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Propagation of food fishes 5 



< reneral discussion of the year's work 5 



Stations operated 



Summary of the distributions s 



Transportath >n < if the hatchery output 8 



Distribution in the various states 9 



Relations with the states l it 



Relations with foreign countries ] :', 



Rescue of fishes from overflowed lands 13 



Acclimatization of fish 15 



New stations and improvements Hi 



Alaska salmon hatcheries IS 



Biological investigations and experiments 19 



Oyster legislation and experiments ] '.» 



Legislation Hi 



Investigations in Maine 20 



Oyster survey of Matagorda Bay, Texas 21 



Experiments at Lynnhaven, \'a 21 



( tyster and clam experiments in North Carolina 22 



Experiments in sponge culture 22 



Experimental culture of diamond-hark terrapin 22 



Studies of particular fishes 23 



Trout of the southern High Sierras of California 23 



Physiological studies of the Pacific salmons 21-5 



The spoonbill catfish 24 



Food of dogfishes 24 



Studies of small lakes 25 



Connecticut lakes and neighboring waters 25 



Lakes of northern Indiana 25 



Fish diseases, water pollutions, etc 26 



Marine hiological laboratories 28 



E x ] »e< 1 i t ion to the eastern Pacific 27 



Statistics and methods of the fisheries 27 



Condition of the fishing industry 27 



Statistical inquiries and reports 30 



Some new features of the fishing industry 30 



Purse seines in the bank cod fishery 30 



Seine-pursing machine 31 



( iill nets in the mackerel fishery 32 



Improvements in sain mn canneries '■'<■'< 



New products i if the Pacific fisheries 34 



The shrimp and crab fisheries of Pugel Sound ■"> I 



Export trade in frozen and mild-cured salmon 35 



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