726 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The bureau’s southern bass stations had a normal output of fish, 
but the collecting stations along the Mississippi River furnished 
virtually no fish for distribution, due to the high stage of the river 
during the summer and fall months; so it was impossible to obtain 
such species as the largemouth black bass, crappie, and bluegill for 
filling applications in the States usually supplied from our collecting 
fields, making it necessary to defer shipment on a large number of 
applications for waters in some of the Western, Northern, and 
Eastern States for special attention during the fall of 1927. 
The following table shows, in summarized form, the distribution 
of fish and fish eggs during the fiscal year to applicants in the United 
States and its territories. It also shows plants of fish made on the 
bureau’s initiative in the public waters of the country in connection 
with the propagation of the commercial fishes and the salvage of fish 
from temporarily flooded lands. The output of the hatcheries that 
handle the commercial fishes is planted, so far as practicable, on the 
natural spawning grounds from which the eggs are derived, this course 
being essential for the maintenance of the fisheries, especially in 
regions where commercial fishing is prosecuted extensively and also 
in the case of the anadromous fishes. The activities of the com- 
mercial fishermen are coincident with the spawning of the fish. 
Summary, by species, of the distribution of fish, fiscal year 1927 








State and species | Number State and species Number 
= = 7 y | 
Alabama: Georgia: . 
Ra DOW ULOl teen eee 3, 000 @atiishe 233 2:22 seks 2 ane 1, 030 
Brook irOubs- = 4-2 stew ee 6, 000 Rainbow trout-_-=-— =e 41, 150 
Largemouth black bass_______.__ 358, 249 LocheLeven:trout.-- - 5 
Geapple pees ooh es See a tout a i, ei 
Suntishese 222.2. tee 2 pees 114, 000 argemout ack bass: 22235 178, 
Alaska: Sunfishet= Vek ee 128, 800 
Sockeye: salmon -0_22- 2 Seep eee 22, 234, 960 || Idaho: 
_ Humpback salmon__-__----_---- 30, 000 Chinook salmon_____._---------- 4, 445, 000 
Arizona: Landlocked salmon_-_-____-_---- 25, 000 
Rainbowstlouti2s-- 22 ea == 18, 000 || RainbowwtlOltess. nee 310, 300 
ISTO OK Gh OU Use ae eee 37, 500 Black-spotted trout_____-______- 170, 500 
Wake un OU tse ae eee 18, 750 Loch Leven trout____._____-_--- 41, 000 
Largemouth black bass________-_- °1, 680 Brook troutec-.) nace 10, 600 
re eho Co Ae et ee ees 900 |) tinois: 
rkansas: ; 
ainbowstrout=es- seuss a) eae 55, 100 Catfish ------_------------------- 1, 900, 000 
Buftalo.fish 2 = eae eee 222, 000 
LochyLeven trout «5.3 t= 1, 200 Car 1, 300, 000 
Largemouth black bass________-- 115, 125 Pisani Wass See 45, 600, 000 
Smallmouth black bass_________- 131, 125 AD Se oes oss aseas tases sien Lei 
Rainbow {roulte. 2) = ee 117, 500 
ROCKS SS ees ee Sia rss Sere ee 20, 250 see . 
Pike and pickerel--~--:-.-__-£_2 100 
Sunfish---_---.---.-------------- 47, 286 Loch Leven trout 50, 000 
California: Chinook salmon________- 9, 305, 400 aerorionihib lacie Ges aaeaae 17, 380 
Colorado: Grannis 3 ee pn 2, 545, 375 
Rainbow trout 470, 600 Gat en S92 a SStas se 349" 
pecs pened tront se 00) Yellow perch............-..-.-- 10, 160 
rake (out 008 || iselitneons sso 687, 000 
Caunis otek © YS-4/0T 1) heavy) pBalabor tromtit . to a eee 15, 500 
Largemouth black bass____--___- 14, 200 IBCOOK LOU Uses ee ee 40, 000 
Rock bass. Ae ee ee ea 360 Largemouth black bass__-------- 4, 700 
Sin tishe. Sek ser bes ie sae yon 3, 900 Sruainth black jbass-22-55.-4 63, an 
Connecticut: OCK DaSS-__---_----------------- 
Rainbows trowb ss EEE 5, 300 || Iowa: 
Loch Leven trout__.-___-.----.- 10, 500 Catfish. 6 2s ee ee 16, 722, 430 
NAKG LOU eee te ne eee eee 50, 000 Buffalo fish_--_____-- chet _ eee 5, 652, 700 
Brook 'trout2: te o2 eee G2 20, 100 Carpn: Ssere fees See 10, 240, 800 
Delaware: Rainbow trovitse so ee 101, 100 
Crappie: t2 fee Tei Eee eer 150 ‘BrOOmMroUt. 252752 oe eee 22, 500 
Black bass. 9+ /2-. 25.253. ee le 500 es and ipickerele i222) ee i au, a8 
IROCK Dass sek 325" BBs eae 2 Oe ees 800 Tapples 24: Shy Ne eee , 452, 
Yellow. perch... =... =:-0 4 ays 112 Largemouth black bass--------- 36, 275 
District of Columbia: ‘Yellow perch. -22! soos. soar ee 133, 550 
IBrOOKctrotlt. 2 aoe ae eee 2, 550 White bass. 6) ee 10, 755 
Pike perches. 2 2 eee cape 100, 000 Miscellaneous fishes_____-_------ 1, 585, 000 




