Photograph and copyright by Keystone View Co. 

 "PICKING" CRABS FOR MARKET ON THE SHORE OE CHESAPEAKE BAY, MARYLAND 



The principal crab fishery of the country is in Chesapeake Bay. In 1915 over 15,000.000 

 crabs were caught in that body of water and sold by the fishermen for about one million 

 dollars. The picture shows the women "picking" the crab meat. 



Feasible methods of cultivating aquatic 

 creatures other than fishes, valuable as 

 food or in the arts and industries, have 

 been developed in order to maintain the 

 supply or to save from commercial ex- 

 tinction. Among - the conspicuous achieve- 

 ments under this head have been the per- 

 fecting of ways and means of rearing the 

 lobster and the diamond-back terrapin 

 and of growing sponges from cuttings. 



Especially noteworthy has been the de- 

 velopment of the oyster-planting indus- 

 try, as a result of recommendations to the 

 States following surveys of the oyster 

 grounds and barren bottoms. 



One of the large tasks which the bu- 

 reau has set out to accomplish is the per- 

 petuation of an industry in the Missis- 

 sippi basin, worth $8,000,000 to $10,000,- 

 000 annually, by assuring the permanency 



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