332 AMERICAN FISHES. 
under consideration, but this expensive mode of fishing does not seem to 
be required at present, since the supply of fine-flavored food-fishes is more 
than equal to the demand. With an eye to the interest of the American 
fishermen, Prof. Baird some years ago detailed Capt. J. W. Collins, of the 
Fish Commission, one of the most experienced fishermen of Massachusetts, 
to study the trawl fishery of the German Ocean, and his report, which is 
in press, will soon be published. 
Finally, it may not be amiss to state that Mr. E. G. Blackford, of Ful- 
ton Market, New York, has for some time been authorized by the Com- 
missioner of Fisheries to pay twenty-five dollars to any one who should 
present a true Turbot or a true Sole, caught on the coast. This offer is 
still standing. 
