PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1932 551 



Stations and substations operated a7id the output of each, fiscal year 1932 — Coiitd. 

 [Asterisk (*) denotes transfer of eggs. See table, p. ,542] 



« In addition to 874,200 fingerling brook trout turned over to the State of West Virginia and 5,000 turned 

 over to the State of Virginia in cooperative work. 



" In addition to 1,400 fingerling rainbow trout turned over to the State of Kentucky and 229,015 turned 

 over to the State of West Virginia in cooperative work. 



" In addition to 89,900 fingerling brook trout turned over to the State of Virginia and 6,350 turned over 

 to the State of West Virginia in cooperative work. 



<» In addition to 750 fingerling catfish turned over to the State of West Virginia in cooperative work. 



* In addition to 10,100 fingerling rainbow trout turned over to the State of Virginia and 4,125 turned over 

 to the State of West Virginia in cooperative work. 



EGG COLLECTIONS 



The collection of eggs, both from station brood stock and from wild 

 fish, including those taken as a by-product of the commercial fisheries, 

 shows a decline of over a billion as compared with the collections of 

 the previous year. The greater part of this drop is due to a sharp 

 curtailment in the take of winter flounder eggs, the collections of that 

 species being less than in 1931 to the extent of over 900,000,000. 

 Scattering declines will also be noted in the egg collections of white- 

 fish, cisco, all species of Pacific salmon except the sockeye, rainbow 

 trout, black-spotted trout and lake trout, and in other minor groups. 

 It is noteworthy that notwithstanding this rather marked decline in 

 egg collections the drop in output or actual production of fish was 

 considerably less than proportional, indicating a higher percentage of 

 results in hatching and rearing. 



