PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1934 393 



ASSIGNMENTS OF FISH EGGS TO STATES, TERRITORIES, AND 

 FOREIGN COUNTRIES 



Tho Bureau of Fishorios as usual served as tlie prijuarv source of 

 supply for a t-onsiderahle number of (ish et!;j>:s utilized at State iiatvlieries- 

 throughout the countrv. While the number of eggs supplied to the 

 States was greatly in excess of that of the previous year a large propor- 

 tion of the increase was due to the transfer of 830,000,000 pike perch 

 eggs to the State hatchery in Ohio. These eggs were collected by the 

 Bureau but the State's ecjuipjuent was used in incubating them. 

 However, making allowance for this circumstance, the assignment was 

 approxhiiately 43,850,000 in comparison with 39,171,000 for the 

 previous year. They were furnished to 23 States in cojnparison with 

 22 which were the recipients of eggs the previous year. It is ho[)ed to 

 expand this feature of the work as far as possible in line with the i)ro- 

 gram of closer cooperation with the State fish and game dejjartments. 



It should be further pointed out that many of the States, particu- 

 larly in the West, cooperated in the collection of trout eggs and are 

 :'onsequently receiving eggs as compensation for their joint efforts. 



With reference to shi])ments of eggs to foreign countries, the usual 

 allotments were jnade to Canada on an exchange basis and there was a 

 continuation of experiments in the introduction of rainbow trout to 

 Ecuador. A new development was the effort to establish rain])Ow 

 trout in Puerto Rico. A shipment of eggs was received in fair condi- 

 tion and a goodly proportion hatched. There is ample indication 

 that there is a limited area of water suitable for trout in this insular 

 possession. 



Shipments offish eggs to foreign countries, fiscal year 19S4 



Assignments offish eggs to State fish commissions, fiscal year 193 J, 



