A Report Upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts

About this eBook

Author

Belding, David Lawrence, 1884-1970

Title

A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts

Credits

Produced by Richard Tonsing, Sandra Eder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling

Subject

Shellfish fisheries -- Massachusetts

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48195

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48195

Release Date

February 8, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A REPORT UPON The Mollusk Fisheries OF MASSACHUSETTS.
3. 3.The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.Untitled
6. 6.Introduction. — A Proposed System of Culture for the Tidal Flats and Waters of Massachusetts.
7. 7.THE SHELLFISHERIES OF MASSACHUSETTS: THEIR PRESENT CONDITION AND EXTENT. — Introduction. — Decline of the Shellfisheries. — The Present Abuses of the Shellfisheries. — The Fisherman and Laws. — The Remedy. — Who Would Benefit? — Capital. — Shellfish Monopoly. — Summary. — FOOTNOTES:
8. 8.Quahaug ( Venus mercenaria ). — Results. — The Remedy. — Quahaug Farming. — The Quahaug Industry. — History of Quahaug Industry in Massachusetts. — Statistics of the Quahaug Fishery. — Barnstable. — Bourne. — Chatham. — Dartmouth. — Dennis. — Eastham. — Edgartown. — Fairhaven. — Falmouth. — Harwich. — Marion. — Mashpee. — Mattapoisett. — Nantucket. — New Bedford. — Orleans. — Provincetown. — Swansea. — Truro. — Wareham. — Wellfleet. — Yarmouth. — FOOTNOTES:
9. 9.Scallop ( Pecten irradians ). — The Decline. — The Industry. — The Laws. — History. — Barnstable. — Bourne. — Brewster. — Chatham. — Dennis. — Dartmouth. — Eastham. — Edgartown. — Fairhaven. — Fall River District. — Falmouth. — Harwich. — Marion. — Mashpee. — Mattapoisett. — Nantucket. — New Bedford. — Orleans. — Provincetown. — Tisbury. — Wareham. — Wellfleet. — Yarmouth. — FOOTNOTES:
10. 10.Oyster ( Ostrea Virginiana ). — Introduction. — The Natural Oyster Beds. — Results of the Survey. — History of the Industry. — The Oyster Laws. — The Oyster Industry. — General Statistics. — Wellfleet. — Eastham. — Orleans. — Chatham. — Harwich. — Dennis and Yarmouth. — Barnstable. — Mashpee. — Falmouth. — Buzzards Bay District. — Bourne. — Wareham. — Marion. — Fall River District. — Nantucket. — FOOTNOTES:
11. 11.Clam ( Mya arenaria ). — Clam Farming. — Acts of 1888, Chapter 198. — History. — The Clam Industry. — Arrangement of Towns. — Salisbury. — Newburyport. — Newbury. — Rowley. — Ipswich. — Essex. — Gloucester. — Manchester. — Beverly. — Salem. — Lynn. — Saugus. — Nahant. — Boston Harbor. — Weymouth. — Hingham. — Hull. — Cohasset. — Scituate. — Marshfield. — Duxbury. — Kingston. — Plymouth. — Barnstable. — Yarmouth. — Orleans. — Eastham. — Wellfleet. — Truro. — Provincetown. — Chatham. — Harwich. — Dennis. — Mashpee. — Buzzards Bay. — Falmouth. — Bourne. — Wareham. — Marion. — Mattapoisett. — Fairhaven. — New Bedford. — Dartmouth. — The Fall River District (Narragansett Bay). — Swansea. — Somerset. — Dighton. — Berkley. — Freetown. — Fall River. — Nantucket. — Edgartown. — FOOTNOTES:
12. 12.INDEX.
13. 13.Transcriber's Notes:

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