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A.GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.
1.INTRODUCTORY REMARKS XI
Scope of present report
Enlargement of scale of work in 1879 xi
Increase in amount of appropriations xi
Personnel of service kept down xi
Noteworthy features of the year's work xi
Distribution of carp commenced xi
Special fish hatching steamer begun xi
Visit of President and Cabinet to the Havre de Grace station xi
Death and biographical notice of J. W. Milner, first assistant xi
Division of subjects within the scope of the commission xii
Condition and improvement of the fisheries. xii
Multiplication of fish by artificial propagation or otherwise xii
Assistance in carrying on the work xii
Appointment of T. B. Ferguson xii
Superintendence of stations xii, xiii
2. SPECIAL OBJECTS OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION xiii
Reference for details to report for 1878 xiii
3. ASSISTANCE RENDERED TO THE COMMISSION xiii
By the government in general xiii
General requirement xiii
By the Secretary of the Navy xiii
Detail of steamer Speedwell xiii
Supply of steam launches xiii
Repairs of vessels and furnishing supplies xiii
By the Secretary of the Treasury xiii
Towing of vessels by revenue cutters xiii
By the Light-House Board xiii
Temperature observations xiii
By the United States Coast Survey xiii
Issue of charts and loan of deep-sea thermometers xiii
By the Secretary of War xiii
Dredging of bar, Spesutie Island xiii
By the Engineer Bureau xiv
Loan by General Warren of schooner Surveyor xiv
By the Chief Signal Office xiv
Loan of telephone apparatus for station at Havre de Grace xiv
Continuance of record of water temperatures xiv
By the Commander of the Department of the West xiv
Detail of military guard at McCloud River station xiv
Statement by Mr. Stone of its importance xiv
By the railroads x1v
Circular instructions to conductors and agents xiv
Loan of cars • xiv
By steamship companies xiv
By telegraph companies xiv
4. SERVICES RENDERED BY THE COMMISSION xv
Distribution of fish and eggs in general preliminary xv
Distribution to other countries xv
Acknowledgment of French authorities xv
Application for aid by Permanent Exhibition Company of Philadelphia xv
B.INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND STATISTICS OF FOOD-FISHES.
