REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1896

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1896. Cover

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CONTENTS.

Report of the Commissioner Summary 1-10
Fur seal investigations. Operations of the Albatross in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea. Joint investigation of fisheries in waters contiguous to Canada and the United States. The Lobster. Indian River, Florida. Investigations of Interior Waters: Columbia River Basin. Investigations in the Northwestern States. Inquiries Respecting the shad. Woods Hole Laboratory. Temperature observations.

Report on the Propagation and distribution of Food-fishes. By W. deC Ravenel, Assistant in Charge. 11-92

Report upon the inquiry respecting food-fishes and the fishing grounds. By Richard Rathbun, assistant in charge. 93-118

Report of the Division of Statistics and Methods of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith 119 - 146

Report of the Representative of the United States Fish Commission at the Cotton States and International Exposition at Atlanta, Georgia, in 1895. By W deC Ravenel 147 - 168

Notes on the Extension of the recorded range of certain fishes of the United States coasts. By Hugh M Smith and William C. Kendall. 169 - 176

Notes on the food of four species of the cod family. By W.C. Kendall, A.M. M.D. Asst Us Fish Commission. 177 - 186

Report of a survey of the Oyster regions of St. Vincent Sound, Apalachicola Bay, and Saint George Sound, Florida. By Lieutenant Franklin Swift, US Navy. 187 - 222

The Fisheries of Indian River Florida. 223 - 249
Commercial Fisheries of Indian River Florida. Wm. A. Wilcox 249-262 *** Illustrations 250-262

The Fish and Fisheries of the Coastal Waters of Florida. 263 - 342

Publications Available for Distribution. 343 - 356

Observations Made on Board the Albatross. 357 - 386

Observations on the Herring and Herring Fisheries of the Northeast Coast, with special reference to the vicinity of Passamaquoddy Bay. By H.F. Moore, asst, US Fish Commission. 387 - 442

The herring industry of the Passamaquoddy region, Maine. By Ansley Hall. 443 - 487

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