Annual report of the Commissioner of Corporations and Taxation.

Since 1923 to [1948], publisher statement changed as : publication of this document approved by the Commission on Administration and Finance.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design y Universidad de Cuenca. Acuerdo de Intercambio Estudiantil. Memorándum de Acuerdo entre Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Massart), Boston, Massachusetts, U:S:A. y la Universidad de Cuenca, Ecuador

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Trends in NE Atlantic landings (southern Portugal): identifying the relative importance of fisheries and environmental variables

Time series of commercial landings from the Algarve (southern Portugal) from 1982 to 1999 were analyzed using min/max autocorrelation factor analysis (MAFA) and dynamic factor analysis (DFA). These techniques were used to identify trends and explore the relationships between the response variables (annual landings of 12 species) and explanatory variables [sea surface temperature, rainfall, an upwelling index, Guadiana river (south-east Portugal) flow, the North Atlantic oscillation, the number of licensed fishing vessels and the number of commercial fishermen]. Landings were more highly correlated with non-lagged environmental variables and in particular with Guadiana river flow. Both techniques gave coherent results, with the most important trend being a steady decline over time. A DFA model with two explanatory variables (Guadiana river flow and number of fishermen) and three common trends (smoothing functions over time) gave good fits to 10 of the 12 species. Results of other models indicated that river flow is the more important explanatory variable in this model. Changes in the mean flow and discharge regime of the Guadiana river resulting from the construction of the Alqueva dam, completed in 2002, are therefore likely to have a significant and deleterious impact on Algarve fisheries landings.

BIRD CONTROL UNDER A STATE FISH AND GAME PERMIT SYSTEM

I guess the impetus for laws in our state, really was the action of the city of Boston in 1963, when the Parks and Recreation Department felt that it was time to do something about massive populations of pigeons on the Boston Commons and in the city. The Parks Department came to our agency to find out what could be done. We immediately found as a result of a reorganization and recodification of the laws some 20 years before, that it was illegal to use or apply poisons for the purpose of killing any birds or mammals in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Property owners were given the privilege to destroy animals that were doing damage to their property, but only through mechanical means, certainly not by the use of toxicants. We helped the city of Boston draft a bill in 1963, which allowed our agency, the Division of Fisheries and Game, the agency responsible for all wildlife species in the state, the opportunity to issue certain permits for the use of poison, giving full authority to the director of Fisheries and Game with, of course, approval of my board. This allowed certain discretion on our part.

Report of Fish and Game Commissioners of the State of New Jersey.

Report for 1894 covers period from May 29-Dec. 1.

Annual report of the Board of Fish and Game Commissioners.

Report year irregular.

Biennial report of the Department of fish and game.

Mode of access: Internet.

Fish and game laws, with amendments and laws made at legislative sessions of ...

Imprint varies.

Directory of officials and organizations concerned with the protection of birds and game, 1914.

By Henry Wetherbee Henshaw.

Journal - Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Mode of access: Internet.

Biennial report of the Fish and Game Commission of the State of Oregon to the Governor and the ... Legislative Assembly.

Report year ends Nov. 30.

Biennial report of the Commission of Sea and Shore Fisheries.

Title varies slightly.

Report of Commissioner of Sea and Shore Fisheries, State of Maine.

Description based on: 31st (1909/1910).

Directory of labor organizations in Massachusetts /

Compiled <1965>- by the Division of Statistics, Massachusetts Dept. of Labor and Industries.