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this industry grown in value to the State and nation that in capital 

 emi)loyed in fisheries Oregon stands eighth in order among the States ; 

 in persons employed, fifth ; and in vahie of fish products, the third in 

 order; and 



"Whereas, it is reported that the propagation, increase, and growth of 

 said fish are greatly retarded by injuries received from imperfect and 

 ill-devised fish-ladders, fishways, nets, seines, fish-traps, fish-wheels, 

 and other devices, and often from poisonous matter deposited in the 

 navigable streams of said State, and that great quantities of said fish 

 not matured are caught, killed, molested, and injured by said wasteful 

 methods of capture and unhealthy deposits, thereby depleting the great 

 supply and seriously interfering with the proper maturing of the young 

 fish : therefore, 



'^Resolved, That the United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries 

 be, and he is hereby, directed to investigate the methods of fishing pur- 

 sued in said State, and to ascertain those which are most injurious to 

 the preservation of this industry, as well as to the regulations and 

 stringent measures deemed necessary to prevent future waste and 

 wanton destruction ; also to inquire as to the authority and constitu- 

 tional power of the Government to regulate and protect the fish and 

 fishery interests ou navigable waters of the nation, or on any waters 

 forming tlic boundary between States or States and Territories, and to 

 report to this House." 



liESULTS OF PLANlINa WHITEFISH FRY IN LAKE SUPERIOR. — Mr. W. 



David Tomlin, writing from Duluth, Minn., on December 31, 18SG, says: 

 " The fishermen belonging to the Duluth Fishery Association have 

 noticed large numbers of young whitefish in the Lake Superior entrance of 

 Allouez Bay. Competent judges among the fisherm.eu, who have seen 

 the fry for many years, say there is no question about their being white- 

 fish. Some of them think they can recognize a difference in the fish, 

 and say that they resemble the Lake Erie whitefish. This is a positive 

 indication that planting fry is resulting successfully, and will in a short 

 time restore the fishing grounds of this famous lake." 



Codfish planted in Cape Cod Bay. — Capt. J. W. Collins, c/^m- 

 manding the Fish Commission schooner Grampus, in a letter from 

 Gloucester,Mass., January 28, 1887, states that the Grampus left Wood's 

 HoU at 11.10 a. m., January 27, Avith 2,000,000 young codfish on board. 

 The fry kept in excellent condition, with a temperature of 34° Fahr., 

 and there seems to have been no mortality whatever. At 7.30 a. m. 

 of the 28th they were planted in Cape Cod Bay, in 29 fathoms, Eace 

 Point bearing E., 3.J miles distant, temperature of air and water being 

 33io. The i>lant was made successfully, it being young flood when the 

 fish were put overboard, and the tide probably carried them from 3 to 

 5 miles farther up the bay. 



A MAN KILLED BY A SWORDFISH. — Mr. W. A. Wilcox, writing from 

 Gloucester, Mass., on August 12, 188G, tells of an unusual occurrence, 



