﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  CXI 
  

  

  "Waters 
  stocked. 
  

  

  Brook 
  

   trout. 
  

  

  Shad. 
  

  

  Whitefish. 
  

  

  Herring. 
  

  

  Miscellaneous. 
  

  

  From 
  Saint 
  John 
  River 
  to 
  Merri-' 
  

  

  mac 
  River, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  Massachusetts 
  Bay 
  to 
  Cape 
  Cod 
  

  

  Bay, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  Buzzard's 
  Bay 
  to 
  Block 
  Island 
  

  

  Sound, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries. 
  

   Long 
  Island 
  Sound, 
  exclusive 
  of 
  

  

  Connecticut 
  River 
  

  

  Hudson 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  

  

  From 
  Hackensack 
  River 
  to 
  Sandy 
  

  

  Hook 
  Bay, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  From 
  Sandy 
  Hook 
  Point 
  to 
  Cape 
  

  

  May, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  Delaware 
  Bay 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Henlopen 
  to 
  Cape 
  

  

  Charles 
  

  

  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  

  

  , 
  123, 
  500 
  

  

  300, 
  000 
  

  

  , 
  172, 
  000 
  

   , 
  661, 
  000 
  

  

  190, 
  000 
  

   , 
  133, 
  000 
  

  

  27, 
  200 
  

  

  1, 
  538, 
  000 
  

   L34, 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

   . 
  032, 
  850 
  

  

  Albemarle 
  Sound 
  

  

  Pamlico 
  Sound 
  

  

  From 
  Cape 
  Fear 
  River 
  to 
  Altamaha 
  

   River, 
  inclusive 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  east 
  of 
  theMissis- 
  

   sippi 
  River 
  

  

  Mississippi 
  River 
  and 
  tributaries 
  . 
  

  

  Gulf 
  of 
  Mexico 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Missis- 
  

   sippi 
  River 
  

  

  Pacilic 
  coast 
  

  

  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  Saint 
  Lawrence 
  

   River 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  

  

  8, 
  778, 
  900 
  

   1, 
  300, 
  000 
  

  

  7, 
  997, 
  100 
  

  

  41, 
  000 
  

  

  20, 
  000 
  

  

  628, 
  000 
  

   788, 
  400 
  

  

  469, 
  000 
  

   619, 
  000 
  

  

  160, 
  400 
  

   5,200 
  

  

  775, 
  000 
  

  

  75, 
  000 
  

  

  7,000 
  

   45, 
  000 
  

  

  90, 
  000 
  

  

  45, 
  000 
  

  

  7, 
  833, 
  000 
  

  

  575, 
  000 
  

  

  510, 
  000 
  

  

  72, 
  785, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  165, 
  000 
  

  

  2. 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  10,000 
  Salmo 
  solar 
  X 
  S. 
  

   salar 
  var. 
  gebago. 
  

  

  4, 
  500 
  Rhine 
  salmon. 
  

  

  25,000 
  codfish, 
  270,000 
  

   Spanish 
  mackerel, 
  

   5,000 
  Rangeley 
  trout, 
  

   and 
  180,000 
  white 
  

   perch. 
  

  

  400, 
  000 
  rockfish. 
  

  

  7, 
  500 
  Rangeley 
  trout. 
  

  

  409 
  moranke. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  88,200 
  200,946,350 
  

  

  77, 
  072, 
  000 
  

  

  9, 
  833, 
  000 
  

  

  902, 
  409 
  

  

  36. 
  — 
  CIRCULAR 
  TO 
  PERSONS 
  ENGAGED 
  IN 
  THE 
  COD, 
  

   OTHER 
  GROUND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  HALIBUT, 
  AND 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  circular 
  was 
  widely 
  distributed 
  to 
  fishermen 
  and 
  own- 
  

   ers 
  of 
  vessels 
  during 
  November, 
  1885 
  : 
  

  

  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  of 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fisheries, 
  

  

  Washington, 
  JD. 
  C, 
  November 
  1, 
  1885. 
  

  

  The 
  temporary 
  arrangement 
  made 
  between 
  the 
  Governments 
  of 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  and 
  of 
  Canada, 
  providing 
  for 
  the 
  continuance, 
  in 
  a 
  mod- 
  

   fied 
  form, 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  international 
  fisheries 
  treaty, 
  makes 
  accurate 
  

   information 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  fisheries 
  of 
  1885 
  of 
  very 
  great 
  importance. 
  

   All 
  persons 
  interested 
  are 
  therefore 
  earnestly 
  requested 
  to 
  render 
  their 
  

   aid 
  in 
  having 
  ready 
  the 
  necessary 
  data 
  for 
  any 
  future 
  international 
  

   action. 
  With 
  this 
  object 
  the 
  accompanying 
  blank 
  has 
  been 
  prepared, 
  

   aud 
  will 
  be 
  distributed 
  through 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Wilcox, 
  assistant 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  at 
  Gloucester, 
  Mass., 
  from 
  whom 
  any 
  

   number 
  of 
  copies 
  can 
  be 
  obtained. 
  Any 
  information, 
  when 
  so 
  requested 
  , 
  

   will 
  be 
  considered 
  strictly 
  confidential, 
  but 
  will 
  be 
  collated 
  in 
  the 
  digest 
  

   to 
  be 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  season. 
  

  

  The 
  complete 
  record 
  of 
  your 
  port 
  should 
  be 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Wilcox 
  im 
  - 
  

   mediately. 
  

  

  