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  Report 
  of 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  

  

  There 
  was 
  an 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  licenses 
  issued, 
  over 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year, 
  of 
  ten 
  (10) 
  for 
  lobsters, 
  twenty-one 
  (21) 
  for 
  food 
  

   fish, 
  and 
  one 
  (1) 
  for 
  menhaden. 
  

  

  In 
  previous 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  this 
  bureau 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  has 
  been 
  called 
  to 
  the 
  Commission 
  of 
  the 
  urgent 
  need 
  for 
  a 
  

   boat 
  or 
  boats 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  in 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  triangulations 
  and 
  basic 
  

   hydrographic 
  surveys 
  and 
  the 
  necessary 
  measurements 
  for 
  the 
  allot- 
  

   ments 
  of 
  oyster 
  lands; 
  to 
  determine 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bay 
  and 
  

   sound 
  bottoms 
  upon 
  which 
  may 
  be 
  based 
  an 
  accurate 
  knowledge 
  of 
  

   the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  localities 
  for 
  shellfish 
  culture; 
  for 
  the 
  

   prevention 
  of 
  illegal 
  and 
  improper 
  taking 
  of 
  lobsters, 
  oysters, 
  

   clams, 
  escallops, 
  etc., 
  and 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  placing 
  of 
  nets 
  in 
  pro- 
  

   hibited 
  localities. 
  The 
  need 
  of 
  a 
  boat 
  becomes 
  more 
  apparent 
  each 
  

   year 
  ; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  recommended 
  by 
  your 
  Superintendent 
  that 
  a 
  suitable 
  

   appropriation 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  a 
  

   proper 
  boat. 
  

  

  Salt 
  Water 
  Fish. 
  — 
  The 
  following 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  fishes, 
  princi- 
  

   pally 
  marine 
  species, 
  which 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  

   during 
  1910, 
  is 
  furnished 
  by 
  the 
  State 
  Fish 
  Culturist: 
  

  

  Smelt 
  1 
  18,000,000 
  

  

  White 
  Perch 
  675,000 
  

  

  Tomcod 
  57,200,000 
  

  

  Flatfish 
  1 
  13,000,000 
  

  

  Lobster 
  10,200,000 
  

  

  Blue 
  Crab 
  56,007,500 
  

  

  Total 
  355,082,500 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  Blue 
  Crabs, 
  7,500 
  were 
  adults 
  with 
  eggs 
  almost 
  ready 
  to 
  

   hatch. 
  The 
  White 
  Perch 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  eggs 
  collected 
  at 
  

   Havre-de-Grasse, 
  Md., 
  and 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  

   Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  Respectfully 
  submitted, 
  

  

  CLINTON 
  S. 
  DIXON, 
  

   Deputy 
  Superintendent 
  of 
  Marine 
  Fisheries. 
  

   New 
  York, 
  December 
  31, 
  1010. 
  

  

  