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Feb 6, 2018 · The U.S. government decided to do something about it in 1871. Congress passed and President Grant signed, on February 9 of that year, a law which created the U.S. Office of the Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries. Its role was to “prosecute investigations on the subject (of the diminution of valuable fishes) with the view to ascertaining ...
Oct 4, 2009 · Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries ... Report year for 1871/72-1886 varies; report year for 1887-1903 ends June 30
NMFS was created by Congress in 1871 as the U.S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Its first director was Spencer Baird, a scientist who had been named Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution in 1850 (and was Smithsonian Secretary from 1878-1887), and who had first-hand knowledge of marine studies through work begun in 1863 at Woods ...
In 1871, people recognized that America’s fisheries were in trouble and called on congress to act. The United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries was formed on February 9, 1871. Their charge was clear - to determine if America’s fisheries were declining, and if...
Apr 10, 2009 · The Bureau of Fisheries. (1) The U.S. Commission on Fish and Fisheries was established on February 9, 1871. Its first Director was Spencer Fullerton Baird, an energetic naturalist who helped shape the Smithsonian Institution’s research programs and designed a Federal role for scientific fisheries management. The Commission:
Fisheries History. NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is the direct descendant of the Nation's first Federal conservation agency, the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries (usually just called the "Fish Commission"). Initiated in 1871, the agency was devoted to the protection, study, management, and restoration of fish.
Since its beginning in 1871, Fisheries has had many research vessels that sailed out of Woods Hole. From 1880 and the Fish Hawk which was the first floating marine hatchery, to the Henry B. Bigelow and the Gloria Michelle which sails today. Fish Hawk (1880) was an ocean-going marine fish hatchery outfitted for general scientific research.
