10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SAILOR'S-CHOICE»
Discover the use of
sailor's-choice in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
sailor's-choice and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Story of an orphan boy stowaway on a seal-hunting ship off Newfoundland, and of the Captain's dog who befriends him. Grades 4-6.
Natalie Savage Carlson, 1966
2
Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of the State of New ...
A single individual was obtained at Fire Island, October first. The sailor's choice
occurs as far north as Cape Cod, but it is not present in sufficient numbers to be
considered among the important food fishes ; south of Cape Hatteras, where it is
...
New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, 1891
3
The fisheries and fishery industries of the United States
Porgees, blackfish, red mouth grants, black grunts, tautog. sailor's-choice, and
cobias are taken. Porgees school here abundantly in August, and about three
hundred is considered a fair day's catch; these weigh from three- fourths of a
pound ...
George Brown Goode, United States. Bureau of Fisheries, 1887
4
The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States
THE SAILOR'S CHOICE— LAG0D0N RH0MB0IDES. This species, which bears
considerable resemblance in its form to the scuppaug, is found in great
abundance from Gape Hatteras south, and around the Gulf coast ; also
occasionally north ...
United States Fish Commission, 1884
5
American Fishes: A Popular Treatise Upon the Game and Food ...
Brunswick, Ga., and about Key West, bears several other names, being known
about Cape Hatteras as the “ Robin” and “ Pin-fish,” at Charleston as the “Salt-
water Bream,” at Brunswick, Ga., as the “Squirrelfish" and “Sailor's Choice,” in the
St.
A. single individual was obtained at Fire Island, October first. The sailor's choice
occurs as far north as Cape Cod, but it is not present in sufficient numbers to be
considered among the important food fishes ; south of Cape Hatteras, where it is
...
New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, 1888
7
Report of the Commissioner
2, 000 64 1, 132 34 Pinfish or sailor's choice. . . 2, 325 85 Pom an 18, 522; 2, 948
Por%s. . 100 3 Por sh 1, 260, 37 Red drum. 10, 270* 43 Sea bass ........ . . 700! 35
Sergeantflsh or snook ......... . . 430 7, 341 221 Shad. . . . .............. . . Sharks .
United States. Bureau of Fisheries, United States Fish Commission, 1922
8
Bass, Pike, Perch and Others
THE SAILOR'S CHOICE {Hamuhn parra) This grunt is sometimes called bastard
mar- garet by the Key West fisherman. The name sailor's choice is often wrongly
applied to the pin- fish (Lagodon rhomboides) and the pig-fish (Ortho- pristis ...
James Alexander Henshall, 1903
9
United States Congressional serial set
$358 56,000 2,240 193, 200 110, 000 1,200 800 1,200 347,000 Red snapper
Sailor's choice Sea bass Sergeant-fish Shad Sheepshead Spanish mackerel.
Spot Squeteague Strawberry bass. . . Whiting Yellow-tail Alligator hides Clam,
hard ...
10
Congressional Serial Set
fathoms of water and a coral bottom. This is a summer fishing-ground, and small
boats and smacks visit it from May until August. Forgees, blackfish, red-mouth
grunts, black grunts, tautog. sailor's-choice, and cobias are taken. Porgees
school ...
