REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR 1889 to 1891

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1893.

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CONTENTS.

Report of the Commissioner 1-96

Report upon the Inquiry respecting Food-fishes and the fishing-grounds By Richard Rathbun 97-171

Report on the Inquiry regarding the Methods and Statistics of the Fisheries. By Hugh M. Smith 173-204

APPENDICES.

Report upon the Investigations of the U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross from July 1, 1889, to June 30, 1891. By Z.L. Tanner 207-342

Report of Observations respecting the Oyster Resources and Oyster Fishery of the Pacific Coast of the United States. By Charles H. Townsend 343-372

Report on the Coast Fisheries of Texas. By Charles H. Stevenson 373-420

A Review of the Sparoid Fishes of America and Europe. By David Starr Jordan and Bert Fesler 421-544

On Fish Entozoa from Yellowstone National Park. By Edwin Linton 545-564

Planktonic Studies: A Comparative Investigation of the Importance and Constitution of the Pelagic Fauna and Flora. By Ernst Haeckl. Translated by George Wilton Field. 565-641

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