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  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  work, 
  however, 
  necessitated 
  her 
  keepiug 
  in 
  localities 
  where 
  spawning 
  

   fish 
  were 
  expected 
  to 
  occur, 
  and 
  the 
  customary 
  observations 
  were 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  possible, 
  Mr. 
  Kendall 
  giving 
  his 
  entire 
  time 
  to 
  this 
  sub- 
  

   ject. 
  The 
  Grampus 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  Vineyard 
  Sound 
  region 
  until 
  aT)Out 
  

   June 
  1, 
  when 
  she 
  proceeded 
  to 
  the 
  eastern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine, 
  

   being 
  still 
  engaged 
  in 
  procuring 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  mackerel 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  

   the 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  

  

  Inshore 
  work 
  respecting 
  the 
  mackerel 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  during 
  the 
  

   summer 
  of 
  1895 
  by 
  Capt. 
  A. 
  C. 
  Adams 
  and 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  E. 
  Wolhaupter, 
  on 
  

   the 
  same 
  plan 
  as 
  in 
  1891. 
  These 
  two 
  assistants 
  remained 
  in 
  company 
  

   on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July, 
  having 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawl-, 
  Lieut. 
  Franklin 
  Swift, 
  U. 
  S. 
  IST., 
  commanding, 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  facilitate 
  their 
  movements 
  and 
  afibrd 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   reaching 
  outlying 
  fishing-grounds. 
  Reaching 
  Portland 
  on 
  July 
  2, 
  this 
  

   vessel 
  remained 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Casco 
  Bay 
  until 
  July 
  11, 
  thence 
  

   proceeding 
  to 
  Booth 
  Bay, 
  Monhegan 
  Island, 
  Port 
  Clyde 
  Harbor, 
  

   Rockland, 
  Seal 
  Harbor, 
  Matinicus 
  Island, 
  Great 
  Duck 
  Island, 
  South- 
  

   wes^t 
  Harbor, 
  Bar 
  Harbor, 
  Long 
  Island 
  Harbor, 
  Burnt 
  Cove 
  Harbor, 
  

   Isle 
  an 
  Haut, 
  and 
  back 
  to 
  Rockland, 
  where 
  the 
  cruise 
  ended. 
  Many 
  

   IDlaces 
  of 
  less 
  prominence 
  were 
  also 
  visited. 
  Dr. 
  Wolhaupter 
  subse- 
  

   quently 
  extended 
  his 
  observations 
  east 
  to 
  Machias, 
  Cutler, 
  and 
  East- 
  

   port, 
  after 
  which 
  both 
  he 
  and 
  Captain 
  Adams 
  returned 
  southward 
  along 
  

   the 
  coast 
  of 
  iSTew 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  Massachusetts. 
  Capt. 
  Adams 
  com- 
  

   pleted 
  his 
  field 
  work 
  at 
  Gloucester 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  August, 
  while 
  Dr. 
  

   Wolhaupter 
  also 
  visited 
  Boston, 
  several 
  places 
  on 
  Cape 
  Cod, 
  Woods 
  

   Hole, 
  Newport, 
  Block 
  Island, 
  Xew 
  York, 
  and 
  the 
  northern 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

   New 
  Jersey 
  coast, 
  reaching 
  Washington 
  early 
  in 
  October. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  early 
  spring 
  fishery 
  of 
  1896, 
  the 
  Commission 
  was 
  repre- 
  

   sented 
  at 
  Fulton 
  Market, 
  Xew 
  York 
  City, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  G. 
  Maddren, 
  tem- 
  

   porary 
  assistant, 
  who 
  carried 
  on 
  the 
  customary 
  inquiries 
  at 
  that 
  place 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April 
  until 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  May. 
  These 
  related 
  

   to 
  the 
  fresh 
  mackerel 
  landed 
  at 
  New 
  York 
  by 
  the 
  purse-seiners 
  and 
  to 
  

   those 
  brought 
  there 
  from 
  the 
  shore 
  fisheries, 
  both 
  to 
  the 
  southward 
  and 
  

   eastward. 
  His 
  observations 
  were 
  largely 
  supplemental 
  to 
  those 
  made 
  

   on 
  board 
  the 
  schooner 
  Grampus. 
  

  

  OYSTER 
  INVESTIGATIONS. 
  

  

  Apalachicola 
  Ikiy, 
  Florida. 
  — 
  In 
  compliance 
  with 
  a 
  resolution 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Senate, 
  adopted 
  February 
  15, 
  1895, 
  the 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  

   Jlawl; 
  commanded 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Franklin 
  Swift, 
  I". 
  S. 
  N., 
  was 
  detailed 
  to 
  

   nuike 
  investigations 
  respecting 
  the 
  oyster 
  fisheries 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  

   Florida 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1895-9G. 
  As 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  coast 
  

   referred 
  to 
  was 
  far 
  too 
  great 
  to 
  be 
  covered 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  season, 
  it 
  was 
  

   concluded 
  to 
  restrict 
  the 
  oi^erations 
  at 
  that 
  time 
  to 
  Apalacliicola 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  the 
  adjacent 
  waters, 
  where 
  the 
  fishery 
  has 
  for 
  some 
  years 
  been 
  of 
  

   relatively 
  much 
  imj)ortance, 
  on 
  the 
  ground 
  that 
  more 
  satisfactory 
  and 
  

   useful 
  results 
  could 
  be 
  accomplished 
  in 
  that 
  way. 
  The 
  survey 
  was 
  

   begun 
  on 
  November 
  12 
  and 
  completed 
  on 
  March 
  28. 
  The 
  inquiries 
  

  

  