The Bureau of Fisheries 



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On the ist of July, 1903, the Commis- 

 sion was transferred to that department 

 and the name was changed to " Bureau 

 of Fisheries." Professor Baird served 

 as Commissioner from the organization 

 of the Commission until his death, in 

 1887. Dr G. Brown Goode was then 

 appointed Commissioner, but agreed to 



been one of the most energetic and ca- 

 pable assistants in the Commission. He 

 served as Commissioner until his death, 

 in 1895, when Capt. John J. Brice, 

 U. S. N., retired was appointed Com- 

 missioner. He served until February, 

 1898, when he was superseded by the 

 present Commissioner, Hon. George M. 



Dragging the Surface and Dip Nets from the Albatross 



serve only until a salary could be at- 

 tached to the position, as he preferred 

 to give his energies to the development 

 of the United States National Museum. 

 The Congress attached a salary to the 

 Commissionership early in 188S, when 

 Dr Goode resigned and Col. Marshall 

 McDonald was appointed Commissioner. 

 Colonel McDonald had for many years 



Bowers, who has continued the wise 

 and liberal policy of Baird and McDon- 

 ald, and under his administration the 

 scientific and economic results are con- 

 stantly increasing in importance and 

 value. 



Although the Commission was orig- 

 inally established simply to inquire into 

 the condition of the fisheries of the sea- 



