548 



INDEX. 



Page. 



Pan-American Exposition 17 



Parasite of edible crab 139 



Parasitic copepods of fishes 137 



Parker, Dr. George H., investigations of. 136, 138 



Patten Pond, Maine 28 



Pearl, Dr. Raymond, investigations of 127 



Pennsylvania, fisheries of 477 



Percidse distributed by the Fish Commis- 

 sion 23 



Petrel, launch 138 



Phalarope, steamer 36 



Philippine Islands, fishes from 140-141 



Pike-perch propagation 2, 39 



Plankton investigations 128 



nets 128 



Plants, di.stribution of 128 



nutrition of 128 



Pleuronectidge distributed by the Fish 



Commission 23 



Pond, R. H. , investigations of 128 



Porpoise leather 339 



• oil 204 



Porto Rico, domestic fisheries of 373 



fisheries and fish trade in 1902. 367-395 

 importations of fishery products 369 



Pritchard, S. L., work of 135 



Propagation and distribution of food- 



flshes 1-3, 22, 110 



Protozoa of Woods Hole region 136 



Publications of United States Fish Commis- 

 sion 19, 20 



Publications of United States Fish Commis- 

 sion available for distribution, supple- 

 ment to list of 514 



Put-in Bay station 24 



operations 50 



Quiney station operations 59 



Quinnat salmon 31 



biological study of 12 



distribution 84 



propagation 1,71, 73-82 



Race, E. E., superintendent 26 



Railroad transportation 10 



Rainbow trout 31 , 33 



distribution 86-91 



propagation 39, 



46,48,55,61,65,66,69 



Rattulidse, study of 128 



Ravenel, W. de C, work of 18, 19, 24 



Ray skins 347 



Relghard, Prof. Jacob, investigations of 128 



Rhode Island fish commis.sion 119 



Richardson, Harriet, investigations of 137 



Roberts, W. A., field work of 143 



Rock bass distribution 108-109 



propagation 61, 63 



Rogue River station operations 77 



Rotifers, study of 128 



Rutter, Cloudsley, work of 115,134 



Sacramento salmon, biology of 134-135 



Salamanders in artesian well 64 



Salmonidse distributed by Fish Commission . 23 



Salmon, trolling for 13, 154-155 



San Marcos station 18, 24 



operations 62 



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Scales of fish, organic constituents of 136-137 



Scotch sea trout 31 



distribution 100 



Sea-anemones of Woods Hole region 137 



Sea-elephant oil 211 



Seagle, George A., superintendent 45 



Sea-lions, destructi veness of 11, 111-119 



food of 113, 117, 118 



Sea-lion leather 336 



oil 215 



Seal oil 209 



Sea-otter furs 321-323 



Sealleather 332 



Sea-urchin eggs, study of 138 



Seaweeds as fertilizers 275 



Senator, vessel 19, 29 



Shad distribution S3, 84 



of Ohio River 141 



propagation 2, 40, 42, 43, 47 



roe canned 40 



Shark-liver oil 227 



Shark skins 347 



Shearwater, vessel 19 



Sherwood, George H., work of 7, 37, 120, 136 



Siluridse distributed by Fish Commission.. 23 



Silver salmon distribution 85 



propagation 1 



Silversides of the east coast 141-142 



Sinarapan, Philippine fish 140 



Skins of aquatic animals, utilization of.. 281-352 



beaver- tail 349 



dog-fish 347 



frog 351 



fur-seal 298-304 



gar-fish or armored fish 350 



miscellaneous fish 351 



ray ". 347 



shark 347 



sturgeon 348 



water-snake 350 



Smith, Hugh M., on common namesof basses 



and sun-fishes 353-366 



report on inquiry respect- 

 ing food-fishes and the 



fishing grounds 111-142 



Smith, James A., commanding steamer Fish 



Hawk 39 



Snodgrass, Robert E., work of 115 



Snow, Dr. Julia W., investigations of 128 



Sourdnahunk Lake, Maine 27 



South Carolina Interstate and West Indian 



Exposition 17 



Spearfish station operations 68 



Spermaceti refining and manufacture 244 



Sponge buying " 172-175 



cultivation 11, 125-126 



fishery of Florida in 1900 161-176 



statistics of 168-172 



fleet, disasters to 172 



grounds, Florida 163-166 



survey of 126-127 



Sponges gathered in foreign waters 166 



imports and exports of 168 



previous abundance 166-168 



Starks, Edwin C, work of 116 



