The Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.** Selected Gulf of Maine reports 1873-1898.
Reports published by the U.S Fish Commission relating to the fish and fisheries of New England, the Maritimes, and Atlantic Canada. About the U.S. Fish Commission. ... Reports in Chronological order

ARRANGED BY SUBJECT
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* COD
* DOGFISH & SHARKS
* HADDOCK
* HERRING
* LOBSTER
* MACKEREL
* MENHADEN
* SALMON
* SHELLFISH
* OTHER SPECIES
* MARINE MAMMALS

* GLOUCESTER FISHERY
   LANDINGS 1881-90

* CANADA FISHERIES
* FISHING GEAR
* POLLUTION
* GEOGRAPHIC STUDIES
* MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

COD (Use back button to return)

Success of the Gillnet Cod Fishery on the New England Coast, Winter of 1882-83

A Mammoth Cod 1883

What Cod Sometimes Swallow 1884

Return to Gloucester Harbor of the Young Codfish hatched by the U.S. Fish Commission 1884

Some Observations on the Cod Gill-Net Fisheries and on Preservatives for nets. 1884

Unusual Abundance of Cod on Brown's Bank 1885

Vegetable Parasites of Codfish 1886

Scarcity of Cod and Haddock on the coast of Maine 1886

Some reasons why the cod fishermen of Nova Scotia prefer to use salt clams 1887

DOGFISH & SHARKS (Use back button to return)

Appearance of Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) on the New England Coast in Winter 1882

Note on the Destruction of Mackerel by Dogfish. 1885

Fishing on an edge of the Grand Banks 1885

Catching Dogfish for Oil and Guano 1882

HADDOCK (Use back button to return)

The Haddock Fishery Fifty Years Ago. 1873

The Winter Haddock Fishery of New England 1881

HERRING (Use back button to return)

Notes on the herring fishery of Massachusetts Bay Autumn of 1882.

The Sardine Canning Industry of Eastport. A petition to the Secretary of the Treasury

Notes on certain fishery Industries of Eastport Maine in 1886

LOBSTER (Use back button to return)

Notes on the Decrease in Lobsters 1884

Notes on the Lobster (Homarus americanus) (In New Brunswick, Canada)1885

Notes on Lobster Culture 1886

A Reasoning Lobster 1886

The Protection of the Lobster Fishery. 1897

On The Movements Of Certain Lobsters Liberated At Woods Hole, During The Summer Of 1898.

The Lobster Fishery of Maine. 1899

The Reproductive Period in the Lobster. 1901

MACKEREL (Use back button to return)

Notes on the Mackerel Fishery of 1881

Movement and Catch of Mackerel 1882

Questions Relative to the Mackerel and Mackeral Fisheries 1887

Notes on the Movements, Habits and Captures of Mackerel for the Season of 1882 Part 1 ***Part 2

Young Mackerel destroyed by small mesh seines.1886

MENHADEN (Use back button to return)

Do Striped bass Roccus linneatus feed on menhaden? 1883

Notes on an investigation of the Menhaden Fishery, with special reference to the food fishes taken. 1895

SALMON & TROUT (Use back button to return)

Connection of abundance of moss and black flies with abundance of trout 1878

Some Results of the Artificial Propagation of Maine and California Salmon in New England and Canada, 1879 and 1880.

Sketch of the Penobscot Salmon-breeding Establishment 1883

Memoranda re Inclosures for the Confinement of Salmon drawn from experience at Bucksport, Penobscot River, Maine. 1884

Report on the Schoodic Salmon Work of 1884-85

Culture of Landlocked and Penobscot Salmon in New Hampshire 1885

American Fish in France. 1885

Young Trout Destroyed By Mosquitoes. 1885

Report on the Distribution of Fish and Eggs by the U.S. Fish Commission for the season of 1885-86.

Methods employed at Craig Brook Station in rearing young Salmonid fishes. 1893

Notes on the Capture of Atlantic Salmon at Sea & in the Coast Waters of the Eastern States 1894

The Salmon Fishery of Penobscot Bay and River 1895-1896

SHELLFISH

Some reasons why the fishermen of Nova Scotia prefer salt clams (Mya Arenaria) for bait in the bank hand-line fisheries. 1887

The Giant Scallop Fishery of Maine. 1889

The Clam Problem and Clam Culture. 1899

Observations On The Life-History Of The Common Clam, Mya Arenaria. 1899

OTHER SPECIES

Do Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) Feed on Menhaden? 1883

The Sturgeon Industry 1884

Catching Alewives with Hooks Baited with Eels 1884

Restocking the Merrimac River with Lamprey Eels. 1885

Results of planting shad in the Kennebec River. 1887

Some Notes on American Shipworms 1897

Marine Protozoa from Woods Hole. 1901

MARINE MAMMALS

Protection of Whales (off Norway) 1881

An account of the whale fishery of Nantucket, Mass., one hundred years ago. Pub'd 1883

Notes on the Seal and Whale Fishery of 1886.

Injuries to the Fisheries in the Baltic by Seals. 1887

FISHING GEAR (Use back button to return)

The Destruction of Young Fish by Unsuitable Fishing Implements. 1881

GEOGRAPHY (Use back button to return)

Gulf of Maine model made for the US Fish Commission 1883

Notes on the Freshwater Fishes of Washington County. 1884

Fishing in the Navigable Waters of the United States. 1886

Notes on an 1885 Investigation of the Great Fishing Banks of the Western Atlantic 1886

Our Ocean Fisheries and the Effect of Legislation upon the Fisheries. 1893

GLOUCESTER FISH LANDINGS 1881-1890 (Use back button to return)

Notes on New England Fisheries 1881

Notes on the Gloucester Fisheries. February 19, 1882.

Fishery Notes from Gloucester Massachusetts. Feb 27 1882

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester Mass April 1882

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass June/July 1882.

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. August-December 1882

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. January-May 1883

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. June-July 1883

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. August-October 1883

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. October 13, 1883 - November 13, 1883

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. January 1, 1884 - April 3, 1884.

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts April 4 - July 27 1884

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. August 24-Sept 8, 1884

New England Fisheries from January to March 1885

New England Fisheries in April 1885

New England Fisheries in May 1885

New England Fisheries in January 1886

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts January 1887

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts February 1887

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts March 1887

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts April 1887

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts May 1887

Fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts June 1887

Report on the Fisheries of the New England States 1890

CANADIAN FISHERIES

Catch of Fish in Newfoundland and Labrador 1881

The Fisheries of Canada in 1884

Notes on the History of the Fish-hook 1884

POLLUTION (Use back button to return)

Decrease of Fish in Squamscot River, New Hampshire, On Account of Refuse Matter from Gas Works. 1882 1882

Dead Fish on the Coast of Rhode Island

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MISCELLANEOUS

The fish-eating cows of Provincetown, Massachusetts 1881

Connection of abundance of moss and of black flies with abundance of trout. 1882

Description of an eel-like creature taken in a net at New Harbor, Maine, in 1880. Pub'd 1883

Notes on the History of the Fish Hook. 1884

ON the Occurrence of Coral on the Grand Banks. 1884

Monster Sea Serpents. 1885

American Fish in France. 1885

Young Trout Destroyed by Mosquitoes. 1885