﻿M,\ 
  in 
  

  

  turned 
  loose 
  in 
  ihesp 
  wiitcrs. 
  liud 
  not 
  llu' 
  I 
  . 
  S. 
  ( 
  'om- 
  

   niissioner 
  again 
  rome 
  to 
  onr 
  aid 
  and 
  satisfied 
  the 
  tislier- 
  

   men 
  by 
  oiferin.ii- 
  tlient 
  ottie)- 
  indiKvniHnfs 
  for 
  furnishing 
  

   ripe 
  lisli. 
  

  

  As 
  this 
  "stiike," 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  designated, 
  took 
  place- 
  

   in 
  the 
  very 
  height 
  of 
  tlie 
  season, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  pro- 
  

   dnced 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  was 
  no 
  doubt 
  diminished 
  l)y 
  several 
  

   millions. 
  

  

  I 
  cannot 
  Init 
  condemn 
  the 
  slnn-t-sighted 
  policy 
  which 
  

   instigated 
  sucli 
  actioii 
  on 
  the 
  part 
  of 
  our 
  fishei-uien 
  ; 
  for 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  — 
  especially 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  — 
  have 
  

   be^n 
  such 
  as 
  to 
  convince 
  the 
  most 
  skeptical 
  among 
  them 
  

   of 
  our 
  <'apacity 
  to 
  increase 
  shad 
  to 
  a 
  vei'y 
  nuii-ked 
  extent, 
  

   and 
  thereby, 
  to 
  corres]»ondingly 
  inci-ease 
  their 
  crop. 
  

  

  The 
  nund)er 
  of 
  young 
  iisli 
  produced 
  at 
  tlie 
  Havre 
  de 
  

   Grace 
  station 
  — 
  notwithstanding 
  the 
  adverse 
  conditions 
  of 
  

   the 
  sea.s(m, 
  and 
  the 
  interruption 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  from 
  tlie 
  

   causes 
  above 
  mentioned 
  — 
  ]-eached 
  l:2,or)8, 
  ()()(). 
  Of 
  these 
  

   9,148.000 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  Mai'ylaiid 
  waters 
  and 
  2.- 
  

   48."). 
  00(1 
  ti-.'Disported 
  to 
  othni- 
  waters 
  by 
  tile 
  I'. 
  S. 
  Com- 
  

   mission. 
  

  

  'DiH 
  ({(^tailsof 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  the 
  lisii 
  pioduced 
  at 
  

   this 
  station 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  hatched 
  at 
  the 
  Navy 
  Yard, 
  

   and 
  on 
  'lie 
  Steamer 
  "Lookout.* 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  page 
  4:-5 
  

  

  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  numbei- 
  deposited 
  in 
  Maryland 
  

   wateis 
  i-eaclies 
  the 
  total 
  aggregate 
  of 
  2:^41)8.000. 
  

   I 
  Fei; 
  K 
  1 
  .N 
  ( 
  ; 
  — 
  ( 
  ^iKjU'tdiV. 
  

  

  The 
  comniercial 
  ini])ortance 
  of 
  this 
  family, 
  and 
  the 
  

   ease 
  with 
  Avhich 
  it 
  can 
  be 
  inci'eased 
  in 
  those 
  localities 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  diniinishing 
  and 
  re-established 
  in 
  streams 
  

   froui 
  which 
  it 
  has 
  entirely 
  disappeared, 
  mai'k 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  

   object 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  oui- 
  care, 
  bnt 
  close 
  c<)nsideration 
  and 
  

   study. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  I'nited 
  States 
  oc(;ur 
  nine 
  

   iishes 
  l)elonging 
  to 
  the 
  herring 
  tribe. 
  Foui-of 
  these, 
  the 
  

   sea-herring, 
  a 
  lish 
  of 
  much 
  economic 
  imjiortance 
  on 
  })oth 
  

  

  