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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  season. 
  In 
  connection 
  with 
  this 
  inquiry 
  Mr, 
  John 
  N. 
  Cobb 
  was 
  

   assigned 
  to 
  canvass 
  Florida 
  and 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  north 
  of 
  

   Beaufort 
  and 
  Hyde 
  counties; 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Stevenson, 
  Louisiana, 
  

   Texas, 
  and 
  the 
  remainder 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina 
  south 
  of 
  Washing- 
  

   ton 
  and 
  Tj^rrell 
  counties; 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Roberts, 
  Mississippi 
  and 
  Ala- 
  

   bama; 
  Messrs. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox 
  and 
  T. 
  M. 
  Cogswell, 
  South 
  Carolina 
  and 
  

   Georgia. 
  Except 
  in 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  territory 
  in 
  North 
  Carolina, 
  the 
  

   work 
  was 
  finished 
  before 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  salmon 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Penobscot 
  River 
  and 
  Bay 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1902 
  

   were 
  investigated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  station 
  at 
  Craig 
  Brook, 
  Me. 
  A 
  can- 
  

   vass 
  of 
  these 
  fisheries, 
  begun 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Atkins 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  for 
  

   1900 
  and 
  1901, 
  was 
  also 
  completed. 
  

  

  The 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Colorado 
  by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  A. 
  Tulian, 
  

   superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  station 
  at 
  Lead- 
  

   ville, 
  Colo., 
  was 
  concluded, 
  the 
  data 
  being 
  for 
  the 
  year 
  1900. 
  This 
  

   work 
  was 
  authorized 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  a 
  canvass 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  

   Nevada 
  and 
  Utah, 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  which 
  liave 
  already 
  been 
  published. 
  

  

  The 
  publications 
  prepared 
  in 
  this 
  division 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  included 
  statistical 
  bulletins, 
  issued 
  as 
  single 
  sheets, 
  and 
  special 
  

   reports 
  on 
  important 
  fishery 
  subjects. 
  The 
  following, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  the 
  

   usual 
  monthly 
  bulletins 
  in 
  single 
  sheets 
  showing 
  the 
  quantities 
  and 
  

   values 
  of 
  certain 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  

   Mass., 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels, 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  these 
  publications: 
  

  

  Statistical 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  130. 
  Statement 
  of 
  the 
  quantities 
  and 
  values 
  of 
  certain 
  fish- 
  

   ery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  

   during 
  the 
  year 
  1902. 
  

  

  Statistical 
  Bulletin 
  No. 
  131. 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  1901. 
  

  

  The 
  sponge 
  fishery 
  of 
  Florida 
  in 
  1900, 
  by 
  J. 
  N. 
  Cobb. 
  < 
  Report 
  for 
  1902, 
  pp. 
  161- 
  

   175, 
  plates 
  6-9. 
  1903. 
  

  

  Aquatic 
  products 
  in 
  arts 
  and 
  industries, 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  Stevenson. 
  < 
  Report 
  for 
  1902, 
  

   pp. 
  177-279, 
  plates 
  10-25. 
  1903. 
  

  

  The 
  utilization 
  of 
  the 
  skins 
  of 
  aquatic 
  animals, 
  by 
  C. 
  H. 
  Stevenson. 
  < 
  Report 
  for 
  

   1902, 
  pp. 
  281-352, 
  plates 
  26-38. 
  1903. 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  and 
  fish 
  trade 
  of 
  Porto 
  Rico, 
  by 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox. 
  < 
  Report 
  for 
  1902, 
  

   pp. 
  367-395. 
  1903. 
  

  

  VESSEL 
  FISHERIES 
  OF 
  BOSTON 
  AND 
  GLOUCESTER. 
  

  

  The 
  quantit}^ 
  of 
  fishery 
  products 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  

   Mass., 
  by 
  American 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  1902, 
  as 
  indicated 
  

   by 
  the 
  returns 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  local 
  agents 
  at 
  those 
  ports, 
  was 
  7,331 
  

   fares, 
  which 
  aggregated 
  167,954,875 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted 
  fish, 
  

   having 
  a 
  value 
  to 
  the 
  fishermen 
  of 
  $1,379,082. 
  This 
  is 
  an 
  increase, 
  as 
  

   compared 
  with 
  the 
  previous 
  year, 
  of 
  370 
  fares, 
  and 
  of 
  16,789,681 
  

   pounds 
  in 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  $129,081 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  products. 
  

   In 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  fish 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  there 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  

  

  