Reports of fish kills prior to 1900 in the United States

Reviews in Fisheries Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-11

  Mitchell, Andrew J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 17144391371     PISSN: 10641262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16226510390856501     Document Type: Review

References (51)

1. Adams, A. L. (1868). Death of Fishes in the Bay of Fundy. American Naturalist 2(7):337-342. Mortality among mostly American herring (Clupea elongata) in 1867 in the Bay of Fundy, off the northern coast of Maine
2. Anon. (1883). Poisoned water in the Gulf of Mexico - from the Sunland Tribune. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1882. 2:104. Mortality of many fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
3. Anon. (1884). Report of the Commissioner. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part X. Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Washington Government Printing Office, pp. XVII-XCI (LII). Tile fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleanticeps) dying off the coast of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey
4. Anon. (1886). Report of the Commissioner. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XII. Report of the Commissioner for 1884. Washington Government Printing Office. pp. XIII-LXX (XLIII). Many fish species dying from the Gulf of Mexico and Wisconsin Lakes
5. Anon. (1899). Report of the Commissioner. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XXIV. Report of the Commissioner for 1898. Washington Government Printing Office. pp. VII-XXIX (XVI). Pollution killing stream fish and fish eggs
6. Burkholcler, J. M.., E. J. Noga, C. H. Hobbs, H. B. Glasgow, Jr., and S. A. Smith. (1992). New "phantom" dinoflagellate is die causative agent of major estuarine fish kills. Nature 385:407-410. A recent report that stirred a lot of interest in fish kills
7. Cabeza de Baca, A. N. (1542). La Relacion. Translated by M. A. Favata and J. B. Fernandez. Arte Publico Press, Houston, Texas (1993). This is a personal report by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca of early native Americans observing seasonal fish deaths in the Gulf of Mexico
8. Collins, J. W. (1884). XI. History of the tile-fish. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part X. Report of the Commissioner for 1882. Washington Government Printing Office. pp. 237-294 (253-283). Tile fish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) dying off the coast of Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey
9. Davidson S. G., J. G. Merwin, Jr., J. Capper, G. Power, and F. R. Shivers, Jr. (1997). Chesapeake waters: four centuries of controversy, concern, and legislation. 2nd ed. Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, Maryland. 272 pp. (52, 233). Reports of large fish kills associated with whale killings in the Chesapeake in 1698 from the Council Papers of Virginia
10. Dunning, P. (1884). Two hundred tons of dead fish, mostly perch, at Lake Mendota, Wisconsin. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1884. Bureau of Fisheries. Washington Government Printing Office. 4:439-443. Many fish species were dying, mainly the yellow perch in a Wisconsin Lake (dead birds indicate a toxin); reports that in about 1844 white fish died in mass in same lake; other previous mortalities without year also mentioned
11. Edwards. (1873). III. Testimony in regard to the present condition of the fisheries, taken in 1871. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part I. Report of the Condition of the Sea Fisheries of the South Coast of New England in 1871 and 1872. Washington Government Printing Office. pp. 7-72 (56-57). Tautog apparently killed by extremely cold winter
12. Endlich, F. M. (1882a). An analysis of water destructive to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:124 Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico
13. Endlich, F. M. (1882b). An analysis of water destructive to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection for 1881, Washington 22:124. Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico
14. Farlow, W. G. (1882). Report on the contents of two bottles of water from the Gulf of Mexico, forwarded by the Smithsonian Institution. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:234. Analysis of water from a fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico
15. Forbes, S. A. (1890). Preliminary report upon the invertebrate animals inhabiting Lakes Geneva and Mendota, Wisconsin, with an account of the fish epidemic in Lake Mendota in 1884. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1888. Washington Government Printing Office. 8:473-487. Many fish species were dying, mainly the yellow perch in a Wisconsin Lake, histological analysis made
16. Gerard, W. R. (1879). The Saprolegnia ferax. (An account of an epidemic among fish of the Passaic River, N. J.). Proceeding of the Poughk Society of Natural Sciences. p. 25. Fungi on sick fish
17. Glazier, W. C. W. (1882a). Assistant surgeon, M. H. S. On the destruction of fish by polluted water in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:126-127. Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico, also reports die-offs in 1865 and 1878
18. Glazier, W. C. W. (1882b). On the destruction of fish by polluted water in the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection for 1881. Washington 22:126-127. Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico, also reports die-offs in 1865 and 1878
19. Glennan A. H. (1887). Fish killed by poisonous water. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1886. 6:10-11. Mortality of several fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida) probably due to the red tide
20. Goode, G. B. (1879). The natural and economic history of the American menhaden. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part V. Report for the year 1876-77. Washington Government Printing Office. pp 1-529 (101-104). Mortality of menhaden in Merrimac River in 1876 and reports of another kill forty years earlier (about 1836)
21. Green, L. W. (1885a). [Trout mortality]. [See Stone, L. (1888). VIII. Report of operations at the U. S. salmon and trout stations on the McCloud River, California, for the year 1885. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XIII. Report of the Commissioner for 1885. pp. 131-140 (135-139)]. Rainbow trout mortality
22. Green, L. W. (1885b). On a disease affecting the rainbow trout at McCloud River Station. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1885. 5:472. Rainbow trout mortality
23. Ingersoll, E. (1882a). On the fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:74-80. Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida); reports other fish kills in 1844, 1854, 1878 and 1879 from the Gulf (major die-off in 1878)
