REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES ' 



CONTENTS 



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Northern Pacific halibut convention iii 



Losses of fish in irrigation ditches in 



PassamaqnocUly power project iv 



Salmon investigative work under new licad iv 



Great Lalces fislieries situation v 



Biological investigations v 



Fisheries of the North Atlantic vii 



Fisheries of the South Atlantic and Gulf States viii 



Fisheries of the Pacific coast and Alaska ix 



Investigation of inland fisheries xt 



Oyster investigations '. xi 



Fish-cultural investigations xiii 



Propagation and distribution of food fishes xiv 



Cooperative fish-cultural work xiv 



Cooperation with States and foreign governments xv 



Upper Mississippi wild-life refuge xvi 



Propagation of Pacific salmons xvi 



Marine species of the Atlantic coast xvi 



Anadromous species of the Atlantic coast xvi 



Commercial species of interior waters x^^l 



Fishes of minor interior waters xvii 



Pondfish stations xviii 



Rescue operations xviii 



Commercial fisheries and fishery industries xviii 



Collection of statistics xix 



Canned fishery products and by-products xx 



Trade in frozen fish xx 



New England fisheries xxi 



Codfishery on the east coast of North America xxi 



Pacific coast halibut fishery xxi 



Shad and alewife fisheries of the Potomac and Hudson Rivers xxi 



Florida siwnge fishery xxi 



Fisheries of the Middle Atlantic States xxi 



Fisheries of the Great Lakes, 1926 xxii 



Technological investigations xxti 



Merchandising fisheiy products xxv 



Trade in package fish products xxv 



Alaska fisheries service-- xxvi 



Fishery laws and regulations xxvi 



Salmon hatcheries xxvi 



Special studies and investigations xxvi 



Products of the fisheries xxvii 



Alaska fur-seal service xx\7ii 



Seal herd xxviii 



Take of sealskins xxviii 



Marking reserved seals xxix 



Sale of sealskins xxix 



Foxes XXIX 



Fur-seal skins talven by natives xxix 



Fur-seal patrol xxx 



Protection of sea ottei's, wall uses, and sea lions xxx 



Vessel notes xxx 



Appropriations xxxt 



' Biire;ui of Fislieries Document No. 1038. 



