﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LVII 
  

  

  B.— 
  INQUIRY 
  INTO 
  THE 
  HISTORY 
  AND 
  STATISTICS 
  OF 
  

  

  FOOD-FISHES. 
  

  

  19. 
  — 
  PROGRESS 
  IN 
  PRINTING 
  THE 
  QUARTO 
  FISHERIES 
  REPORT. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  1SS5 
  considerable 
  progress 
  was 
  made 
  towards 
  the 
  

   completion 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  quarto 
  report 
  upon 
  " 
  The 
  Food-Fishes 
  and 
  

   Fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States," 
  ordered 
  printed 
  under 
  act 
  of 
  Congress 
  

   in 
  1882. 
  

  

  Section 
  I 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  "Natural 
  History 
  of 
  Useful 
  Aquatic 
  Animals," 
  

   was 
  published 
  and 
  distribution 
  begun 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1885. 
  This 
  sec- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  bound 
  in 
  two 
  volumes, 
  one 
  containing 
  eight 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy- 
  

   live 
  pages 
  of 
  text 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  two 
  hundred 
  and 
  seventy-seven 
  plates 
  

   of 
  illustrations 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  important 
  species. 
  The 
  analysis 
  of 
  this 
  vol- 
  

   ume 
  was 
  printed 
  in 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  for 
  1883. 
  

  

  Section 
  II, 
  "The 
  Fishiug 
  Grounds 
  of 
  North 
  America," 
  which 
  was 
  

   partly 
  in 
  type 
  in 
  1881, 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  1885, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  an 
  

   appendix 
  on 
  ocean 
  temperatures, 
  now 
  being 
  prepared 
  b} 
  T 
  Mr. 
  Rathbuu. 
  

   This 
  section 
  numbers 
  pages 
  i-xviii, 
  1-151, 
  with 
  seventeen 
  charts 
  and 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  temperature 
  diagrams. 
  

  

  The 
  table 
  of 
  contents 
  of 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Introduction 
  by 
  Richard 
  Rathbun. 
  

  

  A. 
  — 
  The 
  sea-fishing 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  from 
  the 
  Strait 
  

  

  of 
  Fuca 
  to 
  Lower 
  California. 
  By 
  David 
  S. 
  Jordan. 
  

   B. 
  — 
  The 
  fishery 
  resources 
  and 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  of 
  Alaska. 
  By 
  Tarleton 
  H. 
  Bean. 
  

   C. 
  — 
  The 
  fishing 
  grounds 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes. 
  By 
  Ludwig 
  Kumlieu 
  and 
  Frederick 
  \V. 
  

  

  True. 
  

   D.— 
  The 
  geological 
  distribution 
  of 
  fresh-water 
  food-fishes 
  in 
  the 
  several 
  hydrographic 
  

  

  basins 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  By 
  David 
  S. 
  Jordan. 
  

  

  Section 
  III 
  will 
  be 
  a 
  statistical 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  and 
  fishing 
  dis- 
  

   tricts, 
  with 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  fishing 
  vessels, 
  giving 
  for 
  each 
  vessel 
  the 
  name, 
  rig, 
  

   tonnage, 
  number 
  of 
  crew, 
  fishery 
  engaged 
  in, 
  and 
  other 
  details. 
  This 
  

   section 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  in 
  type. 
  

  

  The 
  geographical 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  or 
  "coast 
  review," 
  with 
  statis- 
  

   tics, 
  which 
  was 
  to 
  have 
  formed 
  Section 
  III 
  of 
  this 
  report, 
  has 
  been 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  the 
  Census 
  Office, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  issued 
  by 
  the 
  Department 
  of 
  

   the 
  Interior 
  as 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  volumes 
  of 
  the 
  Census 
  Report. 
  It 
  was 
  all 
  put 
  

   in 
  type 
  in 
  1885 
  and 
  comprises 
  about 
  eight 
  hundred 
  pages. 
  Its 
  contents 
  

   will 
  be 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Part 
  I. 
  — 
  The 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  R. 
  Edward 
  Earll. 
  

  

  II. 
  — 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire. 
  By 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox. 
  

   III. 
  — 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Massachusetts. 
  By 
  A. 
  Howard 
  Clai'k. 
  

   IV. 
  — 
  The 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Rhode 
  Island. 
  By 
  A. 
  Howard 
  Clark. 
  

   V. 
  — 
  The 
  coast 
  of 
  Connecticut 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  A. 
  Howard 
  Clark, 
  

   VI. 
  — 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  Fred 
  Mather. 
  

   VII. 
  — 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  R. 
  Edward 
  Earll. 
  

   VIII. 
  — 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  R. 
  Edward 
  Earll. 
  

   IX. 
  — 
  Delaware 
  and 
  its 
  fisheries. 
  By 
  J. 
  W. 
  Collins. 
  

  

  