PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 

 FISCAL YEAR 1935^ 



By Glen C. Leach, Chief, and M. C. James, Assistant Chief, Division of 



Fish Culture 



CONTENTS 



Introduction 401 



Species propagated 402 



Production 404 



Construction activities 404 



Cooperation with other conservation agencies 405 



Salvage operations 406 



Assignments of fish eggs to States, Territories, and foreign countries 407 



Transfer of eggs between stations 408 



Station output 409 



Egg collections 415 



Notes on operations 416 



Commercial species 416 



Great Lakes species 416 



Marine species 417 



Anadromous species of the Atlantic coast 417 



Game-fish propagation 418 



Rocky Mountain territory 418 



New England stations 420 



Combination trout and pond-fish stations 421 



Pond-fish stations 423 



Mississippi River territory 424 



Aquarium 425 



Distribution operations 425 



INTRODUCTION 



The output offish and eggs from the Federal hatcheries again showed 

 an upward trend in 1935, in contrast with the curtailment imposed dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1934. The resumption of work at one of the marine 

 hatcheries, made possible by a slight increase in appropriations, 

 together with enlargements and improvements effected by relief funds 

 and labor at other hatcheries, was responsible for a distinct increase 

 in production. 



While there still appears to be uncertainty and confusion as to the 

 best means of conserving and peipetuating other forms of wildhfe, 

 the operation of hatcheries remains at hand as a proven means of 

 maintaining fish fife particularly in interior waters. It is fully 

 recognized that some species under certain conditions have failed to 

 respond to fish-cultural methods, and it is also admitted that stock- 

 ing may lack effectiveness when it is conducted on haphazard liit-or- 

 miss lines. The fact remains, however, that each game fish planted 



' Administrative Report No. 22, Appendix IV to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 

 1935. Approved for publication, Jan. 14, 1936. 



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