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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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lus had turued to a brownisli hue, and the germinal disk was disorgan- 

 ized." 



When the water is full of fine ice or suow " mush," the codfish in the 

 wells of the smacks die freely and their stomachs are fouud filled with 

 the chilling material, notwithstanding the fact that they are winter 

 spawners and come to the shores of Long Island in winter, where large 

 numbers are taken at that time. In the summer mouths, when the Gulf 

 Stream is some 200 miles nearer our coast, no codfish are ever found 

 about the bays or harbors of the island. We now propose to bring a 

 smack load of cod here and confine them until they spawn. 



distribution of Penobscot salmon from Cold Spring Harbor in May, 1883, on account of 



the U. S. Fish Commission. 



*This loss was attributed by Mr. Hewitt partly to a lack of ice and partly to the length of time 

 they had remained in the troughs, which predisposed them to die. 



Distribution of Penobscot salmon from Cold Spring Harbor in 1884, on account of the U. S. 



Fish Commission. 



