Point Judith R I December: 449
• Statement of A G Wolf Absecom light Atlantic City N J March 6 1874: 450
• Statement of Albert Morris Somers Point N J January 12 1875: 451
• Statement of D E Foster Cape May lighthouse N J February 15 1875: 453
• Statement of James H Bell Mispillion River Delawaro Bay January 23 1875: 454
• Statement of Benjamin Tice Maurice River light January 11 1875: 457
• Statement of Hance Lawson Crisfield Md January 22 1874: 458
• Statement of Isaac D Robbins Hog Island February 21 1874: 460
• Statement of G Henry Seldon Kinsale Westmoreland County Va August 1874: 461
• Statement of Henry Richardson Capo Henry February 9 1874: 464
• Statement of C G Manning Edenton N C January 6 1875: 465
• Statement of A W Simpson jr Cape Hatteras N C January 20 1875: 470
• Statement of A W Simpson jr Cape Hatteras N C January 25 1875: 471
• Statement of Wallace R Jennett Cape Hatteras N C February 26 1874: 474
• Statement of A C Davis Beaufort N C February 14 1874 and January 27 1875: 475
• Statement of W T Hatsel Bodys Island N C March 4 1874 and February 23 1875: 477
• Statement of W A Harn Morris Island S C January 21 1875: 478
• Statement of George Gage Beaufort S C January 20 1874: 479
• Statement of J F Hall Brunswick Ga April 11 1876: 481
• Statement of Charles Koch Jacksonville Fla January 15 1874: 482
• Statement of D P Kane Matagorda Texas March 1 1874: 483
• Letter from C A Goessman on the agricultural value of menhaden fertilizers: 485
• A description of the factory of the Pacific Gaano Company at Woods Holl M489: 487
• The Cumberland Bone Companys works: 491
• The Quinnipiac Fertilizer Companys works: 492
• The Crowell Manufacturing Company: 493
• Method of calculating costs of valuable ingredients of fertilizers By W 0 Atwater: 495
• Improved methods of drying fishscrap: 502
• APPENDIX Q Supplementary works September 22 1878: 506
• The spawning grounds of the menhaden: 507
• Menhaden fishing on a Long Island steamer By Ernest Ingersoll: 512
• Small oiltrying in Maine 1860: 513
• The use of fish for manure by the early colonists of Massachusetts: 514
• Esplanation of plates: 515
• Alphabetical index: 519
• APPENDIX E Catalogue of specimens in the Uvited States National Museum illustrating the history of the menbaden 289: 522

Bibliographic information

• Title: A History of the Menhaden; American fisheries
• Author: George Brown Goode
• Publisher: Orange Judd Company, 1880
• Original from: Cornell University
• Digitized: May 15, 2009
• Length: 529 pages