REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



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e}X^s, :i,()16.()()() fry, mikI ()()0.()()() liiiuc»rlinf;s. The efj^pjs wore mostly of 

 coninieiviiil fislies of the (ii'eid Lakes aiul Pacific coast, riiniislied to 

 State hatcheries for incubation, with the intention of havin<>: the re- 

 siiltin«r youn<; phmteil by the State officials in suital)le local waters. 

 The Hn<j:erlin<xs were for the most |)art fishes secured in rescue opera- 

 tions in the >lississippi Valley. The details of this State cooperative 

 work are as follows : 



Ai.U)TMi:nt of Fish and Fish Eggs to Statk I'lsii Commissions During the 



Fiscal Ykar ]!)2(). 



[All flares are for otr'Jjs unless otherwise indicated. Finjrcrllnjis are designated a and 



fry b.] 



State and species. 



Arkansas: Rock bass 



California: Chinook salmon 



Idaho: 



Blackspotted trout 



Chinook salmon 



Illinois: 



Ulaek bass 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Pickerel 



Yellow perch 



Sunfish 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



Iowa: Rainbow trout 



Maine: Landlocked salmon 



Maryland: 



Pike perch 



Rainbow trout 



Massachusetts: Chinook salmon 

 Michigan: 



Lake trout 



AVhitefish 



Lake herring. -. 



Landlocked salmon 



Pike perch 



Minnesota: 



Black bass 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Sunfish 



Lake trout 



Rtcclhead salmon 



Montana: 



Blackspotted trout 



Lake trout 



Rainbow trout 



Nevada: 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



New Hampshire: 



Lake trout 



Whitefish 



Pike perch 



Number. 



a3,0n0 

 4,235,000 



25,000 

 30,000 



a600 



a261,2(X) 



al4,300 



n2T0 



aioO 



ol5S, .500 



a.50tl 



40,000 



o3,000 



9S, 400 



417, 105 



1,500,000 

 93,0(K) 

 03,200 

 a7,500 



1,000,000 



20,1.50,000 



2,000,0tl0 



25, 000 



616,600 



5.5,125,000 



al5, 5.50 

 020,405 

 02,500 

 a9, 950 

 200,000 

 25,000 



247,600 



50,000 



1,. 540, 000 



7.^400 

 106,600 



2.5,000 



400,000 



2,500,000 



State and species. 



New Jersey: 



Pike perch 



Rainbow trout 



New York: 



Lake herring 



Wliitefish 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon 



Ohio: Whitefish 



Oklahoma: Rainbow trout. 

 Oret-'on: 



Blackspotted trout 



Chinook salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Sockeyc salmon 



Rteclhead salmon 



South Dakota: Brook trout 

 Utah; 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



Vermont: 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon 



Steelhcad salmon 



Pike perch 



Yellow perch 



Washington: 



Blackspotted trout 



Lake trout 



Steelhead salmon 



Wisconsin: 



Black bass 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Whitefish 



Wyoming: 



Blackspotted trout 



Lake trout 



Rainbow trout 



Total 



Number. 



1,000,000 

 22,000 



87,700,000 



2,800,000 



1,600,000 



30,000 



50,000,000 



04,380 



105,000 

 7, 002, 000 



100, (XX) 

 3, 000, 000 



700,000 

 02,400 



010,000 

 o9S, 000 



2.5,000 

 02,000 

 20,000 

 25, 000 

 24,000,000 

 63,000,000 



150,000 

 2.5,000 

 75,000 



09, .5.50 



016,7.50 



05,000 



010,3.50 



o700 



13,680,000 



100,000 

 20, (KK) 

 48,000 



232, 137, ,505 



0660,0.55 



63,016,600 



There appears to be no evidence that the State of Maryland intends 

 to meet the conditions imposed by Congress in the matter of the 

 reopening and operation of the hatchery at the head of Chesapeake 

 Bay, near Havre de (irace. This hatchery was closetl by order of the 

 Secretary of Commerce on January 27, 1917. The condemnation and 

 sale of the proi)erty should be considered. 



In making original plants of nonindigenous fishes in the waters of 

 any State, the general policy and practice of the Bureau are to defer 

 to the recommendations of the State fishery officials. Individual ap- 



