Bureau of Marine Fisheries 



REPORT OF B. FRANK WOOD, SUPERINTENDENT 



Hon. James S. Whipple, Forest, Fish and Game Commissioner: 



SIR. — Pursuant to the requirements of section 188, chapter 19, of 

 the Consolidated Laws, I have the honor to present herewith a 

 report covering the business of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries for 

 the fiscal year lately closed. 



This is the first opportunity which has been afforded to report upon 

 an entire year of operation under the new Marine Fisheries Law of 1908 (re- 

 enacted at the last session of the Legislature as article XII of chapter 24 of 

 the Laws of 1909). The results accomplished have amply demonstrated 

 the wisdom of that legislation. In some of its provisions the law was of 

 a pioneer character. This was the case especially in its requirements of 

 proper sanitary conditions and surroundings for oyster beds. This will be 

 again referred to, it now being sufficient to say that other states are follow- 

 ing in the track first marked out when in the year 1905 a bill embodying the 

 present sanitary provisions was introduced. 



Business of the Year 

 1. Surveys. 



(a) Hydro graphic triangulations. The principal operations during the 

 year have been on the north coast line of Long Island between Port Jef- 

 ferson and Horton's Point, sixty signals having been located within these 

 limits, including some United States Coast and Geodetic points. This 

 stretch of shore covers about thirty-six miles. The completion of this work 

 opens up a large area of lands under water for future shellfish cultivation. 



All of the triangulation work which had been marked out for the year was 



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