﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  I.— 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER. 
  

  

  A.— 
  GENERAL 
  CONSIDERATIONS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  1. 
  Introductory 
  remarks 
  xix 
  

  

  Divisions 
  of 
  the 
  subject 
  xix 
  

  

  Inquiry 
  six 
  

  

  Propagation 
  xix 
  

  

  Expansion 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  xix 
  

  

  Co-operation 
  of 
  State 
  commissioners 
  xix 
  

  

  The 
  promotion 
  of 
  science 
  xx 
  

  

  Noteworthy 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  xx 
  

  

  (1) 
  Occupancy 
  of 
  buildings 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  xx 
  

  

  (2) 
  Trip 
  of 
  the 
  Albatross 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  xx 
  

  

  (3) 
  Construction 
  of 
  plans 
  for 
  the 
  Grampus 
  xx 
  

  

  (4) 
  Participation 
  in 
  the 
  New 
  Orleans 
  Exhibition 
  xx 
  

  

  (5) 
  Census 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  fisheries 
  xx 
  

  

  (6) 
  Statistics 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  fisheries 
  xx 
  

  

  (7) 
  Investigation 
  of 
  oyster-beds 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  xxi 
  

  

  (8) 
  Importation 
  of 
  soles 
  and 
  eggs 
  of 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout 
  xxi 
  

  

  (9) 
  Hatching 
  of 
  cod, 
  grayling, 
  and 
  shad 
  xxi 
  

  

  (10) 
  Building 
  a 
  shad 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Fort 
  Washington 
  xxi 
  

  

  (11) 
  Discovery 
  of 
  a 
  system 
  of 
  oyster-culture 
  . 
  xxi 
  

  

  (12) 
  Transportation 
  of 
  clams 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  xxi 
  

  

  (13) 
  Confinement 
  of 
  shad 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  xxi 
  

  

  (14) 
  Distribution 
  of 
  carp 
  to 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  waters 
  xxi 
  

  

  ( 
  15) 
  Increased 
  results 
  in 
  propagating 
  trout, 
  salmon, 
  shad, 
  &c 
  xxi 
  

  

  (16) 
  Exportation 
  of 
  catfish 
  and 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  to 
  Europe 
  and 
  Australia 
  xxi 
  

  

  (17) 
  The 
  introduction 
  into 
  notice 
  of 
  smoked 
  kingfish 
  xxi 
  

  

  (18) 
  The 
  Iceland 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  ttj 
  

  

  (19) 
  Meeting 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  Fisheries 
  Society 
  xxi 
  

  

  (20) 
  Publication 
  of 
  the 
  quarto 
  report 
  xxi 
  

  

  Extent 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  xxi 
  

  

  Casualties 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  „ 
  xxi 
  

  

  2. 
  Stations 
  of 
  the 
  D". 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  xxii 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  For 
  investigation 
  and 
  research 
  -inrii 
  

  

  (1) 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass 
  .- 
  T-rij 
  

  

  (2) 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  Mass 
  xxii 
  

  

  (3) 
  Saint 
  Jerome, 
  Md 
  xxii 
  

  

  B. 
  — 
  For 
  propagation 
  of 
  Salinonidee 
  xxii 
  

  

  (4) 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream, 
  Me. 
  (Schoodic 
  salmon) 
  yrii 
  

  

  (5) 
  Bucksport, 
  Me. 
  (Penobscot 
  salmon) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  (G) 
  North 
  ville, 
  Mich. 
  ( 
  whitefish 
  and 
  several 
  species 
  of 
  trout) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  (7) 
  Alpena, 
  Mich, 
  (whitefish) 
  rrvii 
  

  

  (8) 
  Baird, 
  Shasta 
  County, 
  Cal. 
  (California 
  salmon) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  9) 
  Trout 
  po 
  nds 
  near 
  Baird, 
  Cal. 
  (California 
  trout) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  (10) 
  Wytheville, 
  Va. 
  (Salmonidse 
  generally) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  (11) 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  (Schoodic 
  and 
  Penobscot 
  salmon) 
  xxiii 
  

  

  C 
  — 
  For 
  propagation 
  of 
  Shad 
  xxiv 
  

  

  (12) 
  Havre 
  de 
  Grace, 
  Md 
  xxiv 
  

  

  (13) 
  Central 
  Station, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C 
  xxir 
  

  

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