Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, Band 16

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897
 

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Seite 99 - At the request of the local authorities of Behring and other islands, the undersigned hereby notifies that the Russian Imperial Government publishes, for general knowledge the following. (1) Without a special permit or license from the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, foreign vessels are not allowed to carry on trading, hunting, fishing, etc., on the Russian coast or islands in the Okhotsk and Bchriug Sea, or on the northeastern coast of Asia, or within their sea-boundary line.
Seite 99 - Governor-General, and also those possessing a license or permit who may infringe the existing bye-laws on hunting, shall be confiscated, both vessels and cargoes, for the benefit of the Government. This enactment shall be enforced henceforth, commencing with AD 1882. (6) The enforcement of the above will be intrusted to Russian men-of-war, and also to...
Seite 160 - ... packed together in this manner, the water being supplied in a way that forces it through the eggs, partially supporting and circulating through them. The meshes are too small to permit the eggs to pass through, although the fry are able to do so. The advantages of this apparatus and method are: (1) The top of the tray or basket is out of the water and always entirely dry; consequently, in handling it, the hands are kept dry. (2) By tilting one end of the tray up and down a little or by lifting...
Seite 248 - A galvanised iron ring, of about half a pound weight, is attached to the lower end of the wire, so as to form the coupling or junction between the wire and the hemp line, and to keep the wire tight when the lead is on the bottom, and the hemp line is slackened. The art of deep-sea sounding is to put such a resistance on the wheel as shall secure that the moment the weight reaches the bottom the wheel will stop. By " the moment" I mean within one second of time.
Seite 84 - That control and jurisdiction over the following-described lands now comprising a portion of the Acadia National Park, In the State of Maine, are hereby transferred from the Department of the Interior to the Department of the Navy: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior shall retain the right to approve the design of the buildings and structures to be placed thereon. "All that certain tract or parcel of land on Big Moose Island, Winter Harbor, Maine, which Is bounded southerly and easterly...
Seite 12 - There is no indisputable evidence of its ever having inhabited other coasts than those of the Commander Islands, as the find of a rib on Attu Island does not necessarily prove that the animal once lived there, though that is not improbable
Seite 184 - ... the changes, and the desire to turn back for food is correspondingly lessened. This change comes about gradually, increasing day by day from the time they leave tidewater until at the •near approach of the spawning season their throats and stomachs become entirely incapacitated for receiving food, and the desire and ability to feed leave them entirely. The great reserve of flesh and blood which they bring...
Seite 248 - The wire is coiled on a large wheel (of very thin sheet-iron galvanised), which is made as light as possible, so that when the weight reaches the bottom the inertia of the wheel may not shoot the wire out so far as to let it coil on the bottom. The avoidance of such coiling of the wire on the bottom is the chief condition requisite to provide against the possibility of kinks ; and for this reason a short piece of hemp line, about five fathoms in length, is interposed between the wire and the sounding-weight...
Seite 184 - ... much emaciated. Their scales are wholly absorbed in the skin, which is of a dark olive or black hue, and blotches of fungus appear on their heads and bodies, and in various places are long white patches where the skin is partly worn off. Their fins and tails become badly mutilated, and in a short time they die exhausted.
Seite 230 - A large pair of forceps were kept asunder by a bolt, and the instrument was so contrived that on the bolt striking the ground, a heavy iron weight slipped down a spindle and closed the forceps, which retained within them a considerable quantity of the bottom, whether sand, mud, or small stones.1 On the 1st of September, 1818, Sir John lloss sounded in 1,000 fathoms, lat. 73° 37

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