of the Fishery Board for Scotland. 
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III. Inland Fisheries. 
Inquiry into the invertebrate fauna of the Scottish lochs, and of 
the organisms which form the food of fresh-water fishes. 
IV. Physical Observations. 
In addition to those referred to above, it is intended to commence 
a series of observations at other places on the West Coast ; and that 
special observations be made by carefully-selected, intelligent 
fishermen, while fishing at the principal fishing grounds around the 
Scottish coast, who will also keep a comparative record of their 
catches. 
8. Contemporary Fishery Work. 
An account is given by Dr T. Wemyss Fulton of the con- 
temporary fishery work undertaken in this country and in the 
United States, Canada, Newfoundland, Spain, France, Belgium, 
Holland, Denmark, Norway, and Germany. 
The chief questions engaging attention at present are: — 
1. The influence of certain modes of fishing on the capture of 
immature fish. 
2. The artificial propagation of sea fishes, lobsters, &c. 
3. The food, spawning and spawning grounds, the migrations, 
and the habits of the food- fishes. 
The Board is indebted to a large number of foreign fishery 
authorities and others for co-operation in their scientific work. 
Among these may be mentioned Colonel Marshall M'Donald, the 
United States' Fish Commissioner ; Dr P. P. C. Hoek, tne Scientific 
Superintendent of Dutch Fisheries ; Professor Pouchet, the 
Director of the Concarneau Laboratory; Professor Marion, the 
Director of the Marine Laboratory at Marseilles; M. Baveret 
Wattel, Secretary to the Societe Nationale d'Acclimatation de 
France; Captain Dannevig, the Superintendent of the famous Sea 
Fish Hatchery at Flodevig, Norway; Captain Drechsel, Superin- 
tendent of Danish Fisheries, and the naturalist, Dr C. G. J. 
Petersen ; Senor Kafael Gutierren Vela, of the Spanish Fisheries 
Department ; and Professor Giglioli, Florence. 
The Board have also to thank Sir Thomas F. Brady and the 
other Inspectors of Irish Fisheries, and Professor W. C. M'Intosh, 
F.R.S., of St. Andrews, for much assistance received. 
