"l EEPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



point and at the Baker Lake Station in Washington. The collection 

 of steelhead eggs was hampered by unfavorable weather and scarcity 

 of fish. At Baker Lake 3,694,000 blueback-salmon eggs were taken 

 and hatched with a small percentage of loss, and the fry were planted 

 in the lake. 



Over 41,000,000 lake-trout eggs were obtained from commercial 

 fishermen in Lake Superior and Lake Michigan; of these, 5,000,000 

 were assigned to various State commissions and other applicants, and 

 the remainder hatched by the Commission, the fr}^^ — except some 

 700,000 — being planted in the Great Lakes. 



In Lake Erie the number of white-fish eggs secured from fishermen 

 exceeded any previous record, the hatchery at Put-in Ba}^ at one time 

 being so crowded that the}^ were retained in tempo rar}- devices. The 

 facilities for holding the white-fish in pens were increased, but, owing 

 to unpropitious weather, not many eggs were obtained from fish thus 

 held at Lake Erie points, though at the collecting stations on the 

 Detroit River the results were very successful. . The total take of 

 white-fish eggs amounted to 701,900,000, of which 111,000,000 were 

 assigned to State commissions and others and the balance hatched at 

 different stations of the Commission, whence the fr}^ were planted in 

 the lakes. The quality of the fry was unusually good. 



Although April was cold and unfavorable, 437,000,000 pike-perch 

 eggs were taken in Lake Erie, but the weather conditions were such 

 that the percentage of fr}^ was comparatively small. At Swanton, 

 Vt., 113,000,000 eggs of this species were also obtained. No lake 

 herring were taken, as the work was interrupted by ice before ?a\y 

 spawning fish were found. 



On the New England coast 338,120,000 cod eggs were collected and 

 hatched at Woods Hole and Gloucester, Mass. Those from the brood 

 fish taken off' Nantucket Shoals and held at Woods Hole were of ex- 

 ceptionally good quality. Cod were scarce on the Maine coast, and 

 the number of eggs from this source was not large. From Ph^mouth 

 fishermen, however, the supply was good. 



The tlat-fish work was more successful than in the preceding year, 

 both in the collection of eggs, which amounted to 194,000,000, and 

 in the hatching of fry. 



The collection of lo))ster eggs was also more satisfactory, though 

 some of the territor}- in Massachusetts formerly depended on was 

 abandoned. In Maine, however, egg-bearing lobsters were abundant. 

 Eggs from all sources numbered 103,898,000, which, except for 

 6,000,000 devoted to experiments in hatching and rearing, were 

 hatched at the New England stations and yielded 81,000,000 fry. 



The runs of shad in the rivers where the Connnission operates were 

 small, owing to the late spring, and consequently the take of eggs 

 shows a falling off, the station on the Potomac being the only one 



