CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Report of the Commissioner 1-21 



Report on the propagation and distribution of food-fishes. By John W. 



Titcomb 22-110 



Report on inquiry respecting food-flshes and the fishing grounds. By 



HughM. Smith 111-142 



Report of the division of statistics and methods of the fisheries. By 

 C. H. Townsend 143-160 



APPENDIXES. 



Cobb, John N. The sponge fishery of Florida in 1900 161-175 



Evermann, Barton W. Statistics oi the fisheries of the Middle Atlantic 



States 433-540 



Smith, Hugh M. The common names of the basses and sun-fishes 353-366 



Stevenson, Charles H. Aquatic products in arts and industries. Fish oils, 



fats, and waxes. Fertilizers from aquatic products 177-279 



Stevenson, Charles H. Utilization of the skins of aquatic animals 281-352 



Wilcox, William A. The fisheries and fish trade of Porto Rico in 1902 367-395 



Records of the dredging and other collecting stations of the United States 



Fish Commission steamer Albatross in 1901 and 1902 397-432 



Supplement to list of publications of the United States Fish Commission 



available for distribution 541-543 



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