﻿XXII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  volvcd 
  a 
  serious 
  loss 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  interruption 
  of 
  the 
  valuable 
  em- 
  

   bryological 
  work, 
  which 
  he 
  conducted 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  private 
  

   laboratory 
  of 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  Fulton 
  Market, 
  New 
  York 
  City, 
  and 
  

   in 
  which 
  the 
  Commission 
  was 
  much 
  interested. 
  The 
  general 
  cause 
  of 
  

   fish-culture 
  has 
  also 
  suffered 
  in 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Mr. 
  George 
  Henry 
  Jerome, 
  

   which 
  occurred 
  August 
  15, 
  at 
  Niles, 
  Mich. 
  He 
  was 
  for 
  a 
  time 
  a 
  mem- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Board 
  of 
  Fish 
  Commissioners 
  of 
  Michigan, 
  and 
  was 
  the 
  

   first 
  State 
  superintendent 
  of 
  Michigan 
  fisheries. 
  Many 
  years 
  of 
  his 
  life 
  

   were 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  fish-culture, 
  and 
  his 
  influence 
  was 
  often 
  

   potent 
  with 
  the 
  legislature 
  of 
  his 
  adopted 
  State 
  when 
  questions 
  arose 
  

   with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  2.— 
  STATIONS 
  OF 
  THE 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  FISH 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  which 
  were 
  occupied 
  dur- 
  

   ing 
  1884 
  have 
  been 
  in 
  use, 
  and 
  there 
  have 
  been 
  added 
  thereto 
  tempo- 
  

   rary 
  stations 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  Biver 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  hatching 
  shad. 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  Investigation 
  and 
  Research. 
  

  

  (1) 
  Gloucester 
  , 
  Mass. 
  — 
  This 
  station 
  was 
  first 
  occupied 
  in 
  1878, 
  and 
  

   has 
  been 
  maintained 
  ever 
  since 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  opportunities 
  fur- 
  

   nished 
  for 
  securing 
  information 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries. 
  In 
  

   February 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  the 
  office 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

   W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  secretary 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fish 
  Bureau. 
  With 
  the 
  

   assistance 
  of 
  Capt. 
  S. 
  J. 
  Martin, 
  statistics 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  have 
  been 
  

   collected, 
  from 
  which 
  monthly 
  reports 
  have 
  been 
  compiled 
  and 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  Bulletin. 
  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  has 
  also 
  assisted 
  

   in 
  obtaining 
  extended 
  information 
  relative 
  to 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  (2) 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  Mass. 
  — 
  This 
  station, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  occupied 
  since 
  

   1881, 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  all 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   tbe 
  Commission. 
  It 
  furnishes 
  a 
  harbor 
  an 
  d 
  wharfage 
  for 
  the 
  steamers 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commission 
  which 
  are 
  engaged 
  in 
  research 
  along 
  the 
  North 
  Atlan- 
  

   tic 
  coast 
  each 
  summer. 
  It 
  is 
  fitted 
  up 
  especially 
  for 
  the 
  propagation 
  of 
  

   marine 
  forms, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  cod, 
  the 
  lobster, 
  and 
  the 
  oyster. 
  It 
  is 
  iu 
  

   charge 
  of 
  Capt. 
  H. 
  C. 
  Chester, 
  and 
  is 
  occupied 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  in 
  

   person 
  during 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  of 
  the 
  summer 
  months. 
  

  

  (.3) 
  Saint 
  Jerome, 
  Md. 
  — 
  This 
  station, 
  estabiishe 
  d 
  in 
  1881, 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  

   experimental 
  work 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  oyster 
  culture, 
  and 
  is 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   W. 
  de 
  C. 
  Ravenel. 
  Five 
  ponds 
  have 
  now 
  been 
  constructed, 
  and 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  extended 
  observations 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  upon 
  the 
  densities 
  of 
  

   sea-water 
  in 
  various 
  typical 
  localities. 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  Propagation 
  of 
  Salmonidjs. 
  

  

  (4) 
  Grand 
  Lalcc 
  Stream, 
  Me.— 
  This 
  station 
  since 
  1875 
  has 
  been 
  oper- 
  

   ated 
  jointly 
  in 
  Hie 
  interest 
  of 
  Maine, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  and 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  and 
  is 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  

  

  