U.S. Fish Commission: Report of the Commissioner for 1883

IX. SVEND FOYN'S WHALING ESTABLISHMENT. From the Deutsche Fischerei-Zeitung 337 X. Ljungman. THE GREAT HERRING FISHERIES CONSIDERED FROM AN ECONOMICAL POINT OF VIEW.
By Axel Vilhelm Ljungman 341

XI. THE NORWEGIAN FISHERIES IN 1883, WITH STATISTICS OF PREVIOUS YEARS.
From the Norsk Fiskeritidende 350

XII. Trolle. THE ICELAND COD-FISHERIES IN 1883.By C. Trolle, first lieutenant in the Danish Navy. 371

XIII. Day. THE FISHERIES OF INDIA. By Francis Day, F.L.S., F.Z.S., deputy surgeon-general (retired), formerly inspector-general of fisheries of India 383

XIV. Lundberg. EEL-FISHING WITH S0-CALLED "HOMMOR" (A SPECIES OF FISH-POT) ON THE BALTIC COAST OF SWEDEN AND IN THE SOUND. By Rudolph Lundberg. one plate 415

APPENDIX C. ECONOMIC RESEARCH.

XV. Atwater. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION AND NUTRITIONAL VALUES OF AMERICAN FOOD-FISHES AND INVERTEBRATES. By W.O. Atwater, Ph.D.,professor of chemistry in Wesleyan University. Middletown, Conn. 69 pages. Two plates. ___ Special index 433

APPENDIX D. NATURAL HISTORY AND BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH.

XVI. Verrill. RESULTS OF THE EXPLORATIONS MADE BY THE STEAMER ALBATROSS OFF THE NORTHERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES IN 1883. By A. E. Verrill. Forty-four plates. Special index 503 List of anthozoa dredged (6 pages)*** List of echinoderms dredged. (13 pages) *** List of other invertebrates dredged. (51 pages)

XVII. Bush. LIST OF DEEP WATER MOLLUSCA DREDGED BY THE U.S. FISH COMMISSION STEAMER FISH HAWK IN 1880, 1881, AND 1882, WITH THEIR RANGE IN DEPTH By Katharine J. Bush. Special index 701

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XVIII Ljungman. SPECIAL RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS RELATING TO THE HERRING AND HERRING FISHERIES ON THE WEST COAST OF SWEDEN, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1873 TO 1884. By A.V. Ljungman 729

XIX. Shufeldt. THE OSTEOLOGY OF AMIA CALVA, INCLUDING CERTAIN SPECIAL REFERENCES TO THE SKELETON OF TELEOSTEANS. Part 1 Part 2. (49 pages) By R. W. Shufeldt, M.D., captain, Medical Corps, U.S. Army. Fourteen plates. One figure. *** Special index. *** Explanation of acronyms. 74

XX. Eisen. OLIGOCHAETOLOGICAL RESEARCHES. By Gustav Eisen. Nineteen plates .*** Special Index. 879

XXI. Seal. THE AQUA-VIVARIUM AS AN AID TO BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH. By William P. Seal Three plates 965

APPENDIX E. PROPAGATION OF FOOD-FISHES.

XXII Mahler. ACCOUNT OF EGGS REPACKED AND SHIPPED TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES UNDER DIRECTION OF THE U.S. FISH COMMISSION DURING THE SEASON OF 1883-84 2 pages By Fred Mather 973

XXIII. Clark. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT NORTHVILLE AND ALPENA STATIONS FOR THE SEASON OF 1883-'84. By Frank N. Clark. 975

XXIV. Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE U.S. SALMON-BREEDING STATION ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE YEAR 1883. By Livingston Stone 989

XXV. Stone. REPORT ON OPERATIONS AT THE U.S. TROUT-BREEDING STATION ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, DURING THE YEAR 1883. >By Livingston Stone 1001

XXVI. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF PENOBSCOT SALMON IN 1883-'84. By Charles G. Atkins 1007

XXVII Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF SCHOODIC SALMON IN 1883-'84. By Charles G. Atkins 1011

XXVIII. McDonald. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT CENTRAL STATION, U.S. FISH COMMISSION, DURING 1883. By Marshall McDonald. One plate 1017

XXIX. Babcock. REPORT OF SHAD OPERATIONS CONDUCTED AT FORT WASHINGTON, MARYLAND, IN THE SPRING OF 1883. by Lieut. William C. Babcock. U.S. Navy 1035

XXX. Low. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE HAVRE DE GRACE SHAD-HATCHING STATION DURING PART OF THE SEASON OF 1883. By Lieut. W. F. Low, U. S. Navy 1043

XXXI. Clark. NOTES ON EXPERIMENTS IN RAISING SHAD AND TAKING EGGS AT BATTERY STATION, HAVRE DE GRACE, MD., IN 1883. By Frank N. Clark 1045

XXXII. McDonald. REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF DISTRIBUTION OF THE U.S. FISH COMMISSION FOR THE YEAR 1883. By Marshall McDonald 1051 XXXIII. Wood. REPORT OF OPERATIONS IN HATCHING EGGS OF SPANISH MACKEREL IN CHESAPEAKE BAY BY STEAMER FISH HAWK DURING THE SUMMER OF 1883. By Lieut. W.M. Wood, U.S. Navy, commanding 1089

XXXIV. Kite. REPORT UPON APPARATUS AND FACILITIES NEEDED FOR HATCHING SPANISH MACKEREL. By J. Alban Kite, M.D. Two figures 1095

XXXV. Benecke. UTILIZING WATER BY FISH-CULTURE. By Prof. B. Benecke. Five plates 1101

XXXVI. Borne. HOW TO RAISE CARP AND OTHER POND FISH WHICH SPAWN IN SUMMER. By Max von dem Borne 1133

XXXVII. Gasch. POND CULTURE--FOOD AND SPAWNING OF CARP. By Adolph Gasch 1143

APPENDIX F. MISCELLANEOUS.

XXXVIII Wood. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT SAINT JEROME STATION IN LAYING OUT OYSTER PONDS BY THE STEAMER FISH HAWK IN 1883. By Lieut. W.M. Wood, commanding 1153

XXXIX True. SUGGESTIONS TO THE KEEPERS OF THE U.S. LIFE-SAVING STATIONS, LIGHT-HOUSES, AND LIGHT-SHIPS, AND TO OTHER OBSERVERS, RELATIVE TO THE BEST MEANS OF COLLECTING AND PRESERVING SPECIMENS OF WHALES AND PORPOISES. By Frederick W. True, Curator of Mammals in the U. S. National Museum. Eleven plates. ***Five figures. *** Special Index 1157

XL. STATEMENTS CONCERNING THE FISHERIES OF SEVERAL COUNTRIES. Compiled from the Consular Report for 1882 and 1883 1183

GENERAL INDEX 1201

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