UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



SPENCER F. BA.IRZ>, COMMISSIONER 



THE FISHERIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



OF THE 



UNITED STATES 



PEEPAEED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



GEORGE BROWN GOODK 



ASSISTANT SEi.'KHl'AKV OF TIIK SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



AND A STAFF OF ASSOCIATES 



SECTION V 

 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES 



IN TWO VOLUMES, WITH AX ATLAS OF TWO III XhKF.I) AND FIFTY-FIVE PLATES 



VOJYUME I 



\Y A SITING TON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

 1887 



