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140 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
industries, were procured by the personal efforts of the agent. The 
commercial fisheries of the high seas, coasts, bays, and rivers prosecuted 
by fishermen of California, Oregon, and Washington were system-— 
atically and completely considered; and, in most cases, the statistics 
given represent actual records. As the firms prosecuting fishing in 
Alaska have their main offices in San Francisco or other cities of the 
Pacific States, Mr. Wilcox was able to obtain from them very satis- 
factory and approximately complete information for all the fisheries of | 
Alaska in which white men are engaged. These data add greatly to 
the interest of the report and permit the presentation of statistics 
embracing the economic fisheries of the entire west coast of the United 
States. | 
In the vicinity of San Francisco, Mr. A. B. Alexander, fishery expert. 
on the Fish Commission steamer Albatross, aided in the canvass. The 
statistics given for the year 1893 are the results of inquiries carried on 
by Mr. Alexander during the fall and winter of that year. 
The years which have elapsed since the completion of the canvass of 
the west coast fisheries in 1889 have been characterized by great liter- 
ary activity as regards the fishing industry. The following papers 
relating to fish and fisheries, issued by this Commission between 1889 
and 1894, inclusive, which represent only a small part of the printed 
matter pertaining to this region which has appeared in Government 
reports, magazines, the public press, and State documents, are suffi- 
cient to show the interest taken in the subject by the national Fish 
Commission: 
List of papers relative to the fish and fisheries of the Pacific Coast of the United States, 
published by the United States Fish Commission, from 1889 to 1894, inclusive. 
Explorations of the fishing-grounds of Alaska, Washington Territory, and Oregon 
during 1888 by the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross. 
The transplanting of lobsters to the Pacific Coast of the United States. 
Report upon the pearl fishery of the Gulf of California. 
Report upon certain investigations relating to the planting of oysters in southern 
California. 
Report on the salmon and salmon rivers of Alaska, with notes on the conditions, 
methods, and needs of the salmon fisheries. 
The fishing-grounds of Bristol Bay, Alaska; a preliminary report upon the inves- 
tigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross during the 
summer of 1890. 
Report on the fisheries of the Pacific Coast of the United States. 
Report on the investigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer Albatross 
tor the year ending June 30, 1889. 
The fishing vessels and boats of the Pacific Coast. 
Report of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries relative to the salmon and salmon 
industries of Alaska. 
Report upon the investigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer 
Albatross from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1891. 
Report of observations respecting the oyster resources and oyster fishery of the 
Pacific Coast of the United States. 
Summary of fishery investigations conducted in North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea 
from July 1, 1888, to July 1, 1892. 
On the viviparous fishes of the Pacific Coast of North America. 
Past and future of the fur seal. 
Notes on the fisheries and fishery industries of Puget Sound. 
Report upon the investigations of the United States Fish Commission steamer 
Albatross for the year ending June 30, 1892. 
The salmon fisheries of the Columbia River basin, together with a report upon 
physical and natural-history investigations in the region. 
