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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



A gratifying feature of the year's distributions was the increased 

 number of fishes planted as fingerlings. The advance over 1919 in 

 this respect exceeded 100,000,000, The most noteworthy factor in 

 this increase was the Pacific salmons, of which over 97,000,000 were 

 carried to the fingerling stages before being liberated as against 

 78,421,000 in the previous year. 



HATCHING STATIONS OPERATED. 



During 1920 the Bureau operated about 60 permanent hatcheries, 

 5 temporary hatcheries, and a large number of field, auxiliary, and 

 collecting stations. No new hatcheries have recently been authorized 

 by Congress, but the Bureau, in order to serve a public demand and 

 meet existing needs, has established auxiliary stations at several 

 points, and in 1920 such auxiliaries were operated at Lewis River, 

 Wash., for chinook and chum salmons; Washougal River, Wash., 

 for steelhead salmon; Paris, Idaho, for whitefish; Bay City, Mich., 

 for pike perch; Willamette River, Oreg., for shad; Weldon, N. C, 

 for striped bass; La Crosse, Wis., for brook trout and pike perch; 

 and Atchafalaya, La., for buffalofish. 



In the following list there are shown fish hatcheries, auxiliaries, 

 and rescue stations operated in 1920, arranged alphabetically by 

 States, together with the species handled at each. 



Main and Auxiliary Fish-cultural Stations Operated During the Fiscal 



Year 1920. 



1 Auxiliary of Springville (Utah) hatchery. 



2 Auxiliary of Louisville (Ky.) hatchery. 