5. FIELD OPERATIONS DURING THE SEASON OF 1879 xv
Co-operation of the Navy Department in previous years xv
Co-operation in 1879 xv
Detail of Speedwell xv
Officers assigned xv
Provincetown, the station xv
Headquarters xvi
Associates and assistants xvi
Work of Prof. H. E. Webster xvi
Range of Speedviell's labors xvi
Visitors during the season xvii
Specimens collected xvii
Work of fishery census xvii
Close of work for season xvii
Transfer of Captain Tanner xvii
Establishment of signal station at Provincetown xvii
Important discoveries of new food-fishes xviii
Pole-flounder in 1877-78 xviii
Tile-fish in 1879 xviii
6.THE STEAMER FISH-HAWK xviii
Importance of improving floating fish-hatching station xviii
Contract for the vessel xix
Reference to report of 1880 for details xix
7. ABSTRACT OF RESEARCHES CONDUCTED UNDER DIRECTION OF THE COMMISSION xix
Professor Atwater on chemical and physiological properties of fish xix
Dr. Kidder on temperature of fishes xix
Professor Gamgee on cooling apparatus xix
Collection of casts of fishes and cetaceans xx
8. STATISTICS OF THE FISHERIES (EXCLUSIVE OF THE CENSUS) XX
Permanent station at Gloucester xx
Established at Fort Point wharf xxi
Kind of work accomplished xxi
Persons employed Xxi
Relief map of fishing grounds xxi
Prepared under direction of Coast-Survey xxi
Work of Captain Linnell xxi
9. LEGISLATION IN REGARD TO THE FISHERIES xxii
Actual jurisdiction over the seacoast waters xxii,
Legislation of Maine in regard to Menhaden xxil
Concurrent disappearance of the fish xxii
C. CO-OPERATION WITH THE SUPERINTENDENT OF THE CENSUS.
10. PRELIMINARY ARRANGEMENTS xxiii
General superintendence and commencement xxiii
11. PLAN OF INVESTIGATION xxiii
1. Natural history of marine products xxiii
2. The fishing-grounds xxiii
3. The fisheries and fishing-towns xxiv
4. Apparatus and methods of capture xxiv
5. Products of the fisheries xxiv
6. Preparation, care, and manufacture of fishery-products xxiv
7. Economy of the fisheries xxiv
8. Protection and culture xxiv
12. DETAILS OF PROGRESS xxv
Assignment for field-work xxv
Time already occupied by each division xxvi
Office routine xxvi
Special researches xxvi
Mr. Earll and Captain Collins in Maine xxvi
Parties in Massachusetts xxvi
Mr. Stearns in the Gulf of Mexico xxvi
Mr. Scudder on the halibut fisheries
Mr. Osborn on the Grand Bouk fishery xxvii
Mr. Gordy, life on Gloucester mackerel schooners xxvii
D. THE PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES.
13. WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN 1879 xxvii
The Quinnat, or California Salmon (Salmo quinnat) xxvii
The McCloud River station xxvii
Construction of barrier xxvii
Scarcity of female fish at first xxviii
Influence of canneries on the supply xxviii
Improved disposition of the Indians xxviii
Movement of eggs xxviii
To Eastern States xxviii
To foreign countries xxviii
Refrigerator car xxviii
Arrangement of eggs therein xxviii
Arrivals at stations xxviii
Shipments to foreign countries xxix
To Germany xxix
To Holland xxix
Report of Mr. Bottemanne xxx
Supplementary hatching of eggs for California commissioner xxx
The Rainbow, or California Mountain Trout (Salmo irideus) xxx
The Crooke Crook station xxx
Reasons for the selection XIX
Nature of construction xxx
Its culture in Japan; history and results xxxi
The Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar) xxxi
The Penobscot River station xxxi
Resumption of work after an intermission xxxi
Change of hatching-works xxxi
Distribution of eggs xxxii
Return of salmon to same station xxxii
On Lake Ontario xxxil
On Penobscot Bay xxxii
On Columbia River xxxii
The Schoodic Salmon. (Salmo salar, var. sebago) xxxii.
Grand Lake Stream station xxxii
Enlargement of facilities in 1870 xxxii
Dates of taking eggs xxxiii
Distribution xxxiii
Supplementary stations for hatching Salmonidae xxxiii
In the Southern States xxxiii
The Shad (Alosa sapidissima) xxxiii
Aggregate yield xxxiii
The Albemarle Sound station xxxiii
Scale of operations xxxiii
Dispatch of Lookout.... xxxiii
Her equipment xxxiv
Work on wharf at Avoca xxxiv
Production of eggs and fish xxxiv
Distribution xxxi
The Havre de Grace station xxxv
Improved machinery xxxv
Commencement of active work Xxxv
Four substations established xxxv
Results of the season xxxv
The Potomac River station xxxv
The Carp (Cyprinus carpio) xxxv
The Monument Lot station xxxvi
Improvement of ponds xxxvi
Telephone connection xxxvi
Subdivision of largest pond xxxvi
Use of ponds for skating xxxvi
13. WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN 1879. Continued.
The Carp. Continued
Production of fish xxxvi
The Arsenal station xxxvii
The Druid Hill Park station xxxvii
Distribution.
Acquisition of a fresh supply from Europe- xxxvii
The Cod-fish (Gadus morrhua) xxxvii
The Gloucester station xxxvii
Experiments in transporting young cod.... xxxvii
Examination of Wood's 11oll as a prospective station ... xxxviii
The Striped Bass (Roccus lineatus) xxxviii
The experiment at Acova xxxviii
Disposition of the young. xxxviii
Transfer of living fish xxxviii
To California, by L. Stone, at request of State commissioner xxxviii
Kinds of fish taken ; disposition made of them xxxviii
Carp, from Europe xxxiii
Tables of the distribution of fish. xxxiii
Shad xxxix
California salmon. xxxix
Penobscot salmon. xxxix
Schoodic salmon. xxxix
Carp, too few to tabulate. xxxix
I. Chronological record of shad distribution xl- xlv
II. Geographical record of shad distribution xlvi-li
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