24. Ingersoll, E. (1882b). On the fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection for 1881, Washington 22:74-80. Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
25. Jefferson, J. P. (1879). On the mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico in 1878. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1878. 1:363-364. Mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
26. Jefferson, J. P., J. Y. Porter, and T. Moore. (1879). On the destruction of fish in the vicinity of the Tortugas during the months of September and October, 1878. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1878. 1:344-345. Mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
27. Johnson, S. H. (1882). Notes on the mortality among fishes of the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:205. Mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
28. Knowles H. M. (1887). Dead fish on the coast of Rhode Island. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1886. Washington Government Printing Office. 6:194-195. Small herring-like fish died at Point Judith, Rhode Island
29. Lankford, J. (1967). Captain John Smith's America. Harper Torchbooks, Harper & Row, New York. 195 pp. (64). Included in this text is The Generall Historie of Virginia. New England and the Summer Isles (1607 to 1609) by Captain John Smith in which he describes massive numbers of small fish with their heads out of the water and some dead on the shores.
30. Leslie, C. C. (1883). Scarcity of blackfish - Mortality of codfish. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1882. Washington Government Printing Office. 2:132. Codfish were floating belly up and struggling off shore between Hatteras and Cape Henry
31. Mitchell, A. J. (2001). Finfish health in the United States (1609-1969): historical perspective, pioneering researchers and fish health workers, and annotated bibliography. Aquaculture 196:347-438. A review article on all aspects of finfish health studied or practiced in the United States from 1609 to 1969
32. Moore, M. A., (1882a). Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1881. 4:125-126. Mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
33. Moore, M. A., (1882b). Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collection for 1881, Washington 22:125-126. Mortality of fishes in the Gulf of Mexico
34. Moore, J. P. (1898). The utility and methods of mackerel propagation. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1897. 17:353-361 (355). A great fatality among bluefish at the beginning of the Century is part of this report
35. Pierce, H. D. (1883). The spawning of the blue-fish. An opinion of the cause of mortality of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1883. 3:332. Mortality in blue-fish and flying fish off the coast of Florida; cold temperature of water given as reason
36. Pierce, H. D. (1884). Notes on the blue-fish; mortality of Florida fishes. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1884. 4:263-266. Mortality in blue-fish and other fishes off the coast of Florida; cold temperature of water given as reason
37. Rathbun, R. (1893). Report upon the inquiry respecting food- fishes and the fishing-grounds. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XVII. Report of the Commissioner for 1889 to 1891. pp. 97-171 (145-147). Fish mortality in a Wisconsin Lake
38. Rathbun, R. (1895). Report upon the inquiry respecting food- fishes and the fishing-grounds. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XIX. Report of the Commissioner for 1893. pp. 17-51 (49-50). Fish mortality with associated fungus among alewives in Lake Ontario
39. Ravenel, W. de C. (1898a). Report on the propagation and distribution of food-fishes. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XXII. Report of the Commissioner for 1896. pp. 11-92 (57). Mortality among fish in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
40. Ravenel, W. de C. (1898b). Report on the propagation and distribution of food-fishes. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XXIII. Report of the Commissioner for 1897. pp. XVIII-XC (CXXI). Tue fish mortality (return of the fish in 1892)
41. Ravenel, W. de C. (1900). Report on the propagation and distribution of food-fishes. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part XXV. Report of the Commissioner for 1899. pp. XXXV-CXVIII (XCVIII). Pollution kill of salmon in the McCloud River, California
42. Smiley, C. W. (1887). 118. Notes upon fish and the fisheries. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1886. 6:401-416 (413-414). Dead menhaden found along the South Carolina coast
43. Smith, H. M. (1892). 6. Report on an investigation of the fisheries of Lake Ontario. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1890. 10:177-215 (189-192). Mortality among alewives in Lake Ontario; fungi, lack of food, storms and temperature given as possible causes
44. Stone, L. (1882). Mortality of McCloud River salmon in 1881. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1881. 1:134. Mortality in salmon from the McCloud River, California
45. Stone, L. (1884). XXI. The report of the operations of the United States salmon-breeding station on the McCloud River, California, during the season of 1881. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part IX. Report of the Commissioner for 1881. pp. 1063-1078 (1069). Salmon mortality in the McCloud River, California
46. Swett, S. B. (1883). Decrease of fish in Squamscot River, New Hampshire, on account of refuse matter from gas works. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1882. Washington Government Printing Office. 2:33. Pollution kill of perch and other fishes in the Squamscot River, New Hampshire, from gas works refuse
47. Walker, S. T. (1884). Fish mortality in the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the United States National Museum for 1883. 6:105-109. Mortality of many fish species in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
48. Webb, J. G. (1887). The mortality of fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1886. 6:11-13. Mortality in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
49. Wilcox, W. A. (1889). 27. The fisheries of Gloucester, Mass., in May, 1887, with notes on those of other localities. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1887. 7:76-78 (77). Mortality of fish, not identified
50. Willcox, J. (1887). 44. Fish killed by cold along the Gulf of Mexico and Coast of Florida. Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission for 1886. 6:123. Mortality of many species in the Gulf of Mexico (Florida)
51. Wood, W. M. (1882). [Letter to Professor Baird]. Bulletin of the U. S. Fish Commission for 1881. 1:274. Pollution killing fish in the Connecticut River, Massachusetts