2 -REPORT UPON THE DIVISION OF FISHERIES. 



By J. W. Collins. 



ANALYSIS. 



Page. 



A. — Introduction 337 



B. — Organization of the Division of Fisheries 337 



C. — Plans for conducting the work 340 



D. — Consideration of the status of the work, x^ersonnel, etc., when the divis- 

 ion was organized 341 



1. The work, sources of information, etc 341 



(a) Boston Fish Bureau 342 



(&) American Fish Bureau 342 



(c) Reports by S. J. Martin 342 



(d) Correspondence 342 



(e) Newspaper clippings 342 



(/) Special investigations 342 



2. Personnel and duties 343 



E. — Routine work .«, 343 



3. Work relating to statistical circulars 343 



4. Miscellaneous correspondence 344 



5. Preparing card catalogue 344 



6. Classification of newspaper items 344 



7. Increase of routine work, etc 314 



F. — Status of uncompleted reports 344 



8. General considerations - 344 



9. Fisheries of the Great Lakes 345 



10. The sardine industry 345 



11. Notes on certain fishery industries of Eastport, Maine, in 1886 346 



12. Spring mackerel fishery in 1886 346 



13. The menhaden fishery 346 



14. Statistics collected by means of the Treasury circulars 347 



G. — Miscellaneous reports 349 



15. List of statistical statements, descriptive notes, etc., furnished to Con- 



gress and the Executive Departments : (a) to (v) 349 



16. Report on My a arenaria 350 



17. Report on improvements in dories 350 



18. Maps showing the distribution of certain bait and food species : (a) to 



(d) 350 



19. Notes on the use of squid for food 351 



H. — Notice of field work ; proposed investigations, etc 351 



20. Field work a 351 



21. Bait investigation 352 



22. Inquiry into shad fishery 352 



23. Proposed investigation of the fisheries of the Pacific coast 352 



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