UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES 



SPENCER B\ BA.IRD, COMMISSIONER 



THE FISHERIES 



FISHERY INDUSTRIES 



OK THE 



UNITED STATES 



PREPARED THROUGH THE CO-OPERATION OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 

 AND THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE TKM'H f'KXSTTS 



GEORGE BROWN GOODE 



ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSOXIAN INSTITUTION 



AND A STAFF OF ASSOCIATES 



SECTION V 

 HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES 



IN TWO VOLUMES, WITH AN ATLAS OF TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE PLATES 



VOLUME I 



fUKIVERSITTJ 

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WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIOB 



1887 



