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Propagation and distrihution of food fishes 5 



Results of previous operations 5 



Improvements in methods and appliances 6 



Output and distribution of fish and eggs 6 



Summary 6 



The shad work 7 



Rescue of fishes from overflowed lands. 7 



Car and messenger service 8 



Allotments of fish and eggs to State fish commissions 8 



Relations with foreign countries 9 



New stations and improvements 10 



Biological investigations and experiments 1 ] 



Explorations, survejs, and faunal studies 11 



Lake McDonald 11 



Northern Pacific and Japan 11 



Fishes of the Philippine Islands 11 



New England waters 12 



< )y,ster experiments 12 



Lynnhaven Bay 12 



Louisiana 13 



Sponge experiments . . '. 13 



Fish diseases, water pollutions, etc 14 



Marine biological laboratories 15 



Canvasses of commercial fisheries 15 



Notes on important fisheries 16 



Boston and Gloucester 16 



Mackerel 16 



Halibut 17 



C od 17 



Salmon 17 



Swordfish and pollock , 18 



Whales 18 



Lobsters 18 



Oysters 18 



Miscellaneous affairs . 19 



Operations of vessels 19 



PuV>lications and library 20 



Fishery legislation 21 



The American Fisheries Society 24 



Intjuiries in Newfoundland waters 24 



Apjiropriations 25 



Recommendations 25 



Protection to fish life 25 



New hatching stations 25 



New marine biological stations 26 



General expenses and salaries 26 



New office building and national aquarium 27 



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