Report on the INVESTIGATIONS carried on in 1897 in 
connection with the LANCASHIRE SEA-FISHERIES 
Laporatory at University College, Liverpool, and 
the SrEa-FisH HatrcHEery at Piel, near Barrow. 
Drawn up by Professor W. A. Herpman, F'.R.S., Honorary 
Director of the Scientific Work; Assisted by Mr. ANDREW 
Scort, Resident Fisheries Assistant at Piel, and Mr. 
JAMES JOHNSTONE, Fisheries Assistant at Liverpool. 
CONTENTS :— PAGE 
Introduction - - - = - = 2 1 
The Hatchery and Labor atory at Piel - - - : 7 
Outline of Work to be carried on at Piel - - - - 9 
Sea-Fisheries Exhibition at Eu ue - - : = 13 
Plankton Investigation - = = ated KG 
Experimental Sea-Fish Hatching Aa Beant ing - : = 18 
The Oyster Investigation —- E : 5 - 926 
Report upon Preliminary Experiments at Riel a= - = 29 
Note upon the Shad - - - - ey; 
Appendix—Guide to F isheries Hxhibition - - - = 39 
INTRODUCTION. 
Durine the earlier part of the year a good deal of 
Mr. Scott’s time was occupied in helping Mr. Dawson 
and myself in preparing for the course of Sea-Fisheries 
lectures, which was delivered in January, February, and 
March in Liverpool. After that Mr. Scott was sent to 
make some hatching experiments at Piel, and then had to 
suddenly leave all the usual laboratory work and devote 
most of his time to the preparation of the rather elaborate 
exhibit which the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committee 
sent to the Jubilee Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, 
and which will be found fully described further on in this 
Report. During this busy time one of the College 
Laboratory lads, Mr. Tom Mercer, had to be drafted into 
