CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Propagation and diptribution of food fishes 5 



Output 5 



Notes on certain operations 6 



New features of the work 6 



Rescue of fishes from overflows 7 



Culture of striped has- 7 



AccHmati/ation of tiie lol)ster on the Pacific coast 8 



Some results of fish culture 8 



Scientific inquiry 8 



Pearl-mussel investigations 8 



Oyster woi'k and experiments 9 



Louisiana oyster work 9 



Survey of Chesapeake Ray oyster grounds 9 



Oyster-fattening experiments at Lynnhaven Bay, Virginia 9 



Sponge-planting experiments 10 



Terrapin-rearing experiments 10 



Lake studies 10 



Investigations in the Philippine Islands 11 



Marine biological laboratories 11 



Commercial fisheries 11 



Administration 16 



New stations and improvements 16 



Library and publications 17 



Salaries and expenses 17 



Appropriations 18 



Conservation of fishery resources 19 



Recommendations 20 



New fish-cultural stations 20 



Increased facilities for rescuing fish from overflowed lands 20 



New fish-cultural experiment station 20 



Federal control of interstate fisheries aud fish trade 20 



New l)uilding and aquarium 21 



Increase of salaries 21 



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