of the, Ft. filter y Board for Scotland. 
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1). Investigations into Food, Ueprod action, Migrations, and 
Hahits of the Food- Fishes. 
1. The food of lislies and the distribution ot th«j pJagic fauna. 
2. The reproduction of the food and other tishe -. 
3. The migratory moyeineiits and rate of gr -v. th of the food 
fishes. 
4. The period and duration of spawning of niuUuscs and other 
invertebrate?^. 
C. The Development of the Food Fishes. 
Investigations into the development of the turbot, halibut, had - 
dock, saiid-eel, common eel, &c. 
n. Shore Fisheries. 
1. Formation of clam bait-beds in the Moray Firth or other 
suitable localities. 
2. Inquiry into the abundance of shrimps along the Scotch 
coasts, and experimental observations on the French system uf 
capture. 
3. Bait experiments and the preservation of bait. 
4. The hatching and rearing of lobsters. 
III. Inland Fisheries. 
Inquiries into the organisms which form the food of fresh-water 
fishes, and into the salmon. 
IV. Physical Observations. 
Continuation of the observations made at fixed stations and on 
board cruisers aud fishing-boats. 
9. CONTEMPOKARy FISHERY WORK. 
An account is given in Section D, by Dr T. Wemyss Fulton 
F.R.S.Fl, of the contemporary fishery work in Great Britain, Ireland, 
Canada, Newfoundland, the United States, New South Wales, New- 
Zealand, Norway, S we Jen, Denmark, Germany, Holland, Belgium, 
France, Spain, and Italy. 
From this review of contemporary sea fisheries in other countries, 
it appears that there is a general complaint as to the diminution of 
fish in the inshore waters ; that measures for the prohibition of the 
landing or sale of immtiture fish have been adopted, or are being 
considered, in many countries ; that the artificial propagation of 
sea-fish is now being prosecuted with vigour by the Fishery 
Departments of several States ; and that scientific investigations 
into the fisheries, by means of surveying expeditions, marine 
laboratories, &c., are being greatly developed and extended. 
