17 



Head. 



Nature of 

 experiment. 



Remarks. 



Improved boats 

 Improved nets 



Impvoved lines 

 Preservation and 



transport of fresh 



fish. 



I'iokling and smok- 

 ing. 



Canning and bottl- 

 ing. 



Drying fish . . 

 Various methods of 



preparing algfe, 



isinglass, etc. 



Salmon 



Carp 



Oyster 



Pearl oyster 



Clam 



Bgche-de-mcr 



Eel 



Mullet 



Other shell fish 



Alg:e 



(a) Several kinds of 

 nets were tried at 

 various stations ; 

 hence the number 

 is larger than the 

 number of sta- 

 tions. 



{b) The small num- 

 ber successful is 

 probably due to 

 the totally novel 

 nature of many 

 experiments, as 

 in canning crus- 

 taceans and mol- 

 luscs, for ordi- 

 nary fish canning 

 has long passed 

 the experimental 

 stage in Japan. 

 Do. 



28. By " successful " is meaut experiments which yielded the 

 results hoped for and which have, in most instances, been promptly 

 followed in the industry ; at this day many profitable changes in 

 method or new operations nre in full practice such as the adoption of 

 the purse seine, the various canning and preserving processes, the 

 hatching and culture of various fish, etc. For instance, the purse 

 seine is a successful American variant of the ordinary seine, used 

 especially for the catching of menhaden and sardine ; for full descrip- 

 tion see infra, S.V., ''Fishery plant". This new net was introduced 

 into two districts and was at once copied by other stations who 



