192 FISHERIES OF THE I'XITED STATES. 



EESULTS OF WOEK. 



1. Publications of the Commission — Continued. 



Appendix D— Continued. 



XXIX. Fisheries and fiahery laws in Austria — Cont'd. Page. 



C. Important fresh-water fisheries 605 



12. Salmon family (Salmonoidei) 600 



13. The pike family (Esocini) 613 



14. The catfish family (Siluroidei) 613 



15. The cod family (Gadoidei) 613 



16. The eels (Murffinoidei) 614 



17. The carp family (Cyprinoidei) 614 



18. The percli family ( Fercoidei) 616 



19. The sturgeon family (Acipenserini) 616 



20. The CTH-w-^sh, (Astacus Jluviatilis) 617 



D. Protective legislation 618 



21. The fishing privileges 618 



22. Foreign fishery laws 619 



23. Fishing privileges and fishing laws in 



Au.stria 643 



24. The buying-oif of fishing privileges 665 



25. International fishery treaties 669 



26. Salt-water fisheries and the laws relating 



to them 674 



E. Conclusion 677 



XXX. How can our lakes and rivers be agaui stocked 



with fish in the shortest possible 



time. I!y Mr. von dem Borne 681 



Appendix E.— Natural history 685 



XXXI. Preliminary report on a series of dredgings made 

 on the United States Coa.st Survey 

 steamer Bache in the Gulf of Maine. 



By A. S. Packard, jr., M. D 687 



XXXII. List of the marine alga? of the United States. 



By Vr. G. Farlow, M. D 691 



Class algae 691 



List of the principal useful sea-weeds occurring 



on the United States coast 716 



Used as food 716 



Used as fertilizers 716 



Used for the manufacture of iodine 717 



The great kelp of California 717 



Alphabetical index 718 



XXXTQ. Lecture on the organs of reproduction and the 

 fi'cundation-of fishes, and especially 



of eels. By Dr. Syrski 719 



Introduction •. 719 



The organs of reproduction and fecundation in 



fl.sh in general 720 



The reproductive organs of tlie eel 725 



The ovaries of tlie eel 730 



The spermatic organs 732 



Xx X I V. The food and mode of living of the salmon, the 

 trout, and the shad. By D. Bar- 



furth 735 



Prefatory note. By Theo. Gill 735 



Introduction 737 



1. The food oi Tnitta salar Siebold (Salmo 



salar and hamatus'V ii\.), vmATrutta 

 trutta Siebold (Farioargenteusyal.), 

 in the river Rhine 738 



2. The food of Trutta fario 753 



3. The food of Alausa vulgaris while in the 



Rhine 757 



Conclusion 758 



