Catch of spawning shad in the Potomac, above Georgetown

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Lennurt, J. T.

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Dates of the appearance of herring, shad, bass, tango, seup, frostfish, fish-hawks, kingfishers, and Greenland seal in the Taunton River, from 1871 to 1883, inclusive
Total amount of shad and herring caught on the Potomac River during the spring of 1882
Scarcity of salmon in the Little Spokane and other streams on Pacific Coast
Trout and trout culture
The Scotch herring fisheries
Exchange of live marine specimens with France
Success in propagating California mountain trout from eggs brought to Michigan by the United States Fish Commission
Movements of mackerel
Movements of mackerel
Movements of menhaden - Catch of herring
Occurrence of Balistes caprices Gmelin (Leather-jacket or file-fish) at New Bedford, Mass.
Why the catching of menhaden with seines, et., should be restricted
Proposed limitation of menhaden fishing to July 1, and of mackerel fishing to June 15 - Occurrence of herring
Fluctuations in the fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and the proposed investigation of them
Scotland fisheries and apparatus
Notes on the English herring fishery of 1882
The injurious effect of menhaden steamers upon the food fisheries
Why the size of mesh in menhaden seines should not be restricted
Large haul of drum-fish
Notes on the menhaden fishery
Why menhaden seining should not be prohibited within two miles of the shore
Reasons for restricting the use of steamers and seines in the menhaden fishery
The incipiency of the menhaden oil business
Experience of a menhaden oil manufacturer in Northumberland County, Va.
Report upon hatching one million whitefish eggs from the Great Lakes, at Orland, Me., and upon planting the young in Eagle Lake, Mount Desert
A new fish-hatching apparatus
Success of the United States Exhibit at the London International Fisheries Exhibition
Period of incubation of eggs of German carp
Shad work in South Carolina
Proposed limitation of the herring fishery in Maine and its effect upon bait and canning interests
Ability of carp to endure muddy, slimy, and stagnant water
Arrival of blue carp from Germany
A mammoth cod
Success of the gill-net cod fishery on the New England Coast, winter of 1882-1883
Report on the abnormal appearance of some shad eggs from a fish kept in confinement at Havre de Grace, Maryland
Reappearance of young cod hatched by the United States Fish Commission
Purchase of Professor Poey's Ichthyologia Cubana by the Spanish government
Fish culture in Belgium - Proposed government action
Notes on the natural history of the buffalo
The zoological station at Naples, Italy
A new process of drying fish
Unexplained variations in the yield of oil from cod livers
Unexplained variations in the yield of oil from cod livers
A note on the Atlantic species of the genus Anguilla
Notes on the biology of the salmon and grilse
The artificial raising of cod in America
Description of a California salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) found in one of the rivers of New Zealand and identified by Dr. T. H. Bean
Report for 1879 and 1880 of the sale of fish in Fulton Market, New York
Notes on the Pacific Coast trade in shells, shrimps cod and salmon
Fitting out with cod gill-nets
Supposed occurrence of sail-fish (Histiophorus)
Obstructions to salmon in Pend d'Oreille River, Montana, requiring a fish-way or removal of falls
Experiments in the pond culture of trout, suckers, and catfish
Success of the cod gill-net fishery
A stray cod up the Hudson
Some notes on whales
Do striped bass (Roccus lineatus) feed on menhaden?
Description of an eel-like creature taken in a net at New Harbor, Maine, in 1880
Varieties of carp in Saxony
Prices of carp, tench, and goldorfe in Germany
Production of young fry of the carp
Can we do anything to decrease, preserve, or increase the number of our useful marine animals?
Shad, herring, &e., excluded from the Rappahannock River by dams
What frogs sometimes eat
Management of spawning carp
Fresh-water sponges: what, where, when, and who wants them
An opinion regarding R. Eckhardt's answer to Professor Malmgren
A verdict agains artificial fish culture, and an answer thereto
Memorial addressed to the Bureau of Agriculture of the Imperial Senate for Finland, January 20, 1883, in regard to the advisability of introducing artificial fish culture in Finland
The cultivation of Croppies in ponds
Return to Gloucester of young codfish hatched by United States Fish Commission in 1879
Edible clams of the Pacific Coast, and a proposed method of transplanting them to the Atlantic Coast
On the propriety of depositing whitefish minnows off the Harbor of Cleveland, Ohio
Analysis of artesian-well water from the shad-hatching station at Havre de Grace, Md.
