PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1932 543 

 Transfer of eggs between stations, fiscal year 1932 — Continued 



ASSIGNMENTS OF FISH EGGS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND 

 FOREIGN COUNTRIES 



The following data show the extent to which the bureau is able to 

 aid fish-cultural activities in a number of the States. While some of 

 the shipments Usted were made on an exchange basis, and others were 

 furnished as compensation for cooperative aid extended in maldng the 

 collections, a very large number of the eggs suppUed to the States 

 constitute outright donations in the interest of fish conservation work. 

 The total of 149,501,000 eggs thus disposed of represents an increase 

 of approximately 50,000,000 over the number supplied in the previous 

 year. Eggs were furnished to 23 States and the Territory of Alaska, 

 as opposed to a total of 21 States and Alaska receiving such material 

 in 1931. It wdll be noted that the majority of the shipments consisted 

 of trout and salmon eggs, the species which are most amenable to 

 shipment and for which there is the greatest demand. 



While the assignment of over 2,000,000 eggs to foreign countries 

 represents a numerical increase over the total of the preceding year, 

 the actual extent of such shipments was in reahty curtailed, since all 

 but 75,000 of tliis number consisted of trout eggs furnished to the 

 Canadian Government on an exchange basis. The small lots of trout 

 eggs forwarded to South America and Central America were for experi- 

 mental work in the acclimatization of these forms in the countries 

 listed. The requests of foreign governments for eggs of American 

 fishes have diminished appreciably in recent years, indicating either 

 that earlier shipments have sufficed to provide an initial stock or that 

 the introduced forms have failed to thrive under the changed 

 conditions. 



