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United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries

Report of the Commissioner for 1880

A. Inquiry into the decrease of the food fishes.
B. The propagation of food-fishes in the waters of the United States.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1883 Cover
Letter of transmittal to Congress

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I. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 30 pages ** * Report Table of Contents

II. APPENDIX TO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER.

APPENDIX A. GENERAL.

I. G. BROWN GOODE. PLAN OF INQUIRY INTO THE HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OF THE FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES 3

II. G. BROWN GOODE. THE FIRST DECADE OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION: ITS PLAN OF WORK AND ACCOMPLISHED RESULTS, SCIENTIFIC AND ECONOMICAL By G. Brown Goode 58

APPENDIX B. DEEP-SEA RESEARCH.

III. A. E. Verrill. DESCRIPTION OF SOME OF THE APPARATUS USED BY THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON FISH AND FISHERIES; IN DREDGING OFF THE NEW ENGLAND COAST.By A.E. Verrill 65

APPENDIX C. THE SEA FISHERIES.

IV. C. Trolle. THE ICELAND FISHERIES By C. Trolle, First lieutenant, Danish Navy 77

V. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman. THE BOHUS-LAN SEA FISHERIES AND THEIR FUTURE By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman 89

VI. Axel Vilhelm Ljungman. WHAT SHOULD BE DONE BY THE GOVERNMENT WITH REGARD TO THE GREAT BOHUS-LAN HERRING FISHERIES By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman ----

VII. O. S. JENSEN. REPORT ON THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATOINS OF THE SPRING HERRING FISHERIES DURING THE YEAR 1880, SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR. By O. S. Jensen, curator of the Bergen Museum. 127

VIII. THE SARDINE FISHERIES From Fiskerei Tidende

IX. G.O. SARS. REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ON THE PRACTICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS OF THE FINMARK CAPELAN FISHERIES, MADE DURING THE SPRING OF THE YEAR 1879. By Prof. G. O. Sars

X. Newton P. Scudder THE HALIBUT FISHERY - DAVIS STRAIT. By Newton P. Scudder, A.M. Index 189

APPENDIX D. ECONOMIC RESEARCH.

XI. W.O. ATWATER. REPORT OF PROGRESS AN INVESTIGATION OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND ECONOMIC VALUES OF THE FISH AND INVERTEBRATES USED FOR FOOD, UNDERTAKEN FOR THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. By W. O. Atwater, Ph.D., professor of chemistry, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn 281

APPENDIX E. NATURAL HISTORY.

XII. G. Brown Goode. MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE SWORD FISHES By G. Brown Goode Plates *** Index 287

XIII. R. Edward Earll. TTHE SPANISH MACKEREL Cybium maculatum (Mitch)
ITS NATURAL HISTORY AND ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FISHERY.
By R. Edward Earll 395

XIV. F. Miescher-Rusch. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BIOLOGY OF THE RHINE SALMON. By Dr F. Miescher-Rusch, professor of physiology at Basel. 427

APPENDIX F. PROPAGATION OF FOOD FISHES. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.

XV. M.C. Raveret-Wattel. REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF PISCICULTURE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FROM DOCUMENTS COLLECTED AT THE INTERNATIONAL FISHERY EXPOSITION AT BERLIN, 1880
By By M. C. M.C. Raveret-Wattel 477.

XVI. J. P. J. KOLTZ. THE ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FISH. By J. P. J. KOLTZ 491

XVII. M. DUCASTEL. THE TRANSFORMATION OF SALT MARSHES INTO FISH PONDS By M. Ducastel 517

XVIII ADOLF GASCH. POND CULTIVATION ON THE KANIOW ESTATE (District of Biala Galica, THE PROPERTY OF HIS IMPERIAL HIGHNESS ARCHDUKE ALBRECHT OF AUSTRIA. By Adolf Gasch, the present farmer of Kaniow. 533

XIX. E. Reichardt. THE INJURIOUS INFLUENCE OF PISCICULTURE OF THE RETTING WATER OF FLAX AND HEMP. By E. Reichardt.

APPENDIX G. PROPAGATION OF FOOD FISHES. SPECIAL APPLICATIONS.

XX. Frank N. Clark. REPORT OF OPERATIONS CONNECTED WITH THE PROPAGATION OF WHITEFISH (Coregonus albus) AT THE NORTHVILLE STATION, NORTHVILLE, MICH., FOR THE SEASON OF 1880-181. By Frank N. Clark, in charge.

XXI. Livingston Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES SALMON HATCHING STATION ON THE McCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE SEASON OF 1880. By Livingston Stone

XXII. Livingston Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE UNITED STATES TROUT PONDS ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE SEASON OF 1880. By Livingston Stone

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XXIII Charles G. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF PENOBSCOT SALMON IN 1880-'81. By Charles G. Atkins 623

XXIV.Charles G. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF SCHOODIC SALMON IN 1880-'81 By Charles G. Atkins 633

XXV. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF SHAD IN THE SPRING OF 1880 653

XXVI. Max von dem Borne. RAISE CARP! By Max von dem Borne 673

APPENDIX H. THE OYSTER. APPENDIX H CONTENTS

XXVII Karl Mobius. THE OYSTER AND OYSTER-CULTURE. By Karl Mobius, professor of zoology at Kiel. Index 683

XXVIII. Felix Fraiche. A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO OYSTER CULTURE, AND THE METHODS OF REARING AND MULTIPLYING EDIBLE MARINE ANIMALS. (72 pages) By Felixe Fraiche, professor of the natural sciences and mathematics. 759

XXIX. M. Coste. REPORT ON THE OYSTER AND MUSSEL INDUSTRIES OF FRANCE AND ITALY. By M. Coste 825

XXX M. de Bon. REPORT ON THE CONDITION OF OYSTER CULTURE IN 1975. PRECEDED BY A REPORT TO THE MINISTER OF MARINE AND OF THE COLONIES. By M. de Bon, commissary general and director of administrative affairs of the ministry of marine and of the colonies. 885

XXXI. G. Bouchon-Brandely. REPORT ON OYSTER CULTURE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.
By G. Bouchon-Brandley. Secretary to the College of France 907

XXXII. J. Renaud. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PORTUGUESE AND FRENCH OYSTERS CULTIVATED IN THE BAY OF ARCACHON. By J. Renard 931

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CONTENTS. XI.

XXXIII. A.E. Hausser OYSTER CULTURE IN MORBIHAN. A. REPORT PREPARED IN THE NAME OF THE COMMISSION OF THE COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION AT VANNES. By A. E. Hausser, engineer of roads and bridges. 943

XXXIV. RESULT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS OF THE NETHERLANDS ZOOLOGICAL STATION RELATIVE TO THE OYSTER AND ITS CULTIVATION AT THE END OF THE FIRST YEAR OF ITS INVESTIGATIONS. Appendix to the Sixth Annual Report of the Zoological Station of the Netherlands Zoological Association 1001

XXXV. P.P.C. Hoek. OYSTER CULTIVATION IN THE NETHERLANDS. By Dr. P.P.C. Hoek 1029

XXXVI H.H. Rasch. ON THE REASON FOR AN EXTRAORDINARILY RICH PRODUCTION OF OYSTERS IN A NATURAL BASIN. By Prof. H. H. Basch 1037

APPENDIX I. MISCELLANEOUS

XXXVII. Robert G. Dyrenforth. LIST OF PATENTS ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEARS 1879 AND 1880 RELATING TO FISH, AND THE METHODS, PRODUCTS, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE FISHERIES. By Robert G. Dyrenforth, examiner-in-chief, United States Patent Office. 1047

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