

KEPORT 



OP THE 



COMMISSIOiNER OF FISH AND FISHERIES FOR 1875-76. 



May 31, 1876. — Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



.United States Commission Fish and Fisheries, 



Washington, April 25, 1876. 

 Gentlemen: la compliance with the order of Congress, I transmit 

 herewith my report for 1875-'7G as United States Commissioner of Fish 

 and Fisheries, embracing, first, the results of inquiries into the causes 

 of the decrease of the food-fishes of the sea-coast and lakes of the United 

 States ; and, secondly, the history of the measures taken for the propa- 

 gation of food-fishes by stocking the rivers and lakes with shad, salmon, 

 and other valuable species. 



Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



SPENCER F. BAIRD, 



Commissioner, 

 Hon. T. W. Ferry, 



President of the United States Senate; and 



Hon. M. C. Kerr, 



SpeaTcer of the House of Representatives. 



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