Report of the Commissioner for 1881.

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1884. Contains the 500 page "Materials for a History of the Mackerel Fishery" by Goode, Collins, Earle and Clarke. With coverage of the entire US, testimony of fishermen, lists of vessels, description of fishing methods, vessels and ports engaged in the fishery, laws pertaining to it, etc. An important document in fisheries history. Bound as issued in black cloth. Covers are worn, front inner hinge cracked but holding, pencil scribbling on endpapers. However, the lengthy section of the mackerel fisheries is in very good condition.. 22.5 cm. lxxi, 1146 pp. b/w plates, ills.