692 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Serial 

 number. 



Baltic Sea, physical condition of 883 



salmon migration in 562, 1066 



organic matter in 748 



oysters planted in 1185 



Bank cod fishery. 656 



Barking nets, methods of 1679 



Bass. (See Black Bass, Calico Bass, 

 Striped Bass, etc.) 



Batrachians, natural history of 1755 



Battery Station, operations at 665, 



666,706,707,993,1337,1339 



well water . 1728 



Beam trawl fishery ._ 382 



Bear Lake , depletion of fish in 1169 



Belgium, catfish for 946 



fish-culture in 1872,1873 



planted in . _ 178 



water courses, repopulation of. 985 



Belostomidse 466 



Bering Sea investigation 1333 



Berlin Fishery Exposition, United States 



exhibit at _._ 691,1796 



Bibliography of Fish Commission publi- 

 cations -.- 632,1490.1491,1492 



Biological research 1430, 1453, 1456 



Birds, capture of ._ 363 



migration of . 726 



used as bait for fish 363 



Black bass for England. 751 



in Amsterdam aquaria 876 



Finland. 1223 



Germany 211,212 



North Carolina 405, 1486 



of America 208 



propagation of 32, 1266, 1623 



spawning in Germany 211 



Black cod of Pacific Ocean 1693 



Blackfish fisheries. 303 



hatching 507 



scarcity of . 951,952 



Bladders, preparation of 1238 



Bladderwort, fish destroyed by 585,1198 



Blue carp, information concerning 522, 



524.761,949 



Bluefish, capture of 1278 



seining, obj ections to . . 463 



spawning of 1293,1294 



Bohuslan, fisheries of 971,972,975,976,980 



Bordeaux, codfish drying at - 688 



Boston Bay, pollock fishing in 1089 



Bottle-nose whale fishery 1592 



Bower-Barff rustless iron 899 



Branch alewives, occurrence of 153 



Brazil, carp for . 403 



Bream, propagation of - . 433 



Bremerhaven, shad sent to. 1121 



Brenham, Tex., carp spawning in vicinity 



of 1195 



Bretagne, France, salmon fisheries of 937 



Bristol Bay fishing-grounds . 1720 



British Channel, oyster-culture in 228 



Columbia, fisheries of 1202, 



1203, 1297, 1298 



Guiana, fish of 1317 



India, fisheries of 1144 



sea fisheries 25 



Broad River, shad in 405 



Brook trout for Switzerland 636 



from Cristine Lake 156 



Monadnock Lake 156 



hybrid 160 



in France . 253 



mineral waters 1880 



occurrence of 156 



questions on 1658 



Browns Bank, cod abun ''.ant on 367 



Brown trout in America 1139 



Brownell, Charles H. , death of 1162 



Buffalo, natural history 479 



propagation of 1199 



Bugs which destroy fish 466 



Burbot. -. 152 



Buzzards Bay fisheries 1254 



Calhoun County, Mich., fishes of 201 



Calico bass - 482 



California, carp introduced into 1305 



fish for 1655 



fishes of 864 



Serial 

 number. 

 California, fishing products exported 



from _ 418 



lobsters transplanted to 1282 



operations in 1645 



oysters planted in 624 



pearl fishery of _ 1748 



salmon. (See Quinnat sal- 

 mon.) 



striped bass for 1120, 1739 



trout. {See Rainbow trout.) 



whale fishery 1747 



Canada, explorations in 532 



fisheriesof 190,260,830.831 



Canadian oysters, transplanting of 1187 



Canning industry of Pacific Coast 873 



Cape Ann cod fisheries 504 



Charles, cod caught near 1375 



Colony fisheries 1470 



Flattery, fur-seal industry of. - 1695 



Capelin fisheries of Finmark 1439 



Cape May, porpoise fishing at. 1756 



Carangoid fishes of United States 638 



Car for distributing fish, description of. . 520 



Carnivorous plants. 702, 1197, 1198, 1471 



Carp, answers to questions relating to. . . 1498 

 blue. (See Blue carp.) 



capture of 1078, 1079, 1268, 1316, 1518 



cooking of . . . 177, 278, 471 ). 620, 686. 1502, 1782 



culture 135,176,207,215,232, 433, 



522,525, 759, 15134, 1769, 1930 



in China 1055,1588 



Germany 1604 



Prussia 1685 



Texas 1929 



destroyed by muskrats 538,1157 



snakes.. 764 



water beetles 1364 



distribution of ... . 607, 1009, 1012, 1019, 1511 

 edible qualities, of. . 257, 433, 1502, 1732, 1782 



eggs, treatment of 268,758,1828 



endurance of 1831 



exchange at Nuremberg 460 



family 847 



fisheries 187,1750 



food f or 617, 633, 727, 1211, 1213, 1214 



for Brazil 403 



Nevada..-. 1271 



the Stettiner Haff _ 1083 



from Germany.. 569,570 



fry, production of 1212 



growth of 111, 233, 525, 607, 633, 828, 1603 



in alkaline waters 1680, 1681 



England 603 



Hudson River 1285, 1287, 1462 



France... - 1188 



James River 191 



Ogeechee River 801 



rice fields 471 



Saxony 805 



introduced into Calif ornia 1305 



United States 759, 



1351,1503 



management of 176 



muddy taste of 257 



natural history of - 767 



occurrence of 191 



ponds, bass in 214 



description of 687, 



766, 933, 1116, 1221, 1912 



of Georgia 1922 



Nether Lusatia. 1784 



Raleigh _ 1910 



Texas 1729 



plants for"." "" '.'.'.'. ". '. '.'.'. "231," 1807, 1808 



prices of - _ 1933 



propagation of - 433, 522, 525 



protection from turtles. 1603 



resuscitation of 1280,1515 



scales, regeneration of_._ 1411 



sex of 1528 



size of 216,1059 



spawning of 141,607,617,1195,1782 



trade at Cottbus 455 



transportation of 569,570,1008,1605 



vitality of 487, 1448, 1515, 1836, 1934 



young fish eaten by. 1408 



Cassella-Miller deep-sea thermometer.. 168,270 

 Caspian Sea, seal hunting in 1445 



