Description: United States Fish Commission (USFC) staff member monitors McDonald hatching jars for the hatching of buoyant fish eggs at USFC research station, circa 1880s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5611.
Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.
Description: Fish specimens in jars at the Smithsonian Oceanographic Sorting Center (SOSC), June 6, 1979, by Richard Hofmeister, SIA RU000371, 79-7303-16A.
Description: United States Fish Commission research station, possibly along the Potomac River, 1880s, Glass negative [double exposure], SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-5600.
Description: Stereoscopic photograph of seine fishing on shore of unidentified body of water, United States Fish Commission, circa 1890s, Image Number: MAH-3042.
Description: The Fish Hawk, a schooner and floating hatchery that was the first vessel constructed for the U.S. Fish Commission in 1880 for the purposes of marine research.