Fish culture as seen at the London Exhibition, with special references to its history, apparatus, and methods in the United States
Process of preserving fish
The German carp, and its introduction in the United States
The spawning of bluefish - An opinion of the cause of mortality of fish in the Gulf of Mexico
Notes on the edible qualities of German carp, and hints about cooking them
What dangers threaten the products of the old pond carp fisheries from artificial fish culture
On the impropriety of depositing whitefish minnows off the Harbor of Cleveland, Ohio- Fishing for saugers
Stocking the streams of Montana with fish
Notes on the fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts
The movements of schools of mackerel
Summary of distribution of fish by Car No. 1 during the past season
Spawning of Esox (Pike or Pickerel) in North Carolina
Rearing oysters from artificially fertilized eggs, together with notes on pond culture, &e.
Early catch of mackerel
Report on the trap-nets fished in the spring of 1883 in the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay
Statistics of the imports and exports of fish, fish-oil, whalebone, &e., for ten years ending June 30, 1882
Tonnage of vessels of the United States employed in the whale, cod, and mackerel fisheries, from 1860 to 1882, inclusive
First appearance of porpoise
Proposed exportation of whitefish eggs to Switzerland
Statistics of the fisheries of the United States in 1880
An important fishway cause
Marsh and aquatic plants of the northern United States, many of which are suitable for carp ponds
Spawning of California mountain trout, reared in confinement, from eggs brought from McCloud River
Directions concerning the construction of carp ponds
Answers to one hundred and eighteen questions relating to German carp
Export of fish-oil from Norway, 1878-1882
The instruction of Naval midshipmen in taxidermy, ichthyology, &e., at the United States National Museum and on board the steamers of the United States Fish Commission
Sweden at the Great International Fishery Exposition at London, 1883
On rainbow trout reared from eggs brought from California
Preliminary notice of the development and breeding habits of the Potomac catfish, Amiurus albidus (Le Sueur) gill
The American black bass
Fish culture in Belgium
On experiments, begun in 1880, to plant American oysters in the Western Baltic, and the usefulness of contenting these experiments with the aid of the German Fishery Association
A new fish-hatching apparatus
Reproduction of California salmon in the Aquarium of Trocadero
Report of investigations at Neah Bay, Wash., respecting the habits of fur-seals of that vicinity, and to arrange for procuring specimens of skeletons of Cetacea
Planting and catch of shad in Coosa River, Alabama
Directions for collecting and preserving fish
Do snakes catch and eat fish?
On the thread-bearing eggs of the silversides (Menidia)
The successful stocking of streams with trout
History of the experiments leading to the development of the automatic fish-hatching jar
An account of the whale fishery of Nantucket, Mass., one hundred years ago
Notes on the fisheries of Gloucester, Massachusetts
The American purse-seine successful in the herring fisheries of Sweden
Notes on the cod gill-net fishing at Gloucester, Mass., 1882-1883
Some of the early results of the introduction of cod gill-nets at Gloucester, Mass., 1880-1881
Four tables, showing the amount of public money appropriated for carrying on the United States Commission of FIsh and Fisheries, and the various State Commissions, from 1865 to 1882, inclusive
A list of the blank forms, circulars, and minor publications of the United States Fish Commission, from its organization, in 1871, to August 1, 1883
Growth and protection of carp from turtles, etc
A list of the names of all persons who have been appointed Commissioners of fisheries of the various States of the United States, with their addresses, and the dates of their terms of service
A list of the names and addresses of the Fish Commissioners of the various states of the United States, and of Superintendents of hatcheries, corrected to June 1, 1883, with some indication of the limits of the terms upon with they are now serving
The organization and personnel of the United States Fish Commission, June 1, 1883
Check-list of the published reports of the Fish Commissioners of the various states of the United States
A list of the published reports of the commissioners appointed by authority of various states of the United States
List of papers relating to the work of the United States Fish Commission, from its organization, in 1871, to July 1, 1888, and which have been published under the direction of the United States Fish Commission, National Museum, and Tenth Census, together with a topical synopsis of the titles
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