154
Sea-Serpent Stranded }

Where the Big Tuna was Caught } 170
The Largest Sunfish }

Octopus Caught at Santa Catalina } 190
Squid Caught at Santa Catalina }

Headquarters of Fisheries Bureau } 202
Largest Seine in World }

The Pool Where the Dog Was Devoured 224

Early Bird Passing the Aquarium 238

The Gorgeous Submarine World } 250
The Gardens of the Sea }

Young Sponge on Cement Disk } 264
Sheepswool Sponge }

Manta or Giant Sea-Devil 276

Winter on the Great Lakes } 284
Winter Work on Inland Streams }

Clamming on the Mississippi } 296
Barge-loads of Mussels }

Landing the Paddle-fish 306

Climbing up the Wheel } 318
Biggest Fresh-water Fish in America }

The Blue Wing at the Fish Trap 328

Hatchery, Woods Hole } 336
Residence, Woods Hole }

"What Shall We Get this Time?" } 346
"Here's a New One, Boys!" }

Catching Swordfish with Rod and Reel 356

Clammer Raking for Quahaugs } 370
Oysterman Tonging }

Testing the Ocean's Crop 378

THE BOY WITH THE U. S. FISHERIES

CHAPTER I

MAROONED BY A WHALE

"There she blows!"

Colin Dare, who was sitting beside the broken whale-gun and who had been
promised that he might go in the boat that would be put out from the
ship if a whale were sighted, jumped to his feet at the cry from the
'barrel' at the masthead.

"Where?" he shouted eagerly, rushing to the rail and staring as hard as
he could at the heaving gray waters of the Behring Sea.

"There she blo-o-ows!" again cried the lookout, in the long echoing call
of the old-time whaler, and stretching out his hand, he pointed to a
spot in the ocean about three points off the starboard bow. Colin's
glance followed the direction, and almost immediately he saw the faint
cloud of vapor which showed that a whale had just spouted.

"Do you suppose that's a whalebone whale, Hank?" asked the boy, turning
to a lithe Yankee sea-dog with a scraggy gray