INDEX. 



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Abcona minima 35,281 



Abramis orysoleucas 303 



bosci 307 



Abudefduf saxatilis 283 



Acclimatization of Fishes in Foreign 



Waters. X 



Aohirus fasoiatus 310 



Aid furnishod by Railroads XIII 



Alaska Fishery Resources XVIIJ-XXIV 



Salmon, Decrease of XX 



Pack, 1878-1897 XXIII 



Pack,1897 XXII 



Albatross, Investigations of XVIII 



Steamer XXXVIII, 



CXXXIX, CXLVI, CLXV 



Albemarle Sound LVII 



Shad Fisheries 170-173 



Alewlfe - 34 



Catch, Comparative Statistics. 43-43 



inl8'J6- - 36 



Fisheries considered by States 34 



by Waters 38-43 

 of United States in 



1896 31-43 



of United States in 

 1896, Boats, Appa- 

 ratus, and Prop- 

 erty employed in.. 35-36 

 of United States in 

 1896, Persons em- 

 ployed in 35 



Alewives as Food-flshes 34 



Average Price 34 



or River Herrings 33 



Size of 34 



taken in United States in 1896, 



quantity and value of 37 



usedasBait 34 



Alexander, A. B CXLVIII 



Algae on Louisiana Oyster Beds 94 



Alligator Gar ;»4 



Alosa sapidissima CXXXVII 



Alpena Station LXXXI 



Altamaha River 135 



Ameiurus melas 306 



nebulosus 306 



American Seal Herd and Pelagic Seal- 

 ing CLXIV 



Amiacalva 303,304 



Amphisticus argenteus 35 



Anacharis 389 



Androscoggin River 367 



Anguilla chrysypa 308 



Anisotremus davidsoni 378 



interruptus 378 



Aphredoderus sayanus 309 



Aplodinotus grunniens 31,0 



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Apogon atricaudas 277 



rotrosoUa 277 



Apomotis symmetricus 310 



Appomattox River, Shad Fisheries of. . 185 



Appoquinimink Creek 232 



Appropriations for Commission XXIX 



Aquarium at Central Station LXIII 



Nashville, Tenn XXXIX,336 



Omaha Exposition XXXVII 



Archosargus probatocophalus 310 



Argyrosomus nigripinnis CXLII 



Artificial Food for Young Fish XLII 



Hatching of Mackerel CXXXI 



Propagation, Value of X 



Ashepoo River 141 



Assignment and Distribution of Fish 



and Eggs CV-CVII 



Atchafalaya River 390 



Atherinops affinis 25 



Atherinopsis calif orniensis 25 



Atkins, Charles G XLII 



Atlantic Salmon. XLII,XLIII 



Details of Distribution CIX 



Averruncus sterletus CXLVI, 27, 39 



Azurina hirundo 382 



Babcock, J. P XCV 



Baird, Spencer F 108 



Baird Station XCIII 



Baker Lake, Washington CXXXIII 



Banana Bayou 75 



Barataria Bay 69 



Barfish 310 



Barracuda CXL 



Barricading Salmon Stream XXI 



Bartlett,S. P LXXXV 



BastianBay 83 



Battery Station XXXIII 



Shad hatching at LIX 



Battle Creek Station VIII, XCV 



Bay Adam 82,83 



Coquette . 90 



Bayou Cook 69,81 



de Large 87 



Grecque 60 



Provencal 87 



Schofleld 90 



Bean, Barton A CXXXII 



Bean,L. E CIV 



Bergen Exposition XXV 



Bermuda Lobster CLXII 



Big Timber Creek 240 



Biological Surveys in the Northwest . . XV 



Black Bass LXXX,LXXXIII,LXXXVI 



Distribution of CXIX-CXXl 



Propagation LXIV 



Blackbelly 34 



Black Buflfalo 307 



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