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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  bauds 
  of 
  specialists 
  in 
  fishery 
  matters, 
  are 
  brought 
  to 
  light 
  each 
  season, 
  

   showing 
  how 
  dependent 
  on 
  the 
  precise 
  methods 
  aud 
  deductions 
  of 
  

   science 
  are 
  the 
  improvements 
  which 
  are 
  taking 
  jilace 
  in 
  tlie 
  means 
  for 
  

   preserving 
  and 
  increasing 
  the 
  objects 
  of 
  our 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Vina! 
  K 
  Edwards, 
  the 
  permanent 
  observer 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  has 
  

   continued 
  his 
  almost 
  daily 
  collecting 
  trips 
  throughout 
  the 
  year, 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  liis 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  seasonal 
  appearance 
  and 
  disappearance 
  of 
  the 
  

   different 
  fishes 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  relative 
  abundance 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  inquiries 
  conducted 
  by 
  him 
  are 
  referred 
  to 
  in 
  

   another 
  connection. 
  During 
  the 
  summer 
  he 
  assisted 
  those 
  in 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  at 
  the 
  laboratory 
  in 
  obtaining 
  the 
  materials 
  for 
  their 
  studies. 
  

  

  The 
  aquaria 
  and 
  the 
  exhibition 
  collection 
  of 
  marine 
  animals 
  and 
  

   jilants 
  have 
  been 
  properly 
  maintained 
  throughout 
  the 
  year, 
  and 
  many 
  

   additions 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  latter. 
  The 
  aquaria 
  are 
  especially 
  

   serviceable 
  to 
  the 
  workers 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory, 
  as 
  they 
  afford 
  not 
  only 
  

   the 
  means 
  of 
  keeping 
  animals 
  alive 
  for 
  an 
  indefinite 
  period, 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  

   have 
  them 
  available 
  for 
  study 
  at 
  all 
  times, 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  opportunity 
  of 
  

   observing 
  their 
  habits 
  under 
  conditions 
  which 
  are 
  as 
  nearly 
  natural 
  as 
  it 
  

   has 
  been 
  possible 
  to 
  provide 
  them. 
  The 
  names 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  species 
  

   contained 
  in 
  each 
  tank 
  are 
  displayed 
  on 
  a 
  large 
  label 
  for 
  the 
  benefit 
  of 
  

   the 
  public, 
  which 
  continues 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  exhibition 
  rooms 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  

   tioor 
  an 
  attractive 
  i)lace 
  to 
  visit. 
  

  

  TEMPERATURE 
  OBSERVATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  has 
  continued 
  to 
  receive, 
  through 
  the 
  courtesy 
  

   of 
  the 
  Light-House 
  Board 
  and 
  the 
  Soutliern 
  Pacific 
  Company, 
  the 
  daily 
  

   records 
  of 
  water-temperature 
  observations 
  taken 
  at 
  the 
  following 
  sea- 
  

   coast 
  and 
  inland 
  stations: 
  

  

  Temperature 
  stations 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast, 
  

  

  Stations 
  of 
  the 
  Light- 
  House 
  Board 
  : 
  

  

  Coast 
  of 
  Maine: 
  Petit 
  Manan 
  Island, 
  Mount 
  Desert 
  Rock, 
  Matinicus 
  Rock, 
  

  

  Seguin 
  Island, 
  Boon 
  Island. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  jSIassachusetts 
  : 
  Race 
  Point, 
  Pollock 
  Kij) 
  light-ship, 
  Gi-eat 
  Round 
  Shoal 
  

  

  light-ship, 
  Nantucket 
  New 
  South 
  Shoal 
  light-ship, 
  ^'ineyard 
  Sound 
  light-' 
  

  

  ship. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  Rhode 
  Island: 
  Brenton 
  Reef 
  light-ship, 
  Block 
  Island 
  southeast 
  light. 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Sound: 
  Bartlett 
  Reef 
  light-ship. 
  

  

  Coast 
  of 
  New 
  Jersey: 
  Absecon 
  Inlet, 
  Fiv<> 
  Fathom 
  Bank 
  light-ship. 
  

   Delaware 
  Bay: 
  Fourteen-Foot 
  Bank 
  light-ship. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  Virginia: 
  AVinter 
  Quarter 
  Shoal 
  light-ship. 
  

   Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  : 
  'Windmill 
  Point, 
  Stingray 
  Point, 
  York 
  Spit. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina: 
  Capo 
  Lookout, 
  Frying 
  Pan 
  Shoal 
  light-ship. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  South 
  Carolina: 
  Charleston 
  Bar 
  light-ship, 
  Martin's 
  Industry 
  Shoal 
  

  

  liglit-ship. 
  

   Coast 
  of 
  Florida 
  : 
  Fowey 
  Rocks, 
  Carysfori. 
  Reef, 
  Dry 
  Tortugas. 
  

  

  Temperature 
  stations 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Slope. 
  

  

  Stations 
  of 
  the 
  Southern 
  Pacific 
  Company 
  : 
  

  

  Sacramento 
  River 
  at 
  Tehama 
  and 
  Yolo 
  bridges 
  and 
  Kings 
  Landing, 
  California. 
  

  

  Feather 
  River 
  at 
  Feather 
  River 
  bridge, 
  California. 
  

  

  American 
  River 
  at 
  American 
  River 
  bridge, 
  California. 
  

  

  Mokelunme 
  River 
  at 
  Lodi, 
  Cal. 
  

  

  Tuolumne 
  River 
  at 
  Modesto, 
  Cal. 
  

  

  San 
  Joaquin 
  River 
  at 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  railroad 
  crossings. 
  

  

  King 
  River 
  at 
  Kingsburg, 
  Cal. 
  

  

  Colorado 
  River 
  at 
  Yuma, 
  Ariz. 
  

  

  