
A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts
by David Lawrence Belding Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game
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Chapters (446)
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A REPORT UPON The Mollusk Fisheries OF MASSACHUSETTS.
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- CONTENTS
- Introduction.
- A Proposed System of Culture for the Tidal Flats and Waters of Massachusetts.
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
- 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:
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