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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  doubtless 
  provide 
  much 
  material 
  for 
  biological 
  investigation 
  and 
  may 
  

   also 
  eventually 
  support 
  an 
  important 
  commercial 
  fishery. 
  

  

  The 
  ground 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  rough 
  coralline 
  nature, 
  and 
  contains 
  a 
  great 
  

   abimdance 
  and 
  variety 
  of 
  animal 
  life. 
  A 
  7-foot 
  beam 
  trawl 
  and 
  an 
  

   oyster 
  dredge 
  brought 
  up 
  many 
  specimens 
  of 
  fishes, 
  crustaceans, 
  mol- 
  

   lusks, 
  starfishes, 
  immense 
  holothurians, 
  sea-fans, 
  corals, 
  and 
  other 
  

   animals 
  characteristic 
  of 
  tropical 
  coral 
  reefs. 
  The 
  abundance 
  of 
  fish 
  

   was 
  surprising. 
  While 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  drifting 
  twice 
  across 
  the 
  ground 
  

   1.5 
  hand 
  lines 
  were 
  used, 
  and 
  10 
  bushel 
  basketfuls 
  of 
  fish, 
  representing 
  

   about 
  700 
  specimens, 
  were 
  caught. 
  The 
  time 
  occupied 
  in 
  fishing 
  was 
  two 
  

   hours. 
  Most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  were 
  sea 
  bass, 
  but 
  a 
  few 
  red 
  snappers, 
  large 
  

   red-mouthed 
  grunts, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  were 
  taken. 
  So 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  

   vessel 
  was 
  over 
  the 
  ground 
  the 
  fishes 
  were 
  caught 
  as 
  fast 
  as 
  the 
  lines 
  

   could 
  be 
  hauled 
  in, 
  rebated, 
  and 
  cast, 
  but 
  the 
  moment 
  the 
  vessel 
  drifted 
  

   over 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  the 
  reef 
  no 
  more 
  fish 
  were 
  caught. 
  

  

  Those 
  who 
  availed 
  themselves 
  of 
  the 
  privileges 
  of 
  the 
  laboratory 
  

   numbered 
  seventeen, 
  and 
  were 
  as 
  follows, 
  arranged 
  under 
  the 
  institu- 
  

   tions 
  with 
  which 
  the}^ 
  were 
  connected: 
  

  

  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  Universijy: 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  K. 
  Brooks, 
  Dr. 
  Caswell 
  Grave, 
  Mr. 
  R. 
  E. 
  Coker, 
  

   Mr. 
  R. 
  P. 
  Cowles, 
  Mr. 
  O. 
  C. 
  Glaser, 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  W. 
  Gudger, 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  W. 
  Stone, 
  

   Mr.,D. 
  H. 
  Tennant. 
  

  

  University 
  of 
  North 
  Carolina: 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  A. 
  Shore, 
  Mr. 
  I. 
  F. 
  Lewis, 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Hanes. 
  

  

  Columbia 
  University: 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  B. 
  Wilson, 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  S. 
  Sutton. 
  

  

  Washington 
  and 
  Jefferson 
  College: 
  Prof. 
  Edwin 
  Linton. 
  

  

  Trinity 
  College, 
  North 
  Carolina: 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  I. 
  Hamaker. 
  

  

  Western 
  Reserve 
  University: 
  Dr. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Waite. 
  

  

  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania: 
  Prof. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Conklin. 
  

  

  Professor 
  Brooks 
  was 
  engaged 
  in 
  a 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  early 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  

   development 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  egg 
  and 
  in 
  rearing 
  oyster 
  larva? 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  

   point 
  where 
  they 
  become 
  fixed. 
  Mr. 
  Glaser 
  continued 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   mental 
  oyster 
  planting 
  in 
  Newport 
  and 
  North 
  rivers. 
  Mr. 
  Tennant 
  

   resumed 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  life 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  oyster 
  parasite, 
  Bucephalus. 
  

   Professor 
  Linton 
  had 
  under 
  consideration 
  the 
  parasites 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  

   the 
  Beaufort 
  region. 
  Mr. 
  Coker 
  made 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  diamond- 
  

   back 
  terrapin, 
  and 
  studied 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  ship-worm. 
  The 
  

   habits, 
  structure, 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  stone 
  crab 
  were 
  studied 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Shore. 
  This 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  the 
  crabs 
  for 
  food, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  Beau- 
  

   fort 
  region 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  sufliciently 
  abundant 
  to 
  be 
  of 
  importance 
  commer- 
  

   cially. 
  Professor 
  Conklin 
  and 
  Professor 
  Wilson 
  carried 
  on 
  experi- 
  

   mental 
  studies 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  various 
  invertebrates. 
  Mr. 
  Gudger 
  gave 
  

   attention 
  to 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  pipe-fish. 
  Doctor 
  Hamaker 
  con- 
  

   tinued 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  actinians 
  of 
  the 
  Beaufort 
  region, 
  having 
  in 
  

   view 
  a 
  complete 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  biology 
  of 
  each 
  species. 
  

  

  