ANNUAL REPORT 



SUPERVISOR OF MARINE FISHERIES 



Hon. Thomas H. Guy, Deputy Conservation Commissioner: 



I herewith transmit report of the Bureau of Marine Fisheries 

 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1913, as required by 

 section 303, part 10 of the Conservation Law. I have endeavored 

 to have all details, statistics, etc., as appear on the records of 

 this bureau, presented comprehensively. Notwithstanding the 

 loss of revenue caused by the State in ceding its title of Jamaica 

 Bay properties to Greater New York, the revenues of this bureau 

 exceed that of the year previous, the finances being assisted, to 

 some extent, by the fact that as conditions existing in Jamaica 

 Bay prevent the expansion of the shellfish industry in these 

 waters, more attention is given to consideration of other parts of 

 the marine district. 



Considerable acreage has been leased during the past year in 

 the Hudson and East rivers, in localities for a long time unused. 

 Planters believe that these grounds, useless in their present state, 

 may be made profitable as seed ground, with proper cultivation. 

 Grounds leased during the last fiscal year exceed by five fold that 

 of the previous year, and applications now on file and inquiries 

 concerning unleased grounds, indicate that the next annual report 

 will show a large increase in acreage leased above that contained 

 in the present statement. 



If the provisions of sections 310 to 314, relating to sanitary 

 inspection of shellfish grounds, were carried out. it would be of 

 great benefit to the oyster industry, as an official certificate of 

 purity and wholesomeness would make welcome the shellfish 

 products of this State in markets accustomed to receive assurance 

 of the oyster's fitness as food. This bureau has, during the past 

 year, had considerable correspondence with the board of health 

 of Greater New York concerning the city's health requirements 



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