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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  that 
  sucli 
  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 
  esi^ecially 
  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 
  Brook, 
  Maine. 
  

  

  The 
  Ailantic 
  and 
  Landlocked 
  Salmons. 
  

  

  F. 
  M. 
  Chamberlain, 
  Assistant, 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Washinji;ton, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  JEdihle 
  Frof/s 
  and 
  theiv 
  Artificial 
  Propagation. 
  

  

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

  

  The 
  Brook 
  Tront 
  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 
  Jiletliods 
  of 
  Oi/ster-Culture. 
  

  

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

  

  The 
  Black 
  Basses, 
  Crappies, 
  and 
  Bock 
  Bass. 
  

  

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

  

  The 
  Bainhow 
  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 
  JVhitefish. 
  

  

  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., 
  0. 
  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 
  employed 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  

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

   excellent 
  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. 
  

  

  