Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game

Massachusetts. Commissioners on Fisheries and Game was a government body of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, not an individual author. It is listed as the corporate author of annual reports and special studies on fisheries, shellfish, lobster, scallops, and game laws published in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Library and book records show that the board issued recurring annual reports and also sponsored focused works such as studies of the lobster fishery, mollusk fisheries, and scallop fisheries. Some of these publications were prepared with named specialists, including David Lawrence Belding, while the commission itself remained the official authoring body.

For readers today, these books are most interesting as historical documents. They capture the language, research priorities, and conservation concerns of Massachusetts officials during a period when fish and wildlife management was becoming more formal and scientific.