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In response to urgent requests from men in the crab industry, 

 a special investigation to determine the cause for the present serious 

 condition of this industry was begun during the latter part of 1924 

 and is being continued. 



PUBLICATIONS OF THE DIVISION 



During the calendar year 1923 the following publications, pre- 

 pared in this division, were issued. This list does not include the 

 monthly statistical bulletins for Boston and Gloucester, Mass.; 

 Portland, Me.; and Seattle, Wash., nor the monthly publication of 

 the cold-storage holdings of frozen fish. 



DOCUMENTS 



Iodine content of sea foods; by Donald K. Tressler and Arthur W. Wells, 8°, 

 12 pp. Document No. 967. 



Fishery industries of the United States, 1923; by Oscar E. Sette, 8°, 219 pp. 

 Document No. 976. 



STATISTICAL BULLETINS 



Statement, by fishing groimds, of quantities and values of certain fishery 

 products landed at Seattle, Wash., bv American fishing vessels during the cal- 

 endar year 192.3. Statistical Bulletiri" No. 598. 



Statement, by months, of quantities and values of certain fishery products 

 landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., by American fishing 

 vessels during the calendar year 1923. Statistical Bulletin No. 599. 



Statement, bj' fishing grounds, of quantities and values of certain fishery 

 products landed at Boston and Gloucester, Mass., and Portland, Me., by Amer- 

 ican fishing vessels during the calendar year 1923. Statistical Bulletin No. 600. 



Fisheries of the Mississippi River and tributaries, 1922. Statistical Bulletin 

 No. 607. 



Canned fishery products and by-products of the United States and Alaska, 

 1923. Statistical Bulletin No. 608. 



Fisheries of the Great Lakes, Lake of the Woods, and Rainey Lake, 1922. 

 Statistical Bulletin No. 618. 



Fisheries of Alaska, 1923. Statistical Bulletin No. 625. 



TECHNOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS 



The bureau is giving attention to such technological research 

 as limited funds and personnel permit. Its policy is to select broad, 

 fundamental studies which are urgent, which promise to be of greatest 

 value to the largest number, and which the fisheries industries 

 themselves are least capable of undertaking. These industries offer 

 excellent opportunities for the application of science, and a large 

 amount of research in this field must be conducted before they can 

 be placed on the same plane of efficiency as similar industries in other 

 fields. Few realize, especially in the fisheries industries, the advance- 

 ments which can be brought about by means of well-directed, ade- 

 quately supported, technological investigations, and it is important 

 that the bureau demonstrate the possibilities of such research. 

 Rapid progress of the fisheries industries depends largely upon work 

 of this nature combined with the application of sound business prin- 

 ciples. 



