COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND FISHERIES. 7 



Carp 5,000 



Gold fish 4,000 



White perch 500 



Total 20,160,500 



Number of fry 19,585,500 



Number of fingerlings 575,000 



During the first few years most all of the brook trout were reared 

 in a temporary hatchery owned by the Commission and located on 

 the Ponegansett. But for a number of years the trout have been 

 obtained from private firms within our own State at a cost as low, 

 if not lower, than we could rear them ourselves. 



With the exception of the trout nearly all of the above mentioned 

 fish were obtained through the courtesy of the United States Bureau 

 of Fishes. 



The results obtained from these plantings have been in nearly 

 every case satisfactory, often exceeding expectations. About the 

 only notable exception has been in the salmon plantings. In the 

 case of the Atlantic Salmon the numerous dams in our rivers pre- 

 vented the fish from passing into the sea at the natural period and, 

 thus imposing a condition contrary to nature, was disastrous. The 

 landlocked salmon requires much deeper and cooler water than our 

 streams and ponds possess. Yet it is certain that quite a number 

 grew to maturity in our waters because there have been occasional 

 catches made by fishermen who were engaged in fishing for other 

 fish and were not fishing in the way most adapted for the catching of 

 landlocked salmon. In the distribution of other species — especially 

 the trout and the basses — the Commission points to the results with 

 pride. 



In the stocking of fresh-water streams and ponds, as in all other 

 departments of its work, your Commission has at all times endeavored 

 to avoid the very common error of being misled by large figures. 

 The goal which has been kept continuously in mind was the obtaining 

 of good results from the fish liberated. Thus it was very early 



