REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1903

WASHINGTON.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1905.

This report arranged by Subject

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Cover

Contents/List of Illustrations

Report of the Commissioner. 1-28

Report on the propagation and distribution of food fishes. By John W Titcomb. 29-74

Report on inquiry respecting food fishes and the fishing grounds. By Hugh M. Smith 75-100

Report of the division of statistics and methods of the fisheries. By Barton W. Evermann 101-122

APPENDIXES.

Records of the dredging and other collecting and hydrographic stations of the Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1903. 123-138

Report of the special commission for investigation of the lobster and soft-shell clam. (Cover page and photos) 139-224

General account of lobster and clam investigations. By Hugh M. Smith. 141-147

Experiments in lobster rearing. By George H. Sherwood. 149-174

Causes of death in artificially reared lobster fry. By F. P. Gorham. 175-193

Conditions governing existence and growth of the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria). By James L. Kellogg. 195-224

The commercial fisheries of the interior lakes and rivers of New York and Vermont. By John N. Cobb. 225-246

Investigations for the promotion of the oyster industry of North Carolina By Caswell Grave. 247-341

Anatomy, embryology, and growth of the oyster. By H. F. Moore (reprinted) 317-327

Observations and experiments on the growth of oysters. By O. C Glase.r 329-341

Statistics of the fisheries of the South Atlantic States, 1902. 343-410

Statistics of the fisheries of the Gulf States, 1902. 411-481

The biological relation of aquatic plants to the substratum. By Raymond H. Pond 482-526

Publications of the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries available for distribution on June 30, 1903. 527-545 INDEX

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