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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



and continued until IJ^ovember 10. The fish taken were lield in traps 

 in Great Brook, Floods Pond, and Patton Pond until their eggs had 

 matured. The brook trout commenced spawning October 17, the 

 salmon on October 11), and the golden trout November 3. The last eggs 

 secured from the salmon were on November 17 and from the golden 

 trout on November 28. The following table shows the number of brook 

 trout, landlocked salmon, and golden trout taken in the various tra.])s 

 and the number of eggs obtained from them : 



Body of water. 



Green Lake 



Winkempaiigh Bro( 



rioods Pond 



Pattou Pond 



Total 



Landlocked 

 salmon. 



Fish. 



190 



49 



4 



4 



217, 7f)6 

 91, 500 



10, 000 

 5,200 



324, 400 



Brook trout. 



Fiah. Egga. 



12 

 211 



37 

 110 



16, 500 



147, 202 



8,000 



114,000 



Golden trout. 

 Fiali. Egga. 



370 , 285,702 



82, 000 



82, 000 



In accordance with the usual custom, at the close of the season the 

 adult lish were returned to the waters from which they were taken. A 

 number of ripe female salmon collected at Floods Pond yielded 12,000 

 eggs, but as no males were captured an effort was made to fertilize 

 them with milt forwarded from the Green Lake hatchery in an air-tight 

 jar, which was held for thirty-six hours after its receipt. Fertiliza- 

 tion was apparently accomplished and the eggs were forwarded to the 

 hatchery, but after remaining in the troughs for some time they all 

 turned white and were thrown away. 



During the fall the following shipments of eggs were made from the 

 station: Of the landlocked salmon, 82,000; quinuat salmon, 30,000; 

 brook trout, 40,000; golden trout, 10,000. 



The following consignments were received: From Battle Creek, Cal., 

 1,000,000 quinnat-salmon eggs; from Fort Gaston, Cal., 50,000 steelhead- 

 trout eggs, and from Craig Brook, Me., 50,000 Atlantic salmon eggs. 



The quihnat-salmon eggs arrived in excellent condition on December 

 17, and commenced hatching February 22. They finished by April 10, 

 the total loss, including the number found dead on arrival, amounting 

 to 75,500. The fry resulting from them were held until the absorption 

 of the sac and then planted in the tributaries of Union Eiver. The 

 steelhead eggs arrived in very bad condition, and had finished hatching 

 by May 18. Only 9,335 young fish remained on hand at the close of 

 the year as a result of this shipment. The Atlantic-salmon eggs com- 

 menced hatching on March 20, and after a distribution of 33,000 of the 

 fry during the month of June there still remained 10,220 at the close 

 of the year. These were i)laced in the reservoir to be reared for brood 

 stock. By April 25 all of the landlocked-salmon, brook-trout, and 

 golden-trout eggs had hatched, the losses during incubation being com- 

 paratively small. A sudden rise in temjjerature during the mouth of 

 June necessitated a partial distribution of the stock, and at the close 



