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  EEPOKT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHEEIES. 
  

  

  After 
  full 
  consideration 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  discontinue 
  tliis 
  practice 
  

   and 
  to 
  make 
  arrangements 
  for 
  utilizing 
  the 
  lobsters 
  which 
  had 
  served 
  

   their 
  purpose 
  in 
  nature. 
  A 
  conference 
  with 
  the 
  State 
  officials 
  having 
  

   developed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  law 
  or 
  regulation 
  which 
  pre- 
  

   vented 
  the 
  sale 
  of 
  lobsters 
  whose 
  eggs 
  had 
  been 
  stripped 
  off, 
  it 
  was 
  

   determined 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  exchange 
  of 
  such 
  lobsters 
  for 
  egg-bearing 
  

   lobsters 
  of 
  equal 
  value. 
  This 
  means 
  a 
  saving 
  of 
  many 
  thousand 
  

   dollars 
  annually, 
  and 
  will 
  permit 
  a 
  noteworthy 
  increase 
  in 
  lobster 
  

   hatching. 
  

  

  The 
  purposes 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  were 
  misunderstood 
  in 
  Maine, 
  and 
  

   many 
  inquiries, 
  complaints, 
  and 
  criticisms 
  were 
  received. 
  The 
  out- 
  

   come 
  was 
  a 
  conference 
  held 
  on 
  January 
  23, 
  1914, 
  at 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  F'isheries, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  announcing 
  the 
  policy 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  in 
  this 
  matter 
  and 
  its 
  general 
  attitude 
  toward 
  the 
  

   lobster 
  industry, 
  and 
  of 
  making 
  known 
  the 
  views 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Com- 
  

   missioner 
  of 
  Sea 
  and 
  Shore 
  Fisheries, 
  the 
  lobster 
  fishermen, 
  and 
  the 
  

   lobster 
  dealers, 
  all 
  of 
  whom 
  were 
  represented 
  at 
  the 
  conference. 
  The 
  

   Governor 
  of 
  Maine 
  and 
  the 
  entire 
  State 
  delegation 
  in 
  Congress 
  were 
  

   also 
  present. 
  The 
  new 
  policy 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  was 
  unanimously 
  

   approved. 
  A 
  formal 
  minute, 
  showing 
  the 
  manner 
  in 
  which 
  collec- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  egg-bearing 
  lobsters 
  would 
  hereafter 
  be 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau, 
  

   was 
  adopted 
  in 
  behaK 
  of 
  the 
  lobster 
  dealers 
  with 
  the 
  approval 
  of 
  the 
  

   State 
  authorities, 
  as 
  follows: 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  assist 
  in 
  mamtaming 
  the 
  

   lobster 
  supply 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine, 
  and 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  the 
  

   Federal 
  Government 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Mame 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  artificial 
  

   propagation, 
  the 
  lobster 
  dealers 
  and 
  owners 
  of 
  lobster 
  pounds 
  will 
  

   hereafter 
  furnish 
  to 
  agents 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  as 
  heretofore 
  

   any 
  seed 
  lobsters 
  which 
  may 
  come 
  into 
  their 
  possession, 
  weighing 
  

   the 
  same 
  and 
  computing 
  their 
  value 
  at 
  the 
  current 
  market 
  prices, 
  

   and 
  taking 
  in 
  exchange 
  therefor 
  lobsters 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  stripped 
  

   of 
  their 
  eggs 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  due 
  allowance 
  being 
  made 
  

   for 
  difference 
  in 
  price. 
  

  

  PUBLICATIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  feature 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  publications 
  

   of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  year 
  has 
  been 
  the 
  increased 
  number 
  

   and 
  growing 
  popularity 
  of 
  the 
  recently 
  instituted 
  ''Economic 
  Cir- 
  

   culars." 
  These 
  brief 
  papers, 
  sometimes 
  giving 
  advance 
  mformation 
  

   on 
  work 
  under 
  way, 
  may 
  often 
  have 
  a 
  complete 
  and 
  definite 
  purpose 
  

   of 
  their 
  own. 
  Thus, 
  of 
  Economic 
  Circular 
  No. 
  11, 
  "Canned 
  salmon: 
  

   Cheaper 
  than 
  meats 
  and 
  why, 
  including 
  fifty 
  tested 
  recipes," 
  25,000 
  

   copies 
  were 
  prmted 
  for 
  distribution 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  to 
  encourage 
  the 
  

   utilization 
  of 
  salmon 
  and 
  an 
  extra 
  edition 
  of 
  10,000 
  was 
  printed 
  on 
  pri- 
  

   vate 
  orders. 
  Economic 
  Circular 
  No. 
  12, 
  "Sea 
  mussels: 
  What 
  ttiey 
  

   are 
  and 
  how 
  to 
  cook 
  them, 
  including 
  eighteen 
  recipes," 
  was 
  used 
  to 
  

   similar 
  purpose 
  in 
  a 
  publicity 
  campaign 
  to 
  establish 
  a 
  market 
  for 
  a 
  

   new 
  sea 
  food. 
  

  

  Reports 
  on 
  special 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  and 
  technical 
  papers 
  on 
  

   biological 
  subjects 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  as 
  usual, 
  the 
  former 
  in 
  the 
  

   regular 
  series 
  of 
  papers 
  associated 
  with 
  the 
  annual 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  as 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  Bulletin 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  