﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

  Page. 
  

  

  Propagation 
  and 
  distribution 
  of 
  food 
  fishes 
  5 
  

  

  General 
  extent 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  5 
  

  

  Stations 
  operated 
  7 
  

  

  Fish-cultural 
  relations 
  with 
  the 
  States 
  and 
  with 
  foreign 
  countries 
  10 
  

  

  Review 
  of 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  12 
  

  

  Biological 
  investigations, 
  surveys, 
  and 
  experiments 
  27 
  

  

  Aid 
  to 
  the 
  oyster 
  industry 
  27 
  

  

  Progress 
  in 
  mussel 
  culture 
  28 
  

  

  Investigations 
  of 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  29 
  

  

  Other 
  investigations 
  and 
  experiments 
  30 
  

  

  Work 
  at 
  the 
  biological 
  laboratories 
  31 
  

  

  Diseases 
  of 
  fishes 
  32 
  

  

  Alaska 
  fish 
  and 
  fur 
  industries 
  33 
  

  

  Salmon 
  service 
  33 
  

  

  Fur-seal 
  service 
  36 
  

  

  Minor 
  fur-bearing 
  animals 
  38 
  

  

  Commercial 
  fisheries 
  '*" 
  

  

  Oyster 
  industry 
  '^^ 
  

  

  Vessel 
  fisheries 
  at 
  Boston 
  and 
  Gloucester 
  49 
  

  

  Otter-trawl 
  fishery 
  ^9 
  

  

  Gill-net 
  fishing 
  for 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock 
  60 
  

  

  Pacific 
  coast 
  fisheries 
  62 
  

  

  Shad 
  and 
  herring 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  65 
  

  

  Passing 
  of 
  the 
  sturgeon 
  66 
  

  

  Florida 
  sponge 
  fisheries 
  68 
  

  

  Miscellaneous 
  activities 
  and 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  69 
  

  

  New 
  stations 
  and 
  laboratories 
  69 
  

  

  Publications 
  '^ 
  

  

  Appropriations 
  ' 
  -^ 
  

  

  Fishery 
  matters 
  before 
  Congress 
  72 
  

  

  Executive 
  orders 
  and 
  proclamations 
  affecting 
  the 
  fisheries 
  72 
  

  

  Permanent 
  International 
  Council 
  for 
  Exploration 
  of 
  the 
  Sea 
  73 
  

  

  Some 
  needs 
  of 
  the 
  service 
  74 
  

  

  New 
  office 
  building, 
  with 
  laboratories 
  and 
  public 
  aquarium 
  74 
  

  

  A 
  lobster-rearing 
  plant 
  75 
  

  

  State 
  cooperation 
  75 
  

  

  A 
  fisheries 
  research 
  laboratory 
  on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  76 
  

  

  Increased 
  facilities 
  for 
  Alaska 
  Fisheries 
  Service 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  .' 
  76 
  

  

  Relief 
  from 
  incongruous 
  duties 
  77 
  

  

  A 
  fishery 
  experiment 
  station 
  77 
  

  

  Increased 
  aid 
  to 
  the 
  shellfish 
  industries 
  78 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  