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Part II 



THE SURVEY. 



In this part of the report a brief description of each alewife 

 stream is given, and the practical methods for the restoration 

 of the fishery are presented, for the purpose of stimulating 

 local interest. For convenience the streams are arranged in 

 geographical order from north to south. Owing to limited 

 space, only the salient facts concerning the present and past 

 conditions of the fishery are considered. Certain parts of this 

 information may meet with the disapproval of persons finan- 

 cially interested in undertakings which might be adversely 

 affected by the suggested methods of solving these problems, 

 but we believe that a clean-cut, impartial presentation of the 

 existing conditions, together with just criticism of present evils, 

 is the right policy. The sources of pollution and the principal 

 laws regulating the fisheries, which are given elsewhere, are 

 omitted. 



In the following table are given, in alphabetical order, the 

 various alewife fisheries, classified in respect to their present 

 value and potential possibilities for development: — • 



