REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



CONTENTS 



International relations 



North Pacific halibut convention 



Sockeye salmon convention 



Passamaquodd y power project 



International Fur Trade and Congress at Leipzig 



Domestic relations 



Five-year construction and maintenance program 



Black-bass legislation 



Development of fish screens and fishways 



Upper Mississippi River situation 



Special Senate committee on wild life resources 



Alaska fisheries service 



Administration of fishery laws and regulations 



Alaska salmon liatcheries 



Special studies and investigations 



Products of the fisheries 



Alaska fur-seal service 



General act ivities 



Seal herd 



Take of sealskins 



Marking reserved seals 



Sale of sealskins 



Foxes 



Fur-seal skins taken by natives 



Fur-seal {)atrol 



Protection of sea otters, walruses, and sea lions 



Biological fishery investigations 



Aquicult ural in vestigat ions 



Fisheries of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts 



Fisheries of the Pacific coast and Alaska 



Fisheries of the Great Lakes 



International investigation of the Lake Champlain fishery dis- 

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Shellfish investigations 



Statistical surveys 



Manufactured products 



Frozen fish 



Packaged fresh, frozen, and smoked fish 



Foreign fishery trade 



New England" States 



Middle Atlantic States 



Chesapeake Bay States 



South Atlantic States _ 



Gulf States 



Pacific Coast States 



Lake States 



Mississipj)! River and tributaries 



Tech nological i n vest igations 



Net preservation 



By-products 



Nutritive value of fishery products 



Improved handling of fresh and frozen fish 



Oyster market survey 



Projjagation and distribution of food and game fishes 



Propagation of commercial species 



Game fishes 



Rescue operations 



Cooperative activities 



Vessel notes 



Appropriations 



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