22 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. [20] 
its use. Among many other branches, the following may be mentioned 
as typical (these need not be touched except at special request): 
The Whale Fishery. 
The Antarctic Seal and Sea-Elephant Fishery. 
The Alaska Seal Fishery. 
The Off-Shore Halibut Fishery. 
The Greenland and Grand Bank Halibut Fishery. 
The Flounder Fishery. 
The Block Island and Noman’s Land Cod Fishery. 
The George’s Bank Cod Fishery. 
The Grand Bank Cod Fishery (baiting). 
Do. do. (shacking). 
The New England Boat Cod Fishery. 
The Hake Fishery. 
The New York Market Fleet. 
The Boston Market Fleet. 
The San Francisco Market Fleet. 
The Charleston Market Fleet. 
The Alaska. and Siberian Cod Fishery. 
The Sword-Fish Fishery. 
The Mackerel Fishery (seining). 
Do. do. (gilling). 
Do. do. (jigging). — 
The Bluefish Fishery. 
The Bonito Fishery. 
The Scup Fishery. 
The Striped Bass Fishery. 
The Sea-Bass Fishery. 
The Red-Snapper Fishery. 
The Smelt Fishery. 
The White-fish Fishery. 
The Eastern Salmon Fishery. 
The West-coast Salmon Fishery. 
The Menhaden Fishery. 
The Shad and Alewife Fishery. 
The Herring Fishery. 
The Eel Fishery. 
The Mullet Fishery. 
The Eastern River Sturgeon Fishery. 
The Lake Sturgeon Fishery. 
The Eastern Weir and Pound Fishery. 
The New England Coast Line-Fishery. 
The Middle States Coast Line-Fishery. 
The South Atlantic Coast Line-Fishery. 
The Gulf Line-Fishery. 
The Havana Market Fishery. 
