FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



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EESULTS OF ^YOEK. 



1. Publicatious of the Couimission — Continued. 



C. Multiplication offish in general — Continaed. 

 20. Fishen especially irortby of mention — Continued. 

 1. The shad — Coutinuetl. 



Suggested by the American Fish-culturists' Page. 



Association LIT 



Intended to supplement the action of other 



States LIV 



Possibility of stocking the Mississippi system 



of waters with shad LIV 



Their occurrence thereat i)re8ent LV 



Possibility of traversing the whole length 



(if this river LV 



Illustrated by shad in the Tang-tse-kiang, in 



China LV 



Also by the shad of India LV 



Xo dams or ob.structinns LVII 



Suitable winter-quarters in the Gulf of Mexico LVII 



Shad in the great lakes LVIII 



Shad in Salt Lake LVIII 



Shad in the Pacific waters LVIII 



General result of the experiment on the Atlantic 



coast LIX 



2. The alewife or fresh- icater herring LIX 



Economical value LIX 



As food for man -. LIX 



As food for other tish LX 



Attracting the cod to our shores LX 



Methods of multiplying LXI 



Period of maturity LXI 



3. The salmon of Xew England LXI 



Identical with that of Western Europe LXI 



General natural historj' LXII 



Distribution iu America LXII 



Efforts for its increase in Europe LXIII 



Efforts for its inciease iu Tasmania LXIII 



Action by the several States iu this country LXV 



Initiated by New Hampshire in 1866 LXV 



Labors of Livingston Stone and others LXV 



Labors of C. G. Atkins LXVI 



Action of the general government LXVI 



Obstructions to upward movement of salmon and 



shad LXVII 



CoastofMaine LXVII 



Lake Champlain LXVII 



James Eiver, Va LX\ II 



4. The Western salmon LXIX 



Variety of species on the Pacific coast LXIX 



Monograph of salniouidiv by Dr. Sucklcy LXIX 



California salmon (.V. quinnat) for Eastern waters. . LXIX 



For the Southern Lakes LXX 



For the Great Lakes LXX 



For the Mississippi Valley LXX 



Fitness of the Gulf of Mexico for its abode LXX 



5. The land-locked salmon LXXI 



Relation to the true salmon LXXI 



Especially valuable for small interior lakes LXXn 



•6. The sea-trout {Salmo immaculatus) LXXII 



7. The lake-trout LXXII 



Distribution LXXH 



Economical value LXXIU 



Propagatiim LXXII 



8. The Danube salmon or hueho LXXIU 



Consideration as to the introduction into the 



United States LXXm 



