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CHAPTER VI. 



THE CO-OPERATION WITH OTHER FISHERIES AUTHOR- 

 ITIES. 



During the past year, your Commission has been in very active 

 co-operation with the fisheries authorities of our neighboring States. 

 As a result of this co-operation it is hoped in the near future to form 

 an association of the New England Fisheries Authorities with the 

 object of endeavoring to obtain uniform fisheries laws and discus- 

 sion of subjects of mutual interest. The benefit of such an association 

 will be very great, inasmuch as so many branches of the fisheries are 

 held in common by all these States. 



On December 16th, at Newport, a committee of your Commission 

 met with members of the Massachusetts and Connecticut Fish Com- 

 mission for a discussion of the lobster laws, with especial view to 

 uniformity. Your Commission wishes to acknowledge its apprecia- 

 tion of the assistance and support rendered by these Commissions, 

 especially in regard to the lobster law. 



The meeting of the American Fisheries Society in New York, was 

 attended by the members of your Commission. A paper was sub- 

 mitted by them on the season's work at Wickford, and one of their 

 number was re-elected to an important office, and another member 

 of your Commission was appointed on the executive committee. 



By correspondence, exchange of reports, etc., your Commission has 

 been in touch with every State Fish Commission in the country, and 

 also with the United States Bureau of Fisheries, whose courtesies 

 in many ways we wish to acknowledge. 



