LETTER 



FROM THE 



COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES, 



TRANSMITTING 



Sis report for the year 1879. 



March 15, 18S0. — Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



United States Commission, Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, February 24, 1880. 



Gentlemen : In compliance with the order of Congress I have the 



honor to transmit herewith my report for the year ,1879, as United 



States, Commissioner of Fisli and Fisheries, embracing, first, tbe result 



of inquiries into the condition of the fisheries of the sea-coast and 



lakes of the United States ; and, second, the history of the measures 



taken for the introduction of useful food-fishes into its waters. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPEXCEl! F. BAIED, 



Commissioner. 

 Hon. Wm. A. Wheelee, 



President of the United States Senate, and 



Hon. S. J. Eandall, 



Speaker of the Souse of Ecpresentatives. 



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