CONTENTS. 



Page. 



General considerations 5 



Propagation of food fishes 6 



Extent of work 6 



Review of operations 7 



New stations and improvements 11 



Acclimatization and results of fish culture 12 



Fish-cultural relations with States and foreign countries 13 



Biological inquiries and experiments 15 



Oyster investigations and surveys 15 



Pearl-mussel investigations 16 



Experiments in sponge culture 17 



Study of fish diseases 17 



Other inquiries and experiments 18 



Marine biological laboratories 19 



Alaska salmon service 19 



Alaska fur-seal service 21 



The fishery industries 22 



Statistics and methods of the fisheries 22 



Shad and alewife fisheries 27 



Investigation of the mackerel fishery 28 



Fisheries of Mississippi 31 



Miscellaneous activities 33 



Relations with other government bureaus 33 



International fishery matters 33 



Employment of vessels 34 



Publications and library 35 



Appropriations 35 



Recommendations 36 



Reorganization of personnel 36 



Salaries and personnel 36 



Sponge law 37 



Extension of fish culture 38 



Laboratory for the study of fish diseases 39 



Fishery intelligence service 40 



New building 40 



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