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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  The 
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  rei)()it 
  deals 
  first 
  witli 
  the 
  uatuial-bistory 
  features 
  of 
  

   the 
  Florida 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  then 
  considers 
  the 
  general 
  importance 
  of 
  the 
  

   industry 
  and 
  the 
  extent, 
  leading 
  aspects, 
  and 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  

   in 
  each 
  of 
  the 
  prominent 
  fishing 
  regions 
  or 
  centers. 
  The 
  question 
  of 
  

   establishing 
  a 
  Government 
  hatching 
  and 
  experiment 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  

   Florida 
  coast 
  is 
  discussed. 
  

  

  This 
  opportunity 
  is 
  taken 
  to 
  invite 
  special 
  attention 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  

   of 
  the 
  fishery 
  resources 
  of 
  Florida 
  and 
  the 
  necessity 
  for 
  action 
  on 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  that 
  will 
  place 
  the 
  fisheries 
  on 
  a 
  more 
  substantial 
  basis 
  

   and 
  assist 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  industry 
  without 
  depleting 
  the 
  

   resources. 
  To 
  this 
  end 
  some 
  suggestions 
  are 
  offered 
  which 
  seem 
  war- 
  

   ranted 
  by 
  the 
  investigations 
  recently 
  made. 
  

  

  Very 
  respectfully, 
  J. 
  J. 
  Brice, 
  

  

  Commissioner. 
  

  

  To 
  the 
  President 
  of 
  the 
  Senate. 
  

  

  