﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  103 
  

  

  vations 
  aud 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  more 
  complete 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  inhabit- 
  

   ing- 
  this 
  lake 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  chain. 
  Mr. 
  Woolman 
  

   has 
  submitted 
  a 
  very 
  full 
  rejiort 
  upon 
  his 
  inquiries, 
  including 
  a 
  detailed 
  

   account 
  of 
  the 
  changes 
  which 
  have 
  taken 
  place 
  in 
  the 
  fisheries 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  year. 
  The 
  sturgeon 
  constitute 
  the 
  imi^ortant 
  feature 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   of 
  the 
  Woods 
  from 
  a 
  fishery 
  standpoint, 
  and 
  their 
  cajiture 
  gives 
  rise 
  to 
  

   the 
  x)rincipal 
  industry 
  which 
  it 
  affords. 
  They 
  occur 
  there 
  in 
  unusual 
  

   abundance, 
  and 
  are 
  readily 
  taken 
  in 
  large 
  numbers, 
  but 
  the 
  small 
  size 
  

   of 
  tlie 
  lake 
  makes 
  their 
  depletion 
  a 
  question 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  if 
  

   fishing 
  is 
  allowed 
  to 
  continue 
  unrestrained, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  i)reseut. 
  

  

  The 
  inquiries 
  in 
  Passamaquoddy 
  Bay 
  related 
  mainly 
  to 
  the 
  herring 
  

   or 
  sardine 
  fisheries, 
  but 
  in 
  part 
  also 
  to 
  those 
  for 
  the 
  lobster 
  and 
  other 
  

   species, 
  and 
  were 
  conducted 
  by 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  F. 
  Moore, 
  who 
  was 
  engaged 
  

   upon 
  the 
  same 
  subject 
  in 
  1893. 
  Mr. 
  Moore 
  accompanied 
  the 
  steamer 
  

   Fish 
  Saiclc 
  eastward 
  from 
  Portland 
  during 
  July, 
  1895, 
  while 
  detailed 
  

   to 
  the 
  mackerel 
  investigations, 
  aud 
  was 
  thereby 
  ena))led 
  to 
  extend 
  his 
  

   observations 
  along 
  a 
  (•onsiderable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Maine 
  coast. 
  Subse- 
  

   quently 
  he 
  established 
  headquarters 
  at 
  Eastport, 
  Me., 
  working 
  from 
  

   that 
  center 
  until 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  September. 
  The 
  mackerel 
  investigations, 
  

   which 
  Avere 
  carried 
  on 
  partly 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Joint 
  inquiries, 
  are 
  

   discussed 
  under 
  their 
  appropriate 
  heading. 
  

  

  The 
  notes 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  joint 
  commission 
  are 
  very 
  voluminous 
  and 
  

   relate 
  to 
  a 
  great 
  variety 
  of 
  subjects. 
  Their 
  reduction 
  and 
  compilation 
  

   have 
  been 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  all 
  times 
  when 
  the 
  representatives 
  have 
  not 
  

   been 
  engaged 
  in 
  field 
  work, 
  but 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  impossible 
  to 
  forward 
  their 
  

   consideration 
  as 
  rapidly 
  as 
  was 
  expected. 
  The 
  representatives 
  met 
  in 
  

   Washington 
  on 
  jMarch 
  1, 
  1896, 
  for 
  the 
  i>iirpose 
  of 
  engaging 
  conjointly 
  

   in 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  their 
  report, 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  be 
  so 
  occupied 
  until 
  

   into 
  April, 
  when 
  it 
  became 
  evident 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  finished 
  

   within 
  the 
  limit 
  of 
  time 
  set 
  by 
  the 
  agreement, 
  which 
  was 
  June 
  1, 
  1896. 
  

   An 
  extension 
  of 
  time 
  to 
  December 
  31, 
  1890, 
  was 
  accordingly 
  arranged 
  

   by 
  an 
  exchange 
  of 
  notes 
  between 
  the 
  two 
  Governments. 
  

  

  MACKEREL 
  INVESTIGATIONS. 
  

  

  Investigations 
  respecting 
  tlie 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  mackerel 
  and 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  which 
  it 
  aftbrds 
  were 
  assiduously 
  carried 
  on 
  daring 
  all 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  when 
  this 
  species 
  is 
  present 
  on 
  the 
  coast. 
  These 
  

   inquiries, 
  begun 
  several 
  years 
  ago 
  and 
  inaugurated 
  mainly 
  with 
  the 
  

   object 
  of 
  determining 
  to 
  what 
  extent, 
  if 
  any, 
  the 
  fluctuations 
  in 
  the 
  

   abnndance 
  of 
  this 
  fish 
  may 
  have 
  resulted 
  from 
  human 
  agencies, 
  have 
  

   recently 
  been 
  conducted 
  as 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  joint 
  commission 
  

   referred 
  to 
  above. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  the 
  schooner 
  Grampus^ 
  commanded 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  E. 
  Hahn, 
  master, 
  wath 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Kendall 
  as 
  naturalist, 
  was 
  

   at 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  having 
  just 
  comi)leted 
  a 
  cruise 
  in 
  Canadian 
  waters. 
  

   Operations 
  were 
  resumed 
  on 
  July 
  8, 
  1895, 
  and 
  were 
  continued 
  untii 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  September, 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  work 
  being 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  li^'ew 
  

  

  