FISHERY INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 1936 3 
ment among fishermen, as well as information on the grading and 
standardization of fish in many foreign countries. 
In the conduct of several phases of economic and technological work 
the Division had the cooperation of the International Fisheries Com- 
mission at Seattle, Wash. This included a study of the variation of 
the fat content of halibut made by technologists of the Division at 
the request of the Commission and cooperation of the Commission 
in the collection of economic and statistical data on the North Pacific 
halibut fishery. 
The Bureau also has cooperated with various Federal agencies in 
obtaining statistical data on our fisheries. The Bureau had the co- 
operation of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Department of 
Agriculture, in the collection of statistics on the volume of cold- 
storage holdings of fish, and of the health authorities in Washington, 
D. C., in obtaining the volume of fish handled at the Municipal Fish 
Wharf and Market in this city. In another instance the Bureau 
obtained figures on the volume of the quarterly production and hold- 
ings of fish oils for the Bureau of the Census. 
COOPERATION WITH STATE AGENCIES 
The Bureau of Fisheries long ago began establishing cooperative 
relations with the States in fields of mutual interest and endeavor 
and, in succeeding years, has constantly encouraged, fostered, and 
expanded this cooperative plan of work. By working closely, when- 
ever possible, with the members of the scientific staffs of various 
State laboratories and institutions, we have been able to increase the 
productivity of our relatively small technological staff and have been 
able to carry out cooperative investigations at considerably less cost. 
During 1936, the following cooperative investigations were conducted 
in the State institutions listed: 
A member of our technological staff was stationed in the labora- 
tories of the State Medical College, Charleston, S. C., until Septem- 
ber 1936, where members of the staff of the State Medical College 
gave valuable cooperation in chemical, biochemical, and pharma- 
colovical studies of the mineral content of fishery products. Dr. Roe 
E. Remington and Dr. Kenneth M. Lynch participated in these 
investigations. 
At George Washington University, Washington, D. C., Dr. Leland 
W. Parr, associate professor of bacteriology in the school of medicine, 
assisted in the supervision of one of our cooperative investigations on 
the development of disinfectants for sponges. 
At Washington State College, Pullman, Wash., our Seattle techno- 
logical laboratory staff cooperated with Dr. J. S. Carver in carrying on 
tests with poultry in the feeding of salmon oils and meals. 
Dr. Earl Norris, Department of Biochemistry, University of Wash- 
ington, Seattle, Wash., cooperated with members of our Seattle tech- 
nological staff in various fishery products investigations. The Univer- 
sity of Washington also placed space at the disposal of members of 
our Seattle technological laboratory for the conduct of certam by- 
products investigations, until the Bureau could erect a suitable build- 
ing for this purpose, which is now under construction. 
The University of Maryland and the Maryland State Agricultural 
Experiment Station, College Park, Md., have rendered excellent coop- 
erative services to our technological staff. Free space for the Bureau’s 
laboratories in two of its buildings (discussed elsewhere in this report) 
