Prospectus for a work published as Histoire générale des pêches anciennes et modernes dans les mers et les fluves des duex continens (Paris, 1815). Noël de la Morinière's life-long study of fish, both from the viewpoint of their natural history and economic value, earned him the offices of inspector of navigation and inspector general of oceanic fishing in France.; Located in folder: Morniere to Thomas Jefferson. 1813 February 5.
