CONTENTS 



I.— IlEPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 



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1. Introductory note IX 



2. INQUIRY RESPECTING FOOD-FISHES AND THE FISHING GROUNDS X 



A. — Field work X 



15. — Special investigations XIV 



C. — Preparation of reports, etc XV 



D.— Proposed extension of tlic inquiry to tlio Pacific coast XV 



3. Inquiry respecting the fisheries XVI 



A.— Office and field work XVI 



B. — The. mackerel fishery daring 1SSS XVII 



C. — The schooner Grampus XIX 



4. Fishery relations of the United States with Canada XXI 



Information furnished the Secretary of the Treasury by the Commissioner XXI 



5. Propagation of food-fisiies XXVII 



Distribution of fish and eggs XXVII 



Notes on the species propagated and distributed XXVIII 



a. The Sole (Soleasolea) XXVIII 



b. TIjc Halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) XXVIII 



c. The Codfish (Gadus morrhua) XXIX 



d. The Mackerel (Scomber scombrus) XXX 



e. The Black Bass (Micropterus dolomici) XXX 



/. The ISed-cye (Amblpplites rvpestris) XXX 



</. The Sun fish (Lent* mis gibbosus) XXX 



//. The White Perch (Roceus ame'ricanus) XXX 



i. The ESockfish or Striped SSsr.ss (Roccus Uneatus) XXX 



j. The Snaclt (Osmerus mordax) XXXI 



k. The Whitcfish (Coregonus clupeiformis) XXXI 



I. The Dwarf Wkitefish (Coregonus albula) XXXI 



n>. The Eirooli Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) XXXII 



n. The Saibliiag (Salvelinus alpinus) XXXII 



o. The Lake Trout (Salvelin is namayeHtsJi) XXXII 



p. The Rainbow Trout (Salmo irideus) XXXIII 



q. The Krown Trout (Salmo fario) XXXIII 



r. The ILoch Eleven Trout (Salmo levenensis) XXXIV 



s. The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo solar) XXXIV 



t. The ST .landlocked Xahsiou (Salmo salar Tar. sebago) XXXV 



u. The Shad (Clupea sapidissima) XXXVI 



v. The Carp (Cyprinus carpio) XXXVIII 



w. The Cioldfish (Garassius auratus) . XXXVIII 



x. The Tench (Tinea tinea) XXX VIII 



y. The Jjobstcr (Homarus aniericanus) XXXVIII 



z. The Oyster (Ostrea virginica) XXXIX 



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