﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  The 
  fishing 
  industry 
  5 
  

  

  General 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  5 
  

  

  New 
  England 
  vessel 
  fisheries 
  6 
  

  

  Menhaden 
  industry 
  18 
  

  

  Stiu^geon 
  fishery 
  of 
  Delaware 
  River 
  23 
  

  

  Condition 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  Carolina 
  fisheries 
  23 
  

  

  Fresh- 
  water 
  mussel 
  fishery 
  25 
  

  

  Fresh- 
  water 
  pearl-button 
  industry 
  35 
  

  

  Tuna 
  industry 
  of 
  California 
  35 
  

  

  Utilization 
  of 
  neglected 
  aquatic 
  resoiu-ces 
  37 
  

  

  Propagation 
  and 
  distrib 
  ation 
  of 
  food 
  fishes 
  38 
  

  

  General 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  38 
  

  

  Hatcheries 
  operated 
  39 
  

  

  Cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  States 
  42 
  

  

  Propagation 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  salmons 
  44 
  

  

  Fish 
  propagation 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  47 
  

  

  Propagation 
  of 
  migratory 
  fishes 
  of 
  Atlantic 
  streams 
  51 
  

  

  Cultivation 
  of 
  marine 
  species 
  53 
  

  

  Propagation 
  of 
  trouts 
  and 
  basses 
  56 
  

  

  Rescue 
  of 
  fishes 
  from 
  overflowed 
  lands 
  57 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  fish-cultural 
  activities 
  57 
  

  

  Experiments 
  in 
  acclimatization 
  58 
  

  

  Fish 
  ponds 
  on 
  farms 
  59 
  

  

  Cooperative 
  stocking 
  of 
  national 
  parks 
  and 
  forests 
  60 
  

  

  Siu"veys, 
  investigations, 
  and 
  experiments 
  61 
  

  

  Oceanographic 
  investigations 
  61 
  

  

  Investigations 
  of 
  coastal 
  waters 
  62 
  

  

  Investigations 
  of 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  64 
  

  

  Fresh- 
  water 
  mussel 
  culture 
  65 
  

  

  Pollution 
  of 
  waters 
  66 
  

  

  Experiments 
  in 
  terrapin 
  culture 
  67 
  

  

  The 
  fisheries 
  laboratories 
  67 
  

  

  Woods 
  Hole, 
  Mass 
  67 
  

  

  Beaufort, 
  N 
  . 
  C 
  68 
  

  

  Fairport, 
  Iowa 
  69 
  

  

  Fur-seal 
  service 
  70 
  

  

  Minor 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  of 
  Alaska 
  72 
  

  

  Alaska 
  fisheries 
  service 
  74 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  affairs 
  and 
  relations 
  75 
  

  

  New 
  establishments 
  75 
  

  

  Pacific 
  coast 
  office 
  76 
  

  

  Aleutian 
  Islands 
  reservation 
  76 
  

  

  Maine 
  lobster 
  conference 
  77 
  

  

  Publications 
  78 
  

  

  Appropriations 
  79 
  

  

  Fishery 
  matters 
  before 
  Congress 
  80 
  

  

  Recommendations 
  81 
  

  

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