Conservation Commission 345 



Cold Spring Harbor Station 



Our work during the fiscal year ending September 30^ 1914, 

 has been satisfactory. All losses of eggs or fry were caused by 

 rough weather or other unavoidable conditions. With the supply 

 of cold artesian well water the eggs, fry and stock trout have been 

 kept in fine, healthy condition. 



The courtesy shown us in previous years by the Southside 

 Sportsmen's club of Long Island, at Oakdale, permitting us to 

 collect trout eggs from their ponds was again extended this season. 



During December and January the usual collection of tomcod 

 eggs was made at Good Ground. Having no place to keep these 

 eggs until shipment to the hatchery, except in floating boxes on 

 the bay, and having very rough waters, we met with heavy losses ; 

 but as the fishing season lasted longer than usual we succeeded in 

 filling the jars. 



The collection of winter flatfish in February and March was 

 unusually good and the eggs were better than ever before. About 

 the middle of March the smelt arrived. We filled all our jars 

 before the run of fish was over with a fine lot of eggs. Some loss 

 was caused by overloading the hatching jars. Many millions of 

 fry were planted in the creeks about Long Island and several ship- 

 ments of fry and eggs were sent to lakes up the state. 



Twenty quarts of pikeperch eggs were sent here from Con- 

 stantia hatchery, arriving in fine condition, and the fry were 

 planted in Lake Ronkonkoma, L. I. This lake being very deep 

 and cold is well suited for such fish. An investigation of this lake 

 should be made to ascertain the results of stocking. 



Several shipments of fish were taken from the New York 

 Aquarium by our men and placed in public waters of Westchester 

 and other counties. Early in May the auxiliary hatchery at Mon- 

 tauk, L. L, was opened for salt water work. A good supply of 

 lobster eggs had been collected ; but, to curtail expenses, work was 

 stopped on July 15. We were still getting lobster eggs and the 

 sea bass and scup were just beginning to spawn. The output of 

 lobster fry was not as large as in previous years ; but this was not 

 caused by a scarcity of lobsters, but it was due to a lack of confi- 

 dence which outside fishermen have in the protection we offer 

 them while handling berried lobsters, owing to which they took 

 their catch to other markets. The work at this auxiliarv station is 



