402 



U. S. BTJKEAU OF FISHERIES 



Stations and substations operated and the output of each, fiscal year 1 93 4^Contin\ied 

 [Asterisk (*) denotes transfer of eggs to outside agencies] 



«9 Includes 

 6» Includes 

 " Includes 



62 Includes 

 work. 



63 Includes 

 6< Includes 



ling rainbow 

 65 Includes 



10,500 flngerling largemouth black bass turned over to the State of Georgia in cooperative work. 

 2,015 flngerling sunflsh turned over to the State of Georgia in cooperative work. 

 861,912 flngerling brook trout turned over to the State of West Virginia in cooperative work. 

 448,650 flngerling rainbow trout turned over to the State of West Virginia in cooperative 



77,100 flngerling brook trout turned over to the State of Virginia in cooperative work. 

 107,000 flngerling rainbow trout turned over to the State of North Carolina and 124,500 flnger- 

 trout turned over to the State of Virginia in cooperative work. 

 4,800 flngerling sunflsh turned over to the State of Virginia in cooperative work. 



EGG COLLECTIONS 



The drop in the collection of eggs or the raw material of the hatchery 

 operations is comparable to the decline in the total output. It will 

 be noted from the following table that the collection of eggs of the 

 game fish, particularly the trout, was equal to or above the records 

 of the previous year. The decline occurred chiefly in the commercial 

 species although there was a marked increase in the take of pike-perch 

 eggs. Both the cod and mnter flounder eggs were taken in numbers 

 in excess of one billion each, even though operations for these species 

 were conducted on a curtailed basis. It is not possible to compare 

 the egg collections for the year with the output for the same period 

 and determine the percentage mortality by this means, owing to the 

 fact that a considerable number of game fish are held over for dis- 

 tribution as fingerlings and consequently will appear in the output 

 figures for the succeeding year. 



