Baird Appointed Commissioner of Fishes
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PrintCongress establishes the United States Fish Commission and Smithsonian Assistant Secretary Spencer F. Baird is appointed United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries by President Ulysses S. Grant. He is given Congressional appropriations for studies concerning the alleged decrease of food-fishes along the coasts and for restocking U.S. rivers and lakes. He will serve as Commissioner until his death in 1887.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 25, 1871
United States