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NOTES AND LITERATURE 



4. That commercial fishing with pound nets and seines be per- 

 mitted in the waters of the Great Lakes during the breeding sea- 

 son of the whitefish wherever the state or national authorities are 

 prepared to undertake to eare for the spawn of the fish taken; 

 the fisherman to be under legal obligation to permit the use of 

 the fish taken by them for the purpose of spawn-taking. 



5. It is suggested that central control of the fishing operations 

 of the Great Lakes is highly desirable. Whether this is possible 

 in American waters through federal control or through concerted 

 action of the states is a question that can not be discussed here. 

 A central control, under which fishing grounds should be leased 

 and fishermen licensed, would, if properly administered, reduce 

 the cost of fishing and make possible more extended artificial 

 propagation. The central authorities should have power to 

 modify the fishing regulations pending legislative action. Such 

 a system might be made self-supporting. 



6. The need of more exact knowledge of the habits of the 

 whitefish and of all the conditions under which it lives is very 

 evident. In the interest of the fisheries these matters should be 

 subjects of investigations to be carried on under federal auspices, 

 with suitable equipment and for a long period of years. 



In another paper. President Jordan discusses the work of the 

 International Fisheries Commission, outlining the proposed op- 

 erations of Great Britain and the United States. This commis- 

 sion at that time had just been appointed. 



John I. Solomon discusses a process for preserving the pearl 

 oyster fisheries, and increasing the value of the yield of pearls. 

 To this important contribution was awarded the prize of $100, 

 by the New York Academy of Sciences. 



Professor Shinnosuke Matsubara, of the Imperial Fisheries 

 Institute of Tokyo, discusses the variant forms of the goldfish 

 developed by Japanese artist breeders. These are illustrated by 

 colored plates. 



Professor Jacob Reighard, of the University of Michigan, gives 

 a most valuable account of the nests of the horned dace, 

 the methods by which the habits of fresh-water fishes 

 ■■tV.M-t ivcly studied. 



