REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



CONTENTS 



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International relations m 



Revised Northern Pacific Halibut Convention iil 



Passamaquoddy power project vr 



North American Council on Fishery Investigations vr 



International Colonial Exposition at Paris vii 



Conservation of whales vii 



Japanese vessels in Bering Sea viir 



Domestic relations viii 



Aid to our island dependencies viit 



Fisheries conferences ix 



Cooperation with States x 



Five-year construction and maintenance prograin xt 



Propagation and distribution of food and game fishes xr 



Introduction xr 



Propagation of commercial species xiii 



Propagation of game fishes xi v 



Rescue operations xi v 



Cooperative activities xiv 



Statistical surveys x v 



Fisheries of the United States and Alaska xv 



Manufactured products xvi 



Fish-farming industries in the United States xvii 



Foreign fishery trade xvir 



Technological investigations xvir 



Improvements in methods of handling fresh fish xviii 



By-products and production methods xviii 



Net preservation xix 



Nutritive value of marine products xix 



Gloucester laboratory xx 



Biological fishery investigations xxr 



Fishery investigations of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts xxr 



Fisheries of interior lakes xxii 



Fisheries of the Pacific coast and Alaska xxirr 



Fish screen and fish ladder investigations xxiv 



Aquicultural investigations xxi v 



Shellfish investigations xxv 



Alaska fisheries service xx vrr 



Administration of fishery laws and regulations xxvn 



Alaska salmon hatcheries xxvii 



Special studies and investigations xxviii 



Products of the fisheries xxviir 



Alaska fur-seal service xxviir 



General activities xx viii 



Seal herd xxix 



Take of sealskins. xxix 



Marking reserved seals xxx 



Sale of sealskins xxx 



Foxes XXX 



Fur-seal skins taken by natives xxx 



Fur-seal patrol xxxi 



Protection of sea otters, walruses, and sea lions xxxr 



Black bass law enforcement xxxr 



Vessel notes xxxii 



Appropriations xxxiii 



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