4 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 



1. FISHERY LAWS. ETC. 



The necessity of placing oyster-plan ting grounds other than natural beds under private ownership 



and control, in order to secure the largest and most regular production. 

 Should government, state or national, farm the waters? 

 How shall we deal with the purse-seine and pound-net fisheries? 

 Why transportation companies should aid in the distribution of fish. 

 The utility and results of legislation for the ocean fisheries. 



2. THE SCIENCES IX RELATION TO FISHERIES. ETC. 



The scope, aims, methods, and apparatus of economic aquatic biology. 

 The system of life in waters. 



The purpose, plans, and uses of a station for marine research. The obligation of government to main- 

 tain such stations. 

 The obligation of governments to prosecute marine research and deep-sea explorations 

 A program for a model lake survey. 

 A program for a model survey of a river system. 

 The migrations of fishes. 

 The distribution of economic fishes. 

 The aquarium; its installation and management. 



3. METHODS OF CAPTURE, ETC. 



Description of methods and apparatus employed in the. fisheries. 



Influence of methods upon abundance. 



Improvements in fishing vessels and apparatus. 



Economical value of marine products. 



Preparation, care of, and manufacture of fishery products: («) the market fishery; (h) refrigeration; 

 (c) drying fish ; (d) salting fish; (e) canning industry ; (/) utilization of skins and other parts of 

 marine objects — furs, whalebone, sounds, ambergris, oil, etc.: (<j) lish guano. 



Transportation of fishery objects and products. 



The utilization of new and waste products of the fisheries. 



The question of bait and bait preservation in the offshore fisheries. 



4. FISH-CULTURE. 



A review offish-culture in Europe and in North America. 



The scientific foundations offish-culture. 



The present state and principal defects of scientific fish-culture. 



General conditions involved in stocking new and restocking depleted waters. 



Comparison of methods employed in packing and transporting fish ova. 



Cheaper and better food for rearing fish. 



The conditions determining whether to plant impregnated eggs, fry, or fingerlings. 



The methods and results of artificially breeding food for fish. 



Comparison of methods in oyster-culture in the United States and in foreign countries. 



The need of a government oyster-cultural station. What should be its general plan and arrangement ; 



what it may be expected to accomplish in the way of example and instruction. 

 The relative value of artificial propagation, and regulation and protection in maintaining the lobster 



fisheries. 

 The necessity of affording proper instruction to students in fish-culture. 

 Fish-culture as applied to the maintenance or regeneration of the ocean fisheries. 

 Economic results of acclimatization of aquatic products. 



5. THE WORLD'S FISHERIES. 



Review of the world's fisheries. 



(a) The mollusk fisheries (squid, oyster, pearl, clam, abalones, scallop, periwinkles, snail, nnios, 



etc.). 



(b) The sponge fishery. 



(c) Tlie crustacean fishery (lobster, crab, shrimp, prawn, crayfish, etc.). 



(d) The amphibians and reptiles (frogs, turtles and terrapins, alligators, etc.). 



