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In addition, in nearly every other State where commercial fishing is 

 prosecuted, some type of cooperation on its statistical work is rendered 

 the Bureau by the State fishery or other agencies. This makes it 

 possible for the Bureau to make statistical surveys of a greater portion 

 of our fishery industries than otherwise would be possible. 



EXHIBIT AT "A CENTUEY OF PROGEESS" 



The division continued during 1934 to have supervision of the 

 Bureau's exliibit at "A Century of Progress", the world's fair at 

 Cliicago, 111. The exhibit showed generally the activities of the 

 Bureau in conserving our natural fishery resources and in fostering 

 the fishery industry of the United States and Alaska. 



Some of the activities of the Division of Fish Culture were depicted 

 by models of a trout hatchery, fish ladder, and fish lock, and with 

 several aquaria and pools containing some of the common species of 

 food fishes taken in our fresh waters. In addition, a series of glass 

 transparent pictures showed other activities of this division. 



The Division of Scientific Inquiry exhibited apparatus used for 

 deep-sea biological investigations, charts of a mackerel investigation 

 being conducted by that Division, and methods of oyster culture. The 

 biology of the Great Lakes fisheries was depicted by pictures and 

 models of nets used in these fisheries. 



The Alaska Division had an exliibit of natural and dyed fur-seal 

 skins taken from the Pribiloff Islands. 



The Black Bass and Angling Division exhibited fishing taclde 

 appropriate for the taking of bass, trout, salt-water fishes, and surf 

 fishes, thereby depicting the sport fishing angle of our fisheries. 



The Division of Fishery Industries exhibited methods for the preser- 

 vation of nets as recently developed by the Bureau. This was shown 

 by charts, pieces of treated netting, and some of the chemicals used. 

 A century of progress in the utilization of products and byproducts 

 was exhibited by samples of such commodities marketed in 1833 as 

 compared w^ith those on the markets in 1933. Other exhibits of tliis 

 Division included a display depicting the food value of fishery prod- 

 ucts, a display of canned and frozen aquatic foods, a model depict- 

 ing the oyster fishery, and a display of the mussel-shell and pearl- 

 button industry. 



MARKETING INVESTIGATIOMS 



During 1934 an unusual interest was evidenced in the economic and 

 marketing phases of the fishery industry. This industry has suft'ered 

 to a very great degree during the depression, owing (1) to a curtailment 

 of the movement of fishery products into consumption, and (2) to a 

 somewhat lower price structure for the products that entered the 

 market. This has resulted in a most demoralized situation, and vari- 

 ous public and private agencies have attempted to develop plans 

 which might be effective in removing the obstruction to the free flow 

 of fishery products from the fisliing port to the consinner. However, 

 those attempting to develop a plan of action were invariably confronted 

 with a lack of economic and marketing data on the fisheries upon 

 which to base a foundation. This was most a])parent in developing 

 codes for the industry under the National Industrial Recovery Act, in 

 effectuating relief to the industry through the Federal Emergency 



