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AMERICAN FISHES. 



under consideration, but this expensive mode of fishing does not seem to 

 be required at present, since the supply of fine-flavored food-fishes is more 

 than equal to the demand. With an eye to the interest of the American 

 fishermen, Prof. Baird some years ago detailed Capt. J. W. Collins, of the 

 Fish Commission, one of the most experienced fishermen of Massachusetts, 

 to study the trawl fishery of the German Ocean, and his report which is 

 in press, will soon be published. 



Finally, it may not be amiss to state that Mr. E. G. Blackford, of Ful- 

 ton Market, New York, has for some time been authorized by the Com- 

 missioner of Fisheries to pay twenty-five dollars to any one who should 

 present a true Turbot or a true Sole, caught on the coast. This offer is 

 still standing. 



