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IX. Continued Work on Off-shore Fisheries. 



The U. S. scliooner " Grampus " visited the tile-fish o-rounds 

 again this year and brought in a large quantity of tile-fish, which 

 were distributed in the markets of the principal cities of the east. 

 The fish is now becoming favorably known among consumers. 



X. An Investigation of the Habits and Life- History of the 

 Scallop. 



The scallop-fishing in Rhode Island is in imminent peril, and 

 every one who is acquainted with its history knows that unless the 

 industry is protected by effective legislation it will become defunct. 

 No one appreciates this more keenly than the scallop fishermen 

 themselves ; that they do not protect the scallops is not strange, 

 for the law is not sufficiently explicit, nor the enforcement as effi- 

 cient even as it might be. 



The immediate reason for undertaking study of the life-history 

 and habits of the scallop was to gather information, by inquiry, 

 observation, and experiment, which would afford a scientific basis 

 for effective legislation. 



The investigation was intrusted to Mr. Jonathan Risser, A. M., 

 of Brown University, under the direction of Dr. A. D. Mead. 



