UNITED STATES COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES.

PART XI.

REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR 1885
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. 1887.

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I. REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER. 94 pages
REPORT'S TABLE OF CONTENTS HTML*** PDF

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II. APPENDIX TO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER.

A. REPORTS OF STEAMERS AND STATIONS.

I. Tanner. REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE U S. FISH COMMISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1885. By Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U. S. Navy, commanding. Five plates. Special index. 3

II. Piepmeyer. REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE U.S. FISH COMMISSION STEAMER FISH HAWK FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1885. By Lieut. L. W. Piepmeyer, U. S. Navy, commanding. 91

III. Smith. REPORT ON THE WORK OF THE U.S. FISH COMMISSION STEAMER LOOKOUT FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1885. By Mate James A. Smith, U. S. Navy, commanding. 97

IV. McDonald. REPORT ON OPERATIONS AT THE TROUT-BREEDING STATION AT WYTHEVILLE, VA., FROM ITS OCCUPATION IN JANUARY, 1882, TO THE CLOSE OF 1884. By Marshall McDonald 103

V. Mather. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., DURING THE SEASON OF 1885. By Fred Mather. 109

VI. Mather. REPORT OF EGGS SHIPPED TO AND RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN COUNTRIES AT COLD SPRING HARBOR (N.Y.) STATION DURING THE SEASON OF 1885-'86, AND THE DISTRIBUTION IN THE SPRING OF 1886. By Fred Mather. 117

VII. Clark. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE NORTHVILLE AND THE ALPENA (MICH.) STATIONS DURING THE SEASON OF 1885-86. By Frank N. Clark. 121

VIII. Stone. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT THE U.S. SALMON AND TROUT STATIONS ON THE MCCLOUD RIVER, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE YEAR 1885. By Livingston Stone. 131

IX. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF PENOBSCOT SALMON IN 1885-'86. By Charles G. Atkins. 141

X. Atkins. REPORT ON THE PROPAGATION OF SCHOODIC SALMON IN 1885-'86. By Charles G. Atkins. 145

XI. Blackford. REPORT ON THE OYSTER INVESTIGATION IN NEW YORK WITH THE STEAMER LOOKOUT. By Eugene G. Blackford. 157

XII. Ravenel. REPORT OF OPERATIONS AT SAINT JEROME OYSTER-BREEDING STATION DURING 1885. By W. de C. Ravenel. 165

XIII. Kidder. REPORT ON THE THERMOMETERS OF THE U.S. COMMISSION OF FISH AND FISHERIES. By J.H. Kidder, M.D. 165

B. THE FISHERIES.

XIV. Collins. REPORT ON THE DISCOVERY AND INVESTIGATION OF FISHING GROUNDS MADE BY THE FISH COMMISSION STEAMER ALBATROSS DURING A CRUISE ALONG THE ATLANTIC COAST AND THE GULF OF MEXICO, WITH NOTES ON THE GULF FISHERIES. Capt. J.W. Collins. ***10 plates.*** Special Index 217

XV. Strom. EXTRACTS FROM THE NORWEGIAN FISHERY STATISTICS FOR 1884. By Boye Strom. 313

XVI. THE MANUFACTURE OF KLIP-FISH. From the Norsk Fiskeritende, 1884. 325

XVII. Bouchon-Brandely PEARLS AND MOTHER OF PEARL AT TAHITI AND THE TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO. By G. Bouchon-Brandely

C. OYSTER CULTURE.

XVIII. Ryder. AN AN EXPOSITION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF A RATIONAL SYSTEM OF OYSTER CULTURE, TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF A NEW AND PRACTICAL METHOD OF OBTAINING OYSTER SPAT ON A SCALE OF COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE. By John A. Ryder. *** Four plates. Special Index. 381

D. SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION.

XIX. Ryder. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CETACEA, TOGETHER WITH A CONSIDERATION OF THE PROBABLE HOLOLOGIES OF THE FLUKES OF CETACEANS AND SIRENIANS. By John A. Ryder. Three plates. Special Index. 427

XX. Ryder. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF OSSEOUS FISHES, INCLUDING MARINE AND FRESHWATER FORMS. By John A. Ryder. Thirty plates. 489

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XXI. Smith. REPORT ON THE DECAPOD CRUSTACEA OF THE ALBATROSS DREDGINGS OFF THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN OF 1884. By Sidney I. Smith. Twenty plates. *** Special index. 605

XXII Webster and Benedict. THE ANNELIDA CHAETOPODA, FROM EASTPORT, ME By Prof. H. E. Webster and James E. Benedict. Eight plates. *** Special index. 707

XXIII Murray and Renard. ON THE NOMENCLATURE, ORIGIN, AND DISTRIBUTION OF DEEP-SEA DEPOSITS. By John Murray and A. Renard 759

E. MISCELLANEOUS.

XXIV Jordan. A CATALOG OF FISHES KNOWN TO INHABIT THE WATERS OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF THE TROPIC OF CANCER, WITH NOTES ON THE SPECIES DISCOVERED IN 1883 AND 1884. By David Starr Jordan. Special index 789

XXV. Dyrenforth. PATENTS ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES DURING THE YEARS 1882, 1883 AND 1884, RELATING TO THE METHODS, PRODUCTS, AND APPLICATIONS OF THE FISHERIES. By Robert G. Dyrenforth. *** One hundred and fifty plates. 975

GENERAL INDEX.

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