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Kepoet on the Investigations carried on in 1897 in 

 connection with the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries 

 Laboratory at University College, Liverpool, and 

 the Sea-Fish Hatchery at Piel, near Barrow. 



Drawn up by Professor W. A. Hekdman, F.B.S., Honorary 

 Director of the Scientific Work ; Assisted by Mr. Andrew 

 Scott, Kesident Fisheries Assistant at Piel, and Mr. 

 James Johnstone, Fisheries Assistant at Liverpool. 



CONTENTS :— page 



Introduction - 1 



The Hatchery and Laboratory at Piel .... 7 



Outline of Work to be carried on at Piel - - - - 9 



Sea-Fisheries Exhibition at Liverpool .... 13 



Plankton Investigation - - - - - - - - 15 



Experimental Sea- Fish Hatching and Rearing - - - 18 



The Oyster Investigation 26 



Report upon Preliminary Experiments at Piel ... 29 



Note upon the Shad 36 



Appendix — Guide to Fisheries Exhibition - 39 



Introduction. 

 During the earlier part of the year a good deal of 

 Mr. Scott's time was occupied in helping Mr. Dawson 

 and myself in preparing for the course of Sea-Fisheries 

 lectures, which was delivered in January, February, and 

 March in Liverpool. After that Mr. Scott was sent to 

 make some hatching experiments at Piel, and then had to 

 suddenly leave all the usual laboratory work and devote 

 most of his time to the preparation of the rather elaborate 

 exhibit which the Lancashire Sea-Fisheries Committee 

 sent to the Jubilee Exhibition at the Imperial Institute, 

 and which will be found fully described further on in this 

 Keport. During this busy time one of the College 

 Laboratory lads, Mr, Tom Mercer, had to be drafted into 



