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personally investigated the alleged decrease of the fisheries in Southern 

 New England, taking the testimony of numerous witnesses. 



1871'. 

 This year the summer station was at Eastport, Me., particular 

 attention being paid to the herring fisheries. The survey of the Great 

 Lakes was continued. Dredging, under the direction of Professor 

 Packard, was began on the off-shore bauks. At the instance of the 

 American Fish Cultural Association, Congress requested the Commis- 

 sioner to take charge of the work of multiplying valuable food-fishes 

 throughout the country. Work was begun on the shad, salmon, and 

 whitefisli, and the eggs of the European salmon were imported. 



1873. 



The summer headquarters were fixed at Portland, Me. The oppor- 

 tunities for research were greatly increased by the aid of the Secretary 

 of the Navy, who granted the use of an eighty-ton steamer. 



Exploration in the outer waters between Mount Desert and Cape Cod 

 were carried on in the United States Coast Survey steamer Bache. 

 Operations in fish -culture were carried on upon an extensive scale. 



1874-1875. 



In 1874 the zoological work centered at Noank, Conn. The attempt 

 was made to introduce shad into Europe. In 1875 the station was for a 

 second time at Wood's Holl, where a permanent seaside laboratory, 

 with aquarium, was now established. The number of investigations 

 this year were about twenty. The increase in the propagation work was 

 proportionately much larger. 



1S7G. 



This year the Commissioner was unable to take the fishes and useful 

 invertebrates in behalf the commission field for fishery investigations, 

 having been instructed to exhibit, in connection with the Philadelphia 

 International Exhibition, the methods offish-culture and the American 

 fisheries. Much, however, was accomplished by single investigators in 

 various localities. The propagation work continued. This year the 

 first carp were introduced from Germany. 



1877. 



The field of investigation was resumed at Salem, Mass., and later at 

 Halifax Nova Scotia. A larger steamer of 300 tons made deep-sea research 

 possible. The Commissioner and his staff served as experts before the 

 Halifax Fishery Commission. Tbe propagating work was on the increase, 

 and the government carp ponds were established in Washington. 



1878-1879. 



In 1878 the summer station was at Gloucester, Mass.; in 1879 at 

 Provincetown. These centers of the fishing interests were selected that 

 more attention might be devoted to studying the history, statistics, and 

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