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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  epidemics 
  might 
  arise. 
  Several 
  of 
  the 
  stations 
  which 
  suffered 
  most 
  

   severely 
  from 
  spot 
  disease, 
  boil 
  disease, 
  goitre, 
  protozoan 
  swell- 
  

   ings, 
  etc., 
  have 
  been 
  improving 
  steadily 
  for 
  several 
  years, 
  and 
  have 
  

   practically 
  been 
  rehabilitated. 
  It 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  vital 
  importance 
  to 
  

   our 
  work 
  if 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  compendium 
  of 
  the 
  papers 
  and 
  books 
  relat- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  fish 
  diseases, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  in 
  foreign 
  languages. 
  We 
  

   have 
  not 
  in 
  this 
  country 
  devoted 
  as 
  much 
  time 
  and 
  study 
  to 
  the 
  

   diseases 
  of 
  fish 
  as 
  we 
  should 
  have 
  done, 
  and 
  the 
  result 
  is 
  disastrous 
  

   when 
  epidemics 
  arise, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  liable 
  to 
  occur 
  at 
  the 
  most 
  unex- 
  

   pected 
  times 
  and 
  places. 
  Nature 
  has 
  placed 
  a 
  great 
  many 
  checks 
  

   upon 
  the 
  overproduction 
  of 
  trout 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  parasites 
  apd 
  

   enemies 
  which 
  attack 
  eggs 
  and 
  young 
  and 
  even 
  adult 
  fish. 
  Many 
  

   of 
  these 
  natural 
  difficulties 
  have 
  been 
  met 
  and 
  overcome 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  

   still 
  remains 
  the 
  serious 
  investigation 
  of 
  the 
  effects 
  of 
  water 
  pollu- 
  

   t 
  : 
  on 
  and 
  of 
  vegetable 
  and 
  animal 
  parasites 
  upon 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  

   trout 
  and 
  other 
  game 
  fish 
  in 
  our 
  streams 
  and 
  lakes. 
  The 
  sea 
  fish 
  

   are 
  less 
  liable 
  to 
  destruction 
  by 
  disease 
  and 
  parasites. 
  A 
  great 
  

   field 
  for 
  advancement 
  is 
  open 
  to 
  the 
  Department 
  in 
  marine 
  work. 
  

   If 
  this 
  were 
  properly 
  utilized 
  New 
  York 
  would 
  soon 
  and 
  easily 
  

   take 
  first 
  rank 
  among 
  the 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  stations 
  almost 
  without 
  exception 
  are 
  growing 
  in 
  efficiency 
  

   from 
  year 
  to 
  year. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  applications 
  filed 
  is 
  steadily 
  

   increasing, 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  fish 
  is 
  greater 
  each 
  year. 
  A 
  com- 
  

   parison 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  past, 
  including 
  1910, 
  

   forms 
  part 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  There 
  should 
  be 
  some 
  readjustment 
  of 
  

   the 
  annual 
  maintenance 
  funds 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  hatcheries, 
  based 
  upon 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  work 
  accomplished. 
  Most 
  of 
  our 
  employees 
  are 
  

   underpaid, 
  and 
  should 
  receive 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  wages. 
  The 
  duties 
  

   of 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  at 
  the 
  stations 
  are 
  onerous, 
  and 
  the 
  hours 
  are 
  

   long. 
  It 
  seems 
  unjust 
  to 
  pay 
  even 
  a 
  laborer 
  of 
  the 
  intelligence 
  

   needed 
  at 
  our 
  hatcheries 
  less 
  than 
  $2 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  foremen 
  of 
  

   stations, 
  especially 
  those 
  who, 
  by 
  reason 
  of 
  long 
  service 
  and 
  faith- 
  

   ful 
  discharge 
  of 
  their 
  duties 
  have 
  earned 
  commendation, 
  should 
  

   have 
  $125 
  per 
  month, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  amount 
  paid 
  to 
  superintendents 
  

   in 
  the 
  Federal 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  Such 
  a 
  just 
  policy 
  would 
  re- 
  

   sult 
  in 
  rapid 
  and 
  marked 
  improvement 
  in 
  the 
  service. 
  

  

  