Gunner and starfish off the Delaware coast

Line drawings of a variety of echinoderms and coelenterates

Harvesting Alaska's fish crop. Conservation of this resource is a responsibility of the U.S. Government, discharged throught the Interior Department. Regulations governing seasons and methods of fishing are announced annually by the Secretary of the Interior, and are administered by the Fish and Wildlife Service ( Picture and caption circa 1950.)

Brailing salmon from a floating trap in Southeastern Alaska. Protection of the Alaska fisheries is under the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with the purpose of permitting the highest commercial use consistent with securing a steady yield for generations to come. (Picture and caption circa 1950).

Salmon fishing with large loop nets by Indians at Celilo Falls, Oregon. Tribal tradition determines the spot from which each Indian fishes, and the U.S.F.&W.S. seeks to guarantee that no matter where they fish, there will be salmon aplenty. (Picture and caption circa 1950).

A fine haul - At Astoria, Oregon, these men hauling in a beach seine heavy with Columbia River salmon. The Fish and Wildlife Service keeps a careful check on salmon, for they mean vital food to the Nation in wartime. (Caption accompanied picture- apparently during WWI.)

Alaska salmon roundup - Purse seining is an important method of taking salmon in the deep, swift waters of Alaska. Salmon moving near the surface are surrounded with a wall of netting, which is supported by corks or floats. Lines are then drawn in the lower surface of the net to "purse" it into a baglike shape. The fish are then brailed out of the net.

Description not available.

Description not available.

Florida Key sheepswool sponge - Specimen from Florida

Nassau sheepswool sponge - Specimen from Bahama Islands

Sheepswool sponge - specimen not over 48 months old

Abaco sheepswool sponge - Specimen from Bahama Islands

Key yellow sponge - Specimen from Florida

Anclote yellow sponge - Specimen from Florida

Yellow sponge - Specimen from bahama Islands

Yellow sponge - Specimen from Cuba

Velvet sponge - Specimen from Florida

Velvet sponge - Specimen from Bahama Islands

Key grass sponge - Specimen from Florida

Key grass sponge - Specimen from Florida

Grass sponge - Specimen from Bahama Islands

Reef sponge - Specimen from Cuba

Reef sponge - Specimen from Bahama Islands

Reef sponge - Specimen from Cuba

Wire sponge - Specimen from Florida

Turkey cup sponge - Specimen from the Mediterranean Sea

Toilet sponge - Specimen from the Mediterranean Sea

Philippine toilet sponge - Specimen from Sitauki, Philippine Islands

Zimocea sponge - Specimen from the Mediterranean Sea- top view

Honeycomb sponge - Specimen from the Mediterranean Sea

Sponge fishing boats along Florida Gulf Coast

Wool sponge partially destroyed by disease.

Sponges are cleaned aboard the boat.

Enclosure (kraal) along the shore of Andros Island, Bahama Islands, where sponges are left to decay. In the background is a hurricane proof watch and refuge tower.

Bunch of wool sponges displayed at the Tarpon Springs Sponge Exchange preparatory to public auction.

Cleaning sponges at Bahama Islands facility

Proud dealer displays two huge wool sponges.

Sponge hooker scanning the bottom through a glass-bottomed box.

Sponge hooker working in shallow water in Florida Keys.

Grass sponge containing a large piece of coral in depression. From Anclote Keys. Height 15 inches, diameter across top , 18 inches.

Unidentified sponge

Sponges drying at warehouse yard.

Sponges drying on fishing boat

Fisherman cleaning sponges.

Grass and sheepswool sponges growing from a common base. Specimen from Florida.

Drawing of bass

Small smallmouth bass

Kentucky and small-mouth bass

Large-mouthed black bass in aquarium