12 REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE. 
DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES. 
The food fishes produced at the Bureau’s stations and assigned to 
private applicants, State fishery authorities, or public waters, re- 
ceived a nation-wide distribution. 
The 6 special cars employed in distributing the output in 1918 
traveled 102,330 miles, of which 10,024 miles were without cost to 
the Bureau. The remaining mileage was at a cost of 10 to 25 cents 
per mile, which includes moving of cars and fares of attendants. Car 
messengers, detached from their cars and charged with special ship- 
ments of fish, traveled 468,244 miles, of which 54,578 miles were free 
and the remainder at 2 to 4 cents per mile. The cars were hauled 
over 47 railroads and the messengers traveled on 190 different rail- 
roads. 
Poor service rendered by express companies during the year, owing 
in part to railway congestion and in part to neglect of explicit in- 
structions, resulted in the loss of various shipments of fish eggs to 
State fishery authorities and between stations of the Bureau. 
RELATIONS WITH STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES. 
In cooperation with the fishery authorities of the various States, 
the Bureau has continued to supply considerable numbers of fish 
eggs for incubation in State hatcheries, the resulting fish being 
planted in local waters under the direction of the State commis- 
sioners. Limited numbers of fry, fingerlings, yearlings, and adults 
also are furnished to the States. In 1918 this form of cooperation 
was extended to 27 States, as follows: 
ALLOTMENTS OF FISH AND FisH Eces to STATE FisH COMMISSIONS, FIScAL 
YEAR 1918. 
{All figures are for eggs unless otherwise indicated. Fingerlings are designated a and fry b.) 







State and species. Number. State and species. Number. 
California: Chinook salmon.......---- 14,321,900 || Montana: 
Connecticut: Blackspotted trout. .-.--..<...0.- 300, 000 
Largemouth black bass......----- a 515 Largemouth black bass.......---- 21,400 
Cathisliver ese. = seen eee ea a 750 Cathishl Sees sees ase ee see ae eee a 3,000 
(Gailey goccotonondac oer ec aac See 21,500 Rambow, trout =o... --<eleieia a 300, 000 
eee dane ore ecine neil a 2,400 S hoes eee Sees eee eee 2 100 
Tilinois: Nebraska: Rainbow trout.........--- 2 16,000 
Largemouth black bass......----- @ 825 || Nevada: 
Catfish....-.-----+-----+--+++----- a 12, 200 Blackspotted trout..........--.-.- 50, 000 
Crap piG eres -po4-eesae tae eae @ 21, 850 Rainbow trout...........--.--.--- 50, 000 
Wak@irOUtececct- © otartatslo tere tttat 100,000 || New Hampshire: 
Pike and pickerel..........---.--- a 688 Lake trout... .--ccccovcess-sccesess 100, 000 
Sie liG Nese SAP eRP ee ees es FS a 9,730 Pike perches ececesa- ssa eae 2, 000, 000 
Wee aoe seeheesere Aas Beats ; an 665 \iAsbie itis? Sepeegcescocsapnencoec se 500, 000 
Whitefish ...-..--------+--++-++++- , 000,000 || New Jersey: 
Yellow perch...-.----+---+-++---- @ 2,575 peas black bass........--- a 200 
Towa: Landlocked salmon............--- 25, 000 
IBTOORKS LOU Geise sisic «de cjeie=e to sees 50, 000 Rainbow trotlt:2.-...ccsc2 nea 50, 000 
Bape bs WOM Raise reset Gottsc3 50, 000 Steelhead salmon.....-2..-..--.-- 50, 000 
ainbow trout....--....---.------ 94, 000 
Kentucky: New York: 
PrcotEOLhe ee eee htce eee a 600 AKG trOUbeor sama ae RR eeeee 11, 766, 000 
Pike nerdh steer ee ce ee b 2. 400, 000 Landlocked salmon. .....-.-.....- 50, 000 
Rainbow trolltseseose< acecedo codecs “a 1.600 Steelhead salmon......-...---...- 400, 000 
Maine: ; Win lketn see cee eee 15, 000, 000 
BVA ee oe ee 100,000 || Ohio: Lake trout......-.------------- 700, 000 
WakOurOuies=sees sae eeasee sewer 100,000 || Oklahoma 
Landlocked salmon.......-.-..--- 378, 000 TROGK: DASS = ceo siaiel = in'n/~/=fo einlminlminlni=in a1,550 
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Orappleso:ces+5en-t sceeeteseert a 200 Yellow perch.......---+-+-+------ { > 10, 000 
Smallmouth black bass......-.--- @ 88 || Oregon: 
Massachusetts: Pike perch..-........-- 5, 000, 000 rook trout.......- ae a 36, 000 
Michigan: Lake trout.:.....-.-...-.-- 2, 550, 000 Chinook salmon. . -| 3,150, 000 
Minnesota: Sockeye salmon. - - 3,000, 000 
Dake trout sl... 3s cadevevscesccces's 300, 000 Steelhead salmon = 750, 000 
Steelhead salmon................- 50,000 || Pennsylvania: Whitefish.......--..-- 38, 280, 000 
