A Report upon the Mollusk Fisheries of Massachusetts
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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:
INDEX.
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