REPORT OF THE 
DIRECTOR OF THE AQUARIUM 
TO THE BOARD OF MANAGERS 
HE year 1920 has not passed without events of importance 
to the Aquarium. 
Through the financial aid of the Zoological Society an ex- 
cellent collecting boat has been acquired which has made possible 
a great improvement in exhibits; an increase in exhibition space 
has been secured by the enlargement of tanks, and’ at the close 
of the year improvements have been authorized which will permit 
of the construction of additional tanks. 
The attendance, which fell off to some extent during the war, 
has returned to almost the pre-war figures of over two millions. 
The collecting boat Seahorse was in service from May 29 to 
November 8, and on November 18 was hauled out for the winter. 
The boat made twenty-six trips, collecting over 3,000 fishes of 
sixty different species. In addition to fishes, more than a thou- 
sand crustaceans, mollusks, and other invertebrates useful both 
as exhibits and as fish food were brought in. 
The dimensions of the Seahorse are as follows: Length, 35 
feet; beam, 11 feet; draught, 314 feet; length of forward cabin, 
10 feet; length of after cabin, 7 feet; the well amidships is 10 
feet long at the bottom, with the width and depth of the boat. 
There are berths for four men. The boat has a 25 horse-power 
engine, is sloop-rigged and is thoroughly staunch and seaworthy. 
With the exception of one cruise in Long Island Sound, all 
the collecting was done in lower New York Bay in the vicinity of 
Sandy Hook. Collections were made partly by seining, but 
chiefly by visiting the numerous large pound nets located in the 
lower bay and making selections from the heavy catches of the 
commercial fishermen. As a rule trips were made only once a 
