REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 9 



The papers issued during the year were as follows : 



Report on the European methods of oyster culture. Bv Bashford Dean. (Bulletin 



1891, pp. 357 to 406.) 

 On the classification of the myxosporidia, a group of protozoan parasites infesting 



fishes. By R. R. Gurley. '(Bulletin 1891, pp. 407 to 420.) 

 Report upon the investigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer Alba- 

 tross from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1891. By Z. L. Tanner. (Report 1889-1891, 



pp. 207 to 342.) 

 Report of observations respecting the oyster resources and oyster fishery of the Pacific 



Coast of the United States. By Charles H. Townsend. (Report 1889-1891, pp. 



343 to 372.) 

 Report on the coast fisheries of Texas. By Charles H. Stevenson. (Report 1889 



1891, pp. 373 to 420.) 

 A review of thesparoid fishes of America and Europe. Bv David S. Jordan and Bert 



Fesler. (Report 1889-1891, pp. 421 to 544. ) 

 On fish entozoa from Yellowstone National Park. By Edwin Linton. (Report 1889- 



1891, pp. 545 to 564.) 

 Plankton studies: A comparative investigation of the importance and constitution 



of the pelagic fauna and iiora. Bv Ernst Haeckel. Translated by George Wilton 



Field. (Report 1889-1891, pp. 565 to 641.) 

 The fishes of Texas and the Rio Grande basin, considered chielly with reference to 



their geographical distribution. By Barton W. Evermann and William C. Ken- 

 dall. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 57 to 126.) 

 A study of the fyke nets and fyke-net fisheries of the United States, with notes on 



the fyke nets of other countries. By Hugh M. Smith. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 299 



to 355.) 

 The oyster industry of Maryland. By Charles H. Stevenson. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 



203 to 297.) 

 Summary of the fishery investigations conducted in the North Pacific Ocean and 



Bering Sea from July 1, 1888, to July 1, 1892, by the U. S. Fish Commission 



steamer Albatross. By Richard Rathbnn. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 127 to 201.) 

 List of fishes collected at Sea Isle City, N. J., during the summer of 1892. By H. F. 



Moore. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 357 to 364.) 

 Economic and natural history notes on fishes of the northern coast of New Jersey. 



By Hugh M. Smith. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 365 to 380.) 

 On the viviparous fishes of the Pacilic Coast of North America. Bv Carl H. Eigen- 



mann. (Bulletin 1892, pp. 381 to 478.) 

 Notes on two hitherto unrecognized species of American whitefish. By Huo-h M. 



Smith. (Bulletin 1891, pp. 1 to 13.) 

 Extension of the recorded range of certain marine and fresh-water fishes of the 



Atlantic coast of the United States. Bv W. C. Kendall and Hugh M. Smith. 



(Bulletin 1894, pp. 15 to 21.) 

 Notes on fishes from the basin of the Mackenzie River in British America. By 



Charles H. Gilbert. (Bulletin 1894, pp. 23 to 25.) 

 An American fish in Finland. By Oscar Nordqvist. (Bulletin 1894, pp. 27 to 28.) 

 Two fertile cyprinoid hybrids. By Karl Kna^the. (Bulletin 1894, pp. 29 to 30.) 

 A report upon explorations made in Eel River basin in the northeastern part of Indi- 

 ana in the summer of 1892. By Philip H. Kirsch. (Bulletin 1894, pp. 31 to 42.) 

 Notes on the fresh-water fishes of Washington County, Me. Bv William C. Kendall. 



( Bulletin 1894, pp. 43 to 54.) 

 World's Fisheries Congress. Report of the secretary of the general committee, by 



Tarleton H. Bean, and address of the chairman of the general committee, by 



Marshall McDonald. (Bulletin 1893. pp. 1 to 16.) 

 The assimilation of the fishery laws of the Great Lakes. By G. A. MacCallum. 



(Bulletin 1893, pp. 17 to 20.) 

 The decrease of food-fishes in American waters and some of the causes. By A. M. 



Spaugler. ( Bulletin 1893, pp. 21 to 35. ) 

 The sea and coast fisheries. By Daniel T. Church. (Bulletin 1893, pp. 37 to 38.) 

 Our ocean fishes and the effect of legislation upon the fisheries. By J. M. K. South- 

 wick. (Bulletin 1893, pp. 39 to 45. ) 

 The past, present, and future of trout-culture. By W. L. Gilbert. (Bulletin L893, 



pp.47 to 48.) 

 The relation of scientific research to economic problems. By George Brown Goode. 



(Bulletin 1893, pp. 49 to 58.) 

 Biological research in relation to the fisheries. By John A. Ryder. (Bulletin 1893, 



pp. 59 to 63.) 

 On the influence of light on the periodical depth migrations of pelagic animals. By 



Jacques Loeb. ( Bulletin 1893, pp. 65 to 68. ) 

 The investigation of rivers and lakes with reference to fish environment. By Bar- 

 ton W, Evermann. (Bulletin 1893, pp. 69 to 73.) 



