﻿LOBSTER 
  AND 
  CLAM 
  INVESTIGATIONS. 
  155 
  

  

  lobster 
  appeared 
  on 
  the 
  iiftli 
  day 
  from 
  date 
  of 
  hatchinj^, 
  tiiid 
  three 
  

   reached 
  the 
  lobsterling 
  stage 
  on 
  the 
  tenth 
  day. 
  

  

  The 
  water 
  at 
  Annisquani 
  is 
  very 
  shallow 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  warmer 
  than 
  

   in 
  the 
  open 
  ocean. 
  The 
  temperature 
  during 
  the 
  experiments 
  ranged 
  

   from 
  G4'' 
  to 
  76'-' 
  F. 
  

  

  EXPERIMENTS 
  AT 
  WICKFORD, 
  R. 
  I, 
  

  

  The 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  Commission 
  of 
  Inland 
  Fisheries 
  generously 
  

   accorded 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  its 
  new 
  floating 
  laborator}^ 
  at 
  Wickford, 
  li. 
  L, 
  

   for 
  experiments 
  at 
  this 
  point, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  D. 
  Mead, 
  biologist 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  commission, 
  gaye 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  work. 
  Much 
  credit 
  is 
  

   due 
  Doctor 
  Mead 
  for 
  his 
  energy 
  and 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  investigations 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  magnificent 
  results 
  obtained. 
  

  

  All 
  the 
  lobster 
  fry 
  used 
  were 
  transported 
  on 
  the 
  steamer 
  Phalarope 
  

   from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole. 
  The 
  apparatus 
  employed 
  in 
  rear- 
  

   ing 
  was 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  — 
  namely, 
  scrim 
  

   bags 
  and 
  floats. 
  The 
  first 
  shipment, 
  estimated 
  at 
  2,000 
  fr}^ 
  was 
  

   received 
  from 
  the 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  hatchery 
  on 
  June 
  1 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  

   small 
  bags. 
  They 
  were 
  fed 
  with 
  lobster 
  liver 
  and 
  soft 
  parts 
  of 
  clam, 
  

   and 
  grew 
  rapidl3^ 
  Although 
  many 
  died 
  during 
  a 
  calm 
  on 
  June 
  3, 
  320 
  

   reached 
  the 
  fourth 
  stage. 
  The 
  average 
  interval 
  before 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  the 
  lobsterling 
  in 
  this 
  experiment 
  was 
  16 
  days, 
  while 
  at 
  Woods 
  

   Hole 
  the 
  average 
  time 
  was 
  never 
  less 
  than 
  22 
  days. 
  

  

  