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Division ok Fisii-Cultuke. 



(1) TransitortiitioH a])paiatns: Model of U. S. Fish CoiumiHsiou C'ar No. 1. 



(2) Hatdiiii;,' aiiparatiis: 

 (o) Winkiiiir iiHulols: 



Ono whitefish table 8 feet loii<j, 3 feet \vi<U\ and ;{ feet bi>j;b. witb lli McDon- 



aUl jars for h.itchiiij; sbad efj;^^' 

 Two liatcbiii^j trougbsH feetlouf;;, 12 iiiclies widi-, and M inches deep,('(|iiipi)ed 



for batching salniou and trout eggs. 

 (b) Accessories: 



One »'gg scale, two funnels for shad, two siphon bags, two siplion cages, 



one aciuarinm, one ])an for washing eggs. 



(3) Hatching and rearing establishments: 



Model of r. S. Fish Commission hatchery at Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



(fl) Illustrations of batching stations, showing buildings, interior and exterior, 



methods employed iu collecting, hatching, rearing, and distributing lish, 



fry, and eggs. 

 U. S. i'ish Commission hatching station, Wytheville, Va,, 1885. Interior of 



hatchery. Men at work. View of sj)ring ami ponds, looking west. 



View of ponds, looking south. View of ponds, looking southeast. 

 Launch towing spawntakers. Stripping shad on llsbing lloat. Packing 



shad eggs. Shipping fry. 

 L^ S. Fish Commission shad 'station, Havre de Grace, Md., 1892. Bird's-eye 



view of station. Superintendent's cottage. Hatching hotise, looking 



northeast. Interior of hatching house. 

 U. S. Fish Commission hatcliing station, Wytheville, Va. View of station, 



looking north. View of station, looking south. 

 (h) Floating stations: Steamer /'(s/* i/^aicA;. 



(4) Methods and results offish-culture: 



Models: One lay figure, illustrating method of taking salmon eggs. 

 Charts : 



(a) Giving names and locations of stations and output of each for the fiscal 

 year 1894-95. 



(b) Showing effect of fish-culture on the shad fishery. 

 Objects of the fisheries : 



Division ok Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. 



Cetaceans: Blackfish liead (cast). Grampus head (cast). Bottlenose porpoise (cast). 

 Harbor porpoise (cast), young. 



Carnivores: Northern fur seals (mounted group). Steller's sea lions (mounted 

 group). 



Frogs: Bullfrog (cast). Green frog (cast). Pickerel frog (cast). 



Fishes: Casts of 1.50 species of marine and fresh-water food-fishes. 



Drawings and notes: Five swiniiing screens containing drawings of, and notes on. 

 the important fishes of the Southern States. 



Live fishes: Living marine and fresh-water fishes in aquaria. 



Invertebrates: Living crabs, mollusks, etc., in aquaria. 



Vessels : 



Series of models showing the development of fishing vessels from the settle- 

 ment of America to the present time. 

 Models of vessels used in the important fisheries of the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States. 



Nets: Three pound nets, one cast net, one whitefish gill net, four fyke nets, one 

 dij) net, one alioriginal fish weir, two herring weirs. 



Traps and jjots: Six eel pots, four lobster ]'Ots, one eel trap (model), three fish- 

 cars (models). 



Lines: One halibut trawl line, one George's cod hand line, one shore cod hand line, 

 one cod hand line, one shore cod and ])ollock hand line, one layout line, 

 one sea trout line, one drunifish line, one whiting line, one reef line, one 

 jack trolling line, one kingfish line, one grunt line, one rockfisb line, 

 one Italian'fisbery line, one line with jug floats, one Alaskan halibut line 

 with hook and <lnb. 



Appliances for seizing: Two pairs oyster tongs, one pair oyster nippers, one oyster 

 rake, one pair deep-water oyster tongs, tliree clam hoes, one hand clam 

 hoe, oni! sponge book, four codfish jigs, one dolphin drail. twelve blue- 

 fish and brass drails, four Eskimo codlisb books, four British Columbia 

 wooden fish hooka, one series of spring claw or trap books, one series of 

 barbless hooks, two shark hooks, one water glass used in sponge fishery. 



