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UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR 1881

A. INQUIRY INTO THE DECREASE OF FOOD-FISHES.
B. THE PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES IN THE WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES.

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1883.

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I. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER (59 pages)
Report Table of Contents

II. APPENDIX TO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER.

APPENDIX A. GENERAL.

I. Z. L. Tanner. REPORT ON THE CONSTRUCTION, AND WORK IN 1880, OF THE FISH COMMISSION STEAMER FISH HAWK. *** Plates By Lieut. Z. L. Tanner. U.S.N., commanding. 3

II. Z.L. Tanner. REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION STEAMER FISH HAWK FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1881. By Lieut. Z.L. Tanner, USN.

III. Robert G. Dyrenforth. LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE YEAR 1881, RELATING TO FISH AND THE METHODS, PRODUCTS, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE FISHERIES. By Robert G. Dyrenforth, Examiner-in-chief, United States Patent Office 87

APPENDIX B. THE FISHERIES.

IV. G. Brown Goode. Joseph W. Collins, R. E. Earll, and A. Howard Clark MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. (440 pages) *** Table of Contents By G. Brown Goode, Joseph W. Collins, R.E. Earll, and A. Howard Clark 91

V. Niels Juel. The Loffoden fishery in 1880. By Lieut. Niels Juel. Translated by Tarleton H. Bean, MD 533

VI. Boye Strom. EXTRACTS FROM NORWEGIAN OFFICIAL STATISTICS OF FISHERIES FOR THE YEAR 1880. By Boye Strom, clerk. Translated by Tarleton H. Bean, M.D 611

VII. Harrison Wright. ON THE EARLY SHAD FISHERIES OF THE NORTH BRANCH OF THE SUSQUAHANNA RIVER. By Harrison Wright 619

VIII. THE FISH SUPPLY OF LONDON. From the London Quarterly Review 643

IX. Charles W. Smiley. THE EXTENT OF THE USE OF FISH GUANO AS A FERTILIZER. By Chas. W. Smiley 463

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APPENDIX C. NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

X. H.E. Webster and James E. Benedict. THE ANNELIDA CHAETOPODA FROM PROVINCETOWN AND WELLFLEET, MASS. ***Index *** Plates By Prof. H.E. Webster and James E. Benedict. 699

XI. H. A. COUTANCE. BIOLOGICAL ACTION OF THE SALTS CONTAINED IN SEAWATER FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF THE MAINTENANCE OF MARINE ANIMALS. By H. A. Coutance 749

XII. John A. Ryder. THE PROTOZOA AND PROTOPHYTA CONSIDERED AS THE PRIMARY OR INDIRECT SOURCE OF THE FOOD OF FISHES. By John A. Ryder. 755

XIII. S. A. Forbes. THE FIRST FOOD OF THE COMMON WHITEFISH (Coregonus clupiformis) By Prof. S. Forbes 771

XIV. Frank N. Clark. REPORT OF EXPERIMENTS FOR DETERMINING THE SMALLEST AMOUNT OF WATER IN WHICH YOUNG SHAD AND EGGS CAN BE KEPT. By Frank N. Clark 783

XV. H.J. Rice. EXPERIMENTS UPON RETARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EGGS OF THE SHAD, MADE IN 1879 AT THE UNITED STATES SHAD-HATCHING STATION AT HAVRE DE GRACE, MD. By H. J. Rice. 787

XVI. John A. Ryder. ON THE RETARDATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHAD (Alosa sapidissima) WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE EGG FUNGUS AND BACTERIA. By John A. Ryder 95

APPENDIX D. PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES.

XVII. Baron de Selys Longchamps. REPOPULATION OF THE WATER-COURSES IN BELGIUM By Baron de Selys Longchamps 815

XVIII. Charles W. Smiley. A STATISTICAL REVIEW OF THE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC WATERS OF YOUNG FISH BY THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION FROM ITS ORGANIZATION IN 1871 TO THE CLOSE OF 1880. By Charles V. Smiley, Chief of the Division of Records and Publications 825

XIX. Charles W. Smiley. INDEX TO THE DISTRIBUTION. MADE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE UNITED STATUS FISH COMMISSION, OF FISH IN NEW WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE DECADE ENDING l880. By Charles W. Smiley 917

XX. Frank N. Clark. REPORT OF WORK AT THE UNITED STATES HATCHERY, NORTHVILLE, MICH., 1881-'82. By Frank N. Clark 1037

XXI. Livingston Stone. THE REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES SALMON-BREEDING STATION ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE SEASON OF 1881. By Livingston Stone

XXII. Livingston Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT The UNITED STATES TROUT PONDS, MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE SEASON OF 1881. By Livingston Stone 1079

XXIII. Charles G. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF PENOBSCOT SALMON IN 1881,1882. By Charles G. Atkins 1085

XXIV. Charles G. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF SCHOODIC SALMON IN 1881, 1881. By Charles G. Atkins 1091

XXV. Charles W. Smiley. STATISTICS OF THE SHAD-HATCHING OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION IN 1881. By Charles W. Smiley 1107

XXVI. Marshall McDonald. REPORT OF DISTRIBUTION OF CARP BY THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION SEASON OF 1881-'82. By Marshall McDonald 1121

XXVII. Marshall McDonald. EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION UPON COD-HATCHING AT WOOD'S HOLL. MASS., DURING THE WINTER By Marshall McDonald 1127

XXVIII. Marshall McDonald. SPANISH MACKEREL INVESTIGATIONS AT CHERRYSTONE, VA OF 1881. By Marshall McDonald 1131

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