﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LI 
  

  

  these 
  survive 
  and 
  multiply, 
  a 
  very 
  important 
  element 
  will 
  be 
  added 
  to 
  

   the 
  food 
  resources 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast. 
  There 
  are 
  other 
  species 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  proposed 
  to 
  transport 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  manner, 
  but 
  the 
  experiment 
  will 
  

   be 
  made 
  in 
  cooler 
  weather, 
  with 
  better 
  hope 
  of 
  success. 
  

  

  The 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  hatching 
  of 
  codfish 
  and 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  obtaining 
  

   the 
  parent 
  fish 
  are 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  report 
  for 
  1884. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  Mr. 
  John 
  A. 
  Ryder 
  made 
  repeated 
  experiments 
  in 
  

   regard 
  to 
  obtaining 
  and 
  developing 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  oyster, 
  and 
  with 
  

   fairly 
  good 
  success, 
  using 
  the 
  special 
  ponds 
  constructed 
  under 
  bis 
  di- 
  

   rection 
  on 
  grounds 
  belonging 
  to 
  Dr. 
  J. 
  H. 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Camillus 
  Kidder. 
  

   Many 
  important 
  facts 
  of 
  progress 
  were 
  noted 
  in 
  this 
  connection, 
  and 
  we 
  

   have 
  good 
  reason 
  to 
  hope 
  for 
  further 
  success 
  in 
  the 
  future. 
  

  

  13. 
  — 
  VISITS 
  FROM 
  FOREIGN 
  SPECIALISTS. 
  

  

  In 
  June 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  year 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  K. 
  Uchimura, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  

   Japanese 
  Fisheries 
  Society, 
  visited 
  the 
  Wood's 
  Holl 
  and 
  Gloucester 
  sta- 
  

   tions 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  examining 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  work. 
  Mr. 
  

   Uchimura 
  is 
  a 
  graduate 
  of 
  the 
  Sapporo 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  and 
  took 
  

   great 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  biological 
  and 
  scientific 
  phases 
  of 
  our 
  fisheries. 
  

  

  In 
  July 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  Heape, 
  of 
  the 
  Marine 
  Biological 
  Association, 
  Cam- 
  

   bridge, 
  England, 
  visited 
  the 
  Wood's 
  Holl, 
  Bucksport, 
  Northville, 
  and 
  

   Washington 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  and 
  was 
  deeply 
  interested, 
  es- 
  

   pecially 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  Wood's 
  Holl. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  W. 
  T. 
  Silk, 
  fish-culturist 
  of 
  Lord 
  Exeter, 
  representing 
  in 
  his 
  mis- 
  

   sion 
  the 
  National 
  Fish 
  Culture 
  Association 
  of 
  England, 
  arrived 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  September 
  10. 
  Reference 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  proper 
  

   place 
  to 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  send 
  by 
  him 
  an 
  installment 
  of 
  soles. 
  Mr. 
  Silk 
  

   remained 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  several 
  weeks 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  examining 
  

   the 
  fisheries 
  and 
  obtaining 
  young 
  fish 
  to 
  carry 
  to 
  England. 
  On 
  his 
  re- 
  

   turn 
  in 
  October 
  the 
  Commission 
  contributed 
  several 
  kinds 
  of 
  fish 
  for 
  him 
  

   to 
  take 
  with 
  him 
  to 
  England. 
  

  

  In 
  December 
  Dr. 
  Filip 
  Trybom, 
  of 
  the 
  Swedish 
  Fresh- 
  water 
  Fisheries 
  

   Commission, 
  Stockholm, 
  was 
  introduced 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  by 
  Christian 
  

   Bors, 
  royal 
  Swedish 
  and 
  Norwegian 
  consul 
  at 
  New 
  York. 
  Dr. 
  Trybom 
  

   indicated 
  his 
  intention 
  of 
  remaining 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  about 
  nine 
  

   months 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  studying 
  our 
  fisheries 
  and 
  all 
  their 
  leading- 
  

   features. 
  

  

  14. 
  — 
  ICELAND 
  HALIBUT 
  FISHERY. 
  

  

  The 
  success 
  which 
  attended 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishery 
  at 
  Iceland 
  in 
  1884, 
  in- 
  

   duced 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  vessels 
  to 
  engage 
  in 
  it 
  this 
  year 
  (1885). 
  Six 
  

   schooners 
  started 
  from 
  Gloucester 
  to 
  Iceland. 
  They 
  were 
  the 
  Concord, 
  

   Captain 
  Dago; 
  Alice 
  M. 
  Williams, 
  Captain 
  Pendleton 
  ; 
  the 
  David 
  A. 
  

   Story, 
  Captain 
  Ryan 
  (which 
  three 
  schooners 
  formed 
  the 
  fleet 
  to 
  Ice- 
  

   land 
  in 
  1884); 
  the 
  Marguerite, 
  Captain 
  Johnstone; 
  the 
  Lizzie 
  H. 
  Has- 
  

   kell, 
  Captain 
  Marshall 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  Carrier 
  Dove, 
  Captain 
  Cousins. 
  

  

  