Thirty Sixth Annual Report Of The Commissioners Of Inland Fisheries Made To The General Assembly At Its January Session 1906 Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Thirty-Second Annual Report of the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries: Made to the General Assembly at Its January Session, 1902 To the Honorable the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, at its January Session, 1902: The Commissioners of Inland Fisheries herewith present their annual report for the year 1901: The work undertaken by the commissioners during the past year may be tabulated as follows: First. The stocking of our ponds and streams with suitable fresh-water fish, through the distribution of eggs and fry. Second. The collection of definite data respecting the times of arrival and departure of various food-fishes, and the preparation of statistics of exportation. Third. The location of fish-traps within the waters of Narragansett Bay, and the collection of statistical date bearing upon their ownership. Fourth. Experiments resulting in a new method of hatching flat-fish eggs. Fifth. Further investigation of the red-water plague. Sixth. The continued examination of the physical and biological conditions of the waters of the Bay, begun in 1898. Seventh. A continuance of the survey of the shores of the Bay, for the purpose of determining those portions which are most productive of young seed-clams. Eighth. A continued investigation of the life-history of the clam. Methods of artificial propagation and cultivation. Ninth. Experiments in lobster-culture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.