In this recent survey of the goby fry industry of Ilocos Norte Province conducted from November 1954 to February 1955, notes on the general ' biology of the gobies constituting the fishery, the socio-economics of the industry, effectiveness of the arrangement of the fishing gear in I relation to the physiographic conditions of the Laoag River and its water- j sheds, and the assay of the escapement from the six periodic “ runs” of the 1954-1955 ipon season were considered as bases for the appropriate conservation measures of the ipon fishery.