REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 



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Statistical Statements of the Age a>ul Size according to Experiments and 



Observations on the rate of Growth of Clams up to the 



beginning of the year 1904. 



RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS IN TRANSPLANTING. 



The experiments we have just been discussing have demonstrated 

 that clams of any age and size can be transplanted successfully, and 

 that the rate of growth under favorable conditions justifies the ex- 

 pectation of a crop in about two years from the date of spawning. 

 We have been able, also, to test the feasibility of transplanting by 

 experiments on a comparatively large scale. 



In accordance with the act passed by the General Assembly, at 

 its January session, in the year 1901, the commission was enabled to 

 occupy and have the exclusive right in certain areas of shore, be- 

 tween high and low water, set aside for experimental purposes (see 

 Appendix). Taking advantage of this opportunity, experiments were 

 made in transplanting the clams found in such phenomenal abund- 

 ance at Green's Island in the summer of 1901. 



The clams were taken when they were very small and transplanted 

 to different localities in different parts of the Bay on the reservation 

 beds. The data in respect to the planting, and the results of the 

 experiments as shown by examination of the beds in January, 1903, 

 a year and a half after planting, are tabulated as follows: 



