United States Fish Commission
The United States Fish Commission, formally known as the United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, was an agency of the United States government created in 1871 to investigate, promote, and preserve the fisheries of the United States. In 1903, it was reorganized as the United States Bureau of Fisheries, sometimes referred to as the United States Fisheries Service, which operated until 1940. In 1940, the Bureau of Fisheries was abolished when its personnel and facilities became part of the newly created Fish and Wildlife Service, under the United States Department of the Interior.
USFC Fish Hawk, ca. 1900.
Hoist and winch on Fish Hawk, used by Commissioner Spencer Fullerton Baird and Professor Addison Emery Verrill in exploration of the New England coast, c. 1885.
USFC Albatross in the 1890s.
Fish Commission buildings and docks at Woods Hole, Massachusetts, ca. 1892.
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
The United States Fish and Wildlife Service is a U.S. federal government agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior which oversees the management of fish, wildlife, and natural habitats in the United States. The mission of the agency is "working with others to conserve, protect, and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people."
Heather Bartlett, an Arctic Refuge law enforcement officer with the Fish and Wildlife Service, next to her Piper PA-18 Super Cub in 2009
FWS patrol vehicles in the Territory of Alaska in 1950
US FWS Albatross III
US FWS John R. Manning