The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States #266421

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for approval and for publication, Section III of a general work upon The Fisheries and Fishery Industries of the United States, consisting of a description of the fishing grounds of North America, prepared by Capt. J. W. Collins, Mr. Richard Rathbun, Mr. Silas Stearns, Prof. D. S. Jordan, Dr. T. H. Beau, Mr. F. W. True, and Mr. Ludwig Kumlieu. The work is edited by Mr. Richard Rathbun. It is the only report of the kind ever written. It describes the locations, the characteristics, and the productiveness of the numerous grounds resorted to by the fishermen of the United States, extending from Greenland to Mexico, from Lower California to Alaska, and including the fishing grounds of the Great Lakes. The accompanying charts illustrate the fishing grounds and the surface ocean temperatures of the eastern coast of North America.