CONTENTS. 



I.— EEPORT OF THE OOMMISSIOKER. 



A.— GENEEAL CONSIDEEATIONS. 



Page. 



1. INTBODUCTOEY BEMAKKB xiii 



Scope of the twelfth report xiii 



Divisions of the subject xiii 



Inquiry - xiii 



Propagation xiii 



The promotion of science - xiv 



Noteworthy features of the jear xiv 



(1) Completion of buildings at Wood's HoU xiv 



(2) Construction of oyster ponds xiv 



(3) Trip of the Albatross to the Caribbean Sea xiv 



(4) Investigation of Florida shad fisheries xiv 



(5) Investigation of oyster-beds on Long Island Sound xiv 



(6) Investigation offish epidemics xiv 



^ (7) Collection of specimens of cetaceans xiv 



(8) Construction of a third car xiv 



(9) Introduction of cod gill-nets on the Pacific xiv 



(10) Shad hatching at Fort "Washington xiv 



(11) Eockflsh hatching at Weldon, N. C xiv 



(12) Codfish hatching at "Wood's HoU xdv 



(13) Planting lobsters in Chesapeake Bay xiv 



(14) Importation of blue carp and European trout xiv 



(15) Senate Committee on Fish and the Fisheries xiv 



(16) New Orleans Exposition xiv 



(17) Prohibition of net-fishing on the Upper Potomac xiv 



Extent of work of the Commission during the year xv 



Casualties during the year xv 



2. Peincipal stations of the United States Fish Commission xv 



A. — For investigation and research - xv 



(1) Gloucester, Mass xv 



(2) "Wood's Holl, Mass xv 



(3) Saint Jerome, Md xvi 



B. —For propagation of Salqionidae xvi 



(4) Grand Lake Stream, Me. (Schoodic Salmon) xvi 



(5) Bncksport, Me. (Penobscot Salmon) xvi 



(6) Northville, Mich. ("Whiteflsh and several species of Trout) xvi 



(7) Alpena, Mich. ("Whitefish) xvi 



(8) Baird, Shasta County, Cal. (California Salmon) xvi 



(9) Trout ponds near Baird, CaL (California Trout) xvi 



(10) "Wytheville, "Va. (Salmonidas generally) xvi 



(11) Cold Spring Harbor, N. T. (Schoodic and Penobscot Salmon) xvi 



C. — For propagation of Shad xvi 



(12) Havre de Grace, Md xvi 



(13) Central Station, "Washington, D. C xvii 



(14) Fort "Washington, Md xvii 



D. — For i^ropagation of Carp ^^' 



(15) Monument reservation, Washington, D. C ^^* 



(16) Arsenal grounds, Washington, D. C ^"^^^ 



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