The Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.
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Catch of fish in Newfoundland & Labrador in 1881-82
By Jos. S. Hayward [From a letter to Prof. S.F. Baird February 15, 1883]

Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. January-May 1883
Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. June-July 1883
Notes on the Fisheries of Gloucester, Mass. August-October 1883
[Above Notes from letters by S. J. Martin to Prof. S. F. Baird]

An account of the whale fishery of Nantucket, Mass., one hundred years ago. (4 pages)
By J. Hector St. John 1883 [From "Letters of an American Farmer," &c.London. 8°.1782. Pp: 162-171.]

Success of the Gillnet Cod Fishery on the New England Coast, Winter of 1882 - '83 (3 pages)
By J.W. Collins

A Mammoth Cod, Portland Me.
By Everett Smith April 1883

Notes on the Movements, Habits and Captures of Mackerel for the Season of 1882. Part 1 and Part 2 12 pages
By Captain J.W. Collins

Sketch of the Penobscot Salmon-breeding Establishment
By Charles G. Atkins. Written by request of Prof. S. F. Baird, for the London Exhibition, 1883. ( 6 pages)

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