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Division of Fish-Culture. 



(1) Transportation apparatus: Model of U. S. Fish Commission Car No. 1. 



(2) Hatching apparatus : 

 (a) Working models : 



One whitefish table 8 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 3 feet high, with 12 McDon- 

 ald jars for hatching shad eggs. 



Two hatching troughs 8 feet long, 12 iuches wide, and 8 inches deep, equipped 

 for hatching salmon and trout eggs. 

 (&) Accessories: 



One egg scale, two funnels for shad, two siphon hags, two siphon cages, 

 one aquarium, one pan for washing eggs. 



(3) Hatching and rearing establishments : 



Model of U. S. Fish Commission hatchery at Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



(a) Illustrations of hatching stations, showing buildings, interior and exterior, 



methods employed in collecting, hatching, rearing, and distributing hsh, 



fry, and eggs. 

 U. S. Fish Commission hatching station, AVytheville, Va., 1885. Interior of 



hatchery. Men at work. View of spring and ponds, looking west. 



View of ponds, looking south. View of ponds, looking southeast. 

 Launch towing spawntakers. Stripping shad on fishing float. Packing 



shad eggs. Shipping fry. 

 U. S. Fish Commission shad station, Havre de Grace, Md., 1892. Bird's-eye 



view of station. Superintendent's cottage. Hatching house, looking 



northeast. Interior of hatching house. 

 U. S. Fish Commission hatching station, Wytheville, Va. View of station, 



looking north. View of station, looking south. 

 (&) Floating stations: Steamer Fish Hawk. 



(4) Methods and results offish-culture: 



Models : One lay figure, illustrating method of taking salmon eggs. 

 Charts : 



(a) Giving names and locations of stations and output of each for the fiscal 

 year 1894-95. 



(6) Showing effect of fish-culture on the shad fishery. 

 Objects of the fisheries : 



Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. 



Cetaceans : Blackfish head (cast). Grampus head (cast). Bottlenose porpoise (cast). 

 Harbor porpoise (cast), young. 



Carnivores: Northern fur seals (mounted group). Steller's sea lions (mounted 

 group). 



Frogs: Bullfrog (cast). Green frog (cast). Pickerel frog (cast). 



Fishes: Casts of 150 species of marine and fresh-water food-fishes. 



Drawings and notes: Five swinging screens containing drawings. of, and notes on. 

 the important fishes of the Southern States. 



Live fishes: Living marine and fresh-water fishes in aquaria. 



Invertebrates: Living crabs, mollusks, etc., in aquaria. 



Vessels : 



Series of models showing the development of fishing vessels from the settle- 

 ment of America to the present time. 

 Models of vessels used in the important fisheries of the South Atlantic and 

 Gulf States. 



Nets: Three pound nets, one cast net, one whitefish gill net, four fyke nets, one 

 dip net, one aboriginal fish weir, two herring weirs. 



Traps and pots: Six eel pots, four lobster pots, one eel trap (model), three fish- 

 cars (models). 



Lines: One halibut trawl line, one George's cod hand line, one shore cod hand line, 

 one cod hand line, one shore cod and pollock hand line, one layout line, 

 one sea trout line, one drumfish line, one whiting line, one reef line, one 

 jack trolling line, one kingfish line, one grunt line, one rockfish line, 

 one Italian fishery line, one line with jug floats, one Alaskan halibut line 

 with hook and club. 



Appliances for seizing : Two pairs oyster tongs, one pair oyster nippers, one oyster 

 rake, one pair deep-water oyster tongs, three clam hoes, one hand clam 

 hoe, one sponge hook, four codfish jigs, one dolphin drail, twelve blue- 

 fish and brass drails, four Eskimo codfish hooks, four British Columbia 

 wooden fish hooks, one series of spring claw or trap hooks, one series of 

 barbless hooks, two shark hooks, one water glass used in sponge fishery. 



