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successful ; but as we closed down early some very important work 

 was cut out, notably the stocking of north shore bays with adult 

 blue crabs and their eggs. In the summer of 1913 blue crabs were 

 plentiful in Flushing bay, and during this past summer quite a 

 number have been caught in Lloyd's harbor, showing good results 

 from our previous planting. 



Of the many food fishes in the waters of ISTew York state a large 

 number are found in the waters about Long Island. The sea bass, 

 scup, cod, tomcod, flatfish and lobsters are the most important, as 

 they are caught in large quantities and furnish a great amount of 

 cheap food. The records show that carloads are shipped to market 

 daily. Tomcod are caught in December and January, flatfish in 

 February and March, and the receipts from these carry many 

 families through the long winter. In the bays of the north side 

 of Long Island, where we have planted flatfish, they were never 

 known to be so plentiful as this summer. The tomcod made a 

 good showing this spring and are now being caught quite plenti- 

 fully. Smelt are found in most brooks where they were never 

 known to exist before stocking with the fry. 



Some changes and improvements have been suggested through 

 which the output of this hatchery could be greatly increased at a 

 small expenditure of money, by changing our hatchery tables into 

 a battery system, and by furnishing better equipment for collect- 

 ing eggs. 



The grounds have been kept in fine order and have been ad- 

 mired by many visitors this summer. — Reported hy Charles H. 

 Walters, Foreman, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y. 



Delaware Station 



This has been a satisfactory year of work at the hatchery con- 

 sidering the number of eggs sent here. We received the usual 

 quota of brown and rainbow trout eggs ; but the number of brook 

 trout eggs was considerably smaller than last year. The brook 

 trout eggs were not up to the usual standard. After hatching 

 they did not seem strong, and the fry were weak and small, conse^ 

 quently there were a good many cripples and deformed fish among 

 them. As we did not receive applications calling for all our 

 brown trout and rainbow trout fry and fingerlings, these were 

 planted in nearby suitable waters on application from the Com- 



