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UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISIIEHIES 



SPENCER F. BAIRD, C0M.M:ISSI0NKR 



THE FISHERIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



UNITED STATES 



PREPARED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATIOX OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TENTH CENSUS 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT SECRETARr OF THE SillTHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



AND A STAFF OP ASSOCIATES 



SECTION V 

 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES 



IN rWO VOLUMES, WITH AN ATLAS OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE PLATES 



PLATES 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1887 



