﻿VI 
  CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Pago. 
  

  

  21. 
  Use 
  of 
  cod 
  gill-nets 
  lxii 
  

  

  Success 
  of 
  their 
  introduction 
  lxii 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  nets 
  and 
  their 
  use 
  lxii 
  

  

  Proposed 
  experiment 
  with 
  these 
  nets 
  in 
  the 
  banks 
  fisheries 
  lxiii 
  

  

  22. 
  Mackerel 
  fisheries 
  of 
  1885 
  lxiii 
  

  

  Summary 
  of 
  year's 
  fishing, 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  lxiii 
  

  

  Statistics 
  of 
  catch 
  for 
  1885, 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  "Wilcox 
  lxiv 
  

  

  23. 
  Investigation 
  of 
  the 
  red-snapper 
  fisheries 
  lxv 
  

  

  Two 
  trips 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  lxv 
  

  

  Fishing-grounds 
  for 
  the 
  red 
  snapper 
  lxvi 
  

  

  Details 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  lxvi 
  

  

  24. 
  The 
  black 
  cod 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  lxvii 
  

  

  Comments 
  upon 
  this 
  fishery 
  lxvii 
  

  

  Methods 
  of 
  preparing 
  for 
  market 
  lxviii 
  

  

  Edible 
  qualities 
  lxviii 
  

  

  25. 
  Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  lxix 
  

  

  Exploring 
  trip 
  in 
  Alaska 
  lxix 
  

  

  Gathering 
  statistics 
  in 
  Northern 
  California 
  lxx 
  

  

  Investigating 
  the 
  gray-whale 
  fishery 
  lxx 
  

  

  6. 
  Treaty 
  relations 
  with 
  Great 
  Britain 
  lxx 
  

  

  Arrangement 
  for 
  collocting 
  information 
  concerning 
  the 
  fisheries 
  lxxi 
  

  

  C— 
  THE 
  INCREASE 
  OF 
  FOOD-FISHES. 
  

  

  27. 
  By 
  protective 
  measures 
  lxxii 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  Colonel 
  McDonald 
  on 
  the 
  pollution 
  of 
  Potomac 
  water 
  lxxii 
  

  

  Other 
  investigations 
  lxxii 
  

  

  28. 
  By 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  fishways 
  lxxiii 
  

  

  Fishway 
  over 
  the 
  Great 
  Falls 
  lxxiii 
  

  

  29. 
  Some 
  opinions 
  of 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  lxxiv 
  

  

  Views 
  of 
  Sir 
  Lyon 
  Playfair 
  lxxiv 
  

  

  Views 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A 
  Booth 
  lxxv 
  

  

  Views 
  of 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  CossarEwart 
  lxxvi 
  

  

  Action 
  of 
  the 
  Chilian 
  Government 
  lxxvi 
  

  

  30. 
  By 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  lxxvi 
  

  

  Total 
  distribution 
  to 
  public 
  waters, 
  1872-82 
  lxxvi 
  

  

  31. 
  Species 
  of 
  fish 
  cultivated 
  and 
  distributed 
  in 
  1885 
  lxxvii 
  

  

  General 
  list 
  of 
  species 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  lxxvii 
  

  

  a. 
  The 
  Codfish 
  (Gadus 
  morrhua). 
  

  

  The 
  "Wood's 
  Holl 
  Station 
  lxxviii 
  

  

  b. 
  The 
  White 
  Perch 
  (Boccus 
  americanus). 
  

  

  The 
  Battery 
  Station 
  1 
  xxviii 
  

  

  c. 
  The 
  Whitefish 
  (Coregonus 
  clupei/ormis) 
  . 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station 
  lxxviii 
  

  

  The 
  Alpen 
  a 
  Station 
  lxxix 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  Ixxx 
  

  

  d. 
  The 
  Moranke 
  (Coregonus 
  albula). 
  

  

  The 
  Bucksport 
  Station 
  Ixxx 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  the 
  moranke 
  Ixxx 
  

  

  e. 
  The 
  Grayling 
  (Thymallus 
  tricolor). 
  

  

  Remarks 
  on 
  the 
  species 
  lxxxi 
  

  

  The 
  "Wytheville 
  Station 
  lxxxii 
  

  

  f. 
  The 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  (Salvelinus 
  fontinalis). 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station 
  lxxxii 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  lxxxiii 
  

  

  g. 
  The 
  IJakc 
  Trout 
  (Salvelinus 
  namaycush). 
  

  

  The 
  Bucksport 
  Station 
  lxxxiii 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station 
  lxxxiv 
  

  

  h. 
  The 
  California, 
  Rainbow, 
  or 
  Mountain 
  Trout 
  (Salmo 
  irideus). 
  

  

  The 
  McCloud 
  Kiver 
  Station 
  lxxxiv 
  

  

  The 
  North 
  ville 
  Station 
  lxx 
  x 
  v 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  lxxxv 
  

  

  The 
  Wytheville 
  Station 
  lxxxv 
  

  

  i. 
  The 
  Atlantic 
  or 
  Penobscot 
  Salmon 
  (Salmo 
  talar). 
  

  

  The 
  Bucksport 
  Station 
  lxxxv 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  lxxxvi 
  

  

  