in biological subjects will be developed, and independent investigation
of marine life is to be fostered. The following universities and colleges
are taking part in the first season's work: Johns Hopkins University,
the University of Maryland, St. John's College, Washington College
and Goucher College, and courses offered during the summer of 1932
include: Invertebrate Zoology, Economic Zoology, Protozoology, Em-
bryology, Animal Ecology, Paleontology and Zoology Problems.

Wider Distribution of Maryland's Seafoods

The Conservation Commissioner has been working for gome time on
a plan to increase the distribution of the State's water crops, by call-
ing the attention of the citizens of the interior of Maryland, as well
as other States, to the food and health value of these products. Through
the Seafood Auditor, the present distribution of Maryland's seafoods is
being studied, with a view to determining what points are now reached
and what points are not properly supplied. It is believed that judicious
publicity will greatly increase the demand for our seafoods, and this
will be aidful to the watermen as well as those who are engaged in the
packing business along tidewater Maryland and Baltimore City.

A number of States along the Atlantic seaboard are considering a
plan to carry on a national advertising campaign, especially in connec-
tion with the oyster. The blue crab is largely found in the waters of
Virginia, North Carolina and Maryland, and it is believed that through
quick freezing and canning processes, this important seafood may be
more widely marketed, so as to utilize the surplus which exists during
certain periods of the crabbing season.

Anyone interested in obtaining a resume of laws enacted for the
conservation of the State's seafood industry, which have brought this
industry to its present high standing, may refer to the 1931 edition
of the Maryland Manual and the 1929 annual report of the Conservation
Department.

To those desiring to follow intimately the progress of the work of
the Conservation Department, we recommend the following publications:
Annual Report; Maryland Fisheries (published bi-monthly); Maryland
Conservationist (quarterly) ; The Oyster and Oyster Industry of Mary-
land; The Blue Crab of the Chesapeake; Fishes of Maryland; Some
Birds of Maryland; Muskrat Industry of Maryland; Volume I, Laws
Relating to Fish, Crabs, Clams and Terrapin (1931) ; Volume II, Laws
Relating to Wild Fowl, Birds and Game (1931); Volume III, Laws
Relating to Oysters and Creation and Organization of Conservation
Department (1929).

With any requests for the Fishes of Maryland, a remittance of 50c.
should be made) and for Some Birds of Maryland, 45c., in order to
cover the cost of publishing these pamphlets. Subscriptions will be
received for the Maryland Conservationist, the price of which is $2 a
year. All other publications are gratuitous.