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province of this Dcpiirtmcnt, and these Great South ]ii\y fisheries, upon which, to 

 a considerable extent, our markets depend for fresli fish, are not in violation of 

 our law. 



The menhaden season of 1901 has been, it is believed, a satisfactory and profit- 

 able one. These fisheries extend along the entire length of the Atlantic Coast 

 of the United States. In company with several gentlemen connected with the 

 Commission, the Superintendent \-isitcd a factory of the Fisheries Company located 

 at Promised Land, Long Island, for the purpose of ascertaining in what quantities, 

 if any, food fish are taken in menhaden nets. We inspected, upon the wharf, a lot 

 of fish, said to amount to 300 barrels, \\'hich luid been discharged from one of the 

 company's fishing steamers, and failed ,to discover an\- fish other than menhaden. 



Respectfully submitted, 



B. FRANK WOOD, 



State Sitpcrintcudcnt of Shclljishcrics. 



AFTER SOFT CLAMS. 



