b REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



that such a manual will be of value to all persons interested in fish- 

 culture. The material for the present work has been furnished by 

 experienced fish-culturists connected with the Commission, who have 

 treated of the subjects with which they were especially familiar. Owing 

 to the interest shown in the cultivation of oysters and frogs, special 

 reports on these subjects have also been incorporated. 



The following is a list of the contributors and their subjects: 



Charles G. Atkins, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Craig I?rook, Maine. 



The Atlantic and Landlocked Salmons. 



F. M. Chamberlain, Assistant, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 



Edible Frogs and their Artificial Propagation. 



Frank N. Clark, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Stations in Michigan. 



The Brook Trout and the Lake Trout. 



J. Frank Ellis, Superintendent of Car Service, U. S. F. C, Washington, D. C. 



Transportation of Fish and Fish Eggs. 



H. F, Moore, Assistant, U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, D. C. 



Oysters and Methods of 0>ister-CnUure. 



William F. Page, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Neosho, Mo. 



The Black Basses, Crapples, and Bock Bass. 



George A. Seagle, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Wytheville, Va. 



The Bainlww Trout, 



Livingston Stone, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Baird, Cal. 



The Salmons of the Pacific Coast. 



J. J. Stranahan, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



The Whitefish. 



Stephen G. Worth, Superintendent U. S. F. C. Station, Washington, D. C. 



The Shad. 



The chapters on the lobster and most of the minor fishes were fur- 

 nished by Dr. Hugh M. Smith. 



Valuable information on marine fishes was also furnished by Lieut. 

 Franklin Swift, U. S, N.,C. G.Corliss, E. E. Hahn, Alexander Jones, and 

 E. F. Locke, of the United States Fish Commission, and on the quinnat 

 salmon by J. P. Babcock, of the California State Fish Commission. 



In order to increase the usefulness of the work to the general reader, 

 a technical description of each important fish is given, together with 

 brief information regarding its geographical distribution, habits, move- 

 ments, size, growth, food, natural spawning, etc. 



While the operations described are essentially those of this Com- 

 mission, they are usually the same as those emi^loyed by the State 

 commissions and individual fish-culturists, although, in some instances, 

 ex(;ellent work is done by other methods. The propagation of the 

 various marine species is carried on only at the Government hatcheries. 

 The methods described for hatching Salmonidce, while differing in 

 minor particulars, are practically interchangeable, and may be used at 



the discretion of the fish-culturist. 



John J. Brice, 



Commissioner. 



