Excerpt from Progress in Biological Inquiries, 1939: Appendix I to Report of Commissioner of Fisheries for the Fiscal Year 1940 The material Cooperation Of a number Of States, various State agencies, and Of many establishments Of the Federal Government has continued in greater measure than ever before. The U. S. Forest Service, the Bureau Of Reclamation, the War Department, the Coast Guard, and the Tennessee Valley Authority have been concerned in cooperative undertakings during the past year. The Council Of State Governments has continued to provide active assistance to the Bureau and to' various States in the promotion of interstate and international cooperation in the development of means and measures for the preservation Of the Atlantic coast and Great Lakes fisheries. The North American Council on Fishery Investigations, composed Of representatives Of the United States, Canada, Newfoundland, and France, held no meetings during the year b'ecause Of the war in Europe. The organization remains active, however, and regular meetings will be resumed as soon as conditions permit. 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.