XXVIII 



REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



tions at which funds had to be used for improvements, with a cor- 

 responding reduction in the stations' activities. The output of 

 eggs, fry, and fingerling fish totaled in excess of 5,300,000,000, as 

 compared with about 5,360,000,000 during the preceding year. 

 Winter flounder ranked first in numbers, exceeding 2,640,000,000; 

 cod were second, with more than 1,000,000,000; and pike perches 

 were third, with 238,000,000. The output of salmons exceeded 133,- 

 000,000; trouts amounted to 92,000,000, and basses and sunfishes 

 approximated 34,000,000. 



Summary, by species, of the output of fish and fish eggs during the fiscal year 



ended June 30, 1925 



Species 



Catfish , 



Buffalofish 



Carp 



Shad , 



Glut herring , 



Whitefish 



Cisco 



Chinook salmon. 



Chum salmon 



Silver salmon , 



Sockeye salmon 



Humpback salmon 



Steelhead salmon 



Atlantic salmon 



Landlocked salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Black-spotted trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Lake trout. 



Brook trout 



Silver trout 



Grayling 



Pike and pickerel 



Mackerel 



Crappie 



Largemouth black bass. 

 Smallmouth black bass. 



Bock bass. 



Warmouth bass 



Sunfish 



Pike perch.. 



Yellow perch 



White bass 



Fresh-water drum 



Cod. 



Haddock- 



Pollock 



Winter flounder 



Miscellaneous fishes 



Total 1,050,393,694 



127,400,000 



340, 000 

 8, 000, 000 

 7, 504, 880 



862, 000 

 3, 150, 000 



604, 000 



81, 000 

 3, 008, 754 

 16, 802, 060 

 8, 803, 000 

 2, 940, 000 

 500,000 



122, 450, 000 

 5, 850, 000 



598, 065, 000 

 139, 366, 000 



4, 667, 000 



Fry 



12, 562, 500 



31, 500, 000 



17, 158, 671 



92, 000, 000 



172, 630, 000 



118, 900, 000 



2, 528, 800 



16, 051, 650 



10, 177, 650 



28, 070, 000 



10, 892, 500 



124, 680 



1, 410, 000 



816, 621 



1, 989, 500 



4, 776, 100 



32, 822, 613 

 2, 776, 469 



4, 877, 000 

 "3,'5i7,"6o6' 



1, 135, 100 

 545, 400 



116,100,000 

 83, 988, 800 



462, 712, 000 



24,511,000 



222, 890, 000 



2, 637, 051, 000 



4, 114, 514, 954 



Fingerlings 



14, 310, 290 

 4, 261, 430 

 10, 959, 465 



42, 684, 200 



3, 797, 639 

 3, 891, 700 



1, 327, 184 



12, 500 



219, 825 



2, 326, 485 



1, 584, 817 



784, 341 



309, 815 



12, 755, 628 



100, 000 



29 



709, 077 



16, 884, 251 



1,615,021 



41, 927 



60, 560 



5,370 



13, 894, 947 



141, 584 



555, 340 



4,425 



19, 590 



3, 696, 495 



136, 953, 935 



Total 



14, 



144, 



42, 



17, 



92, 



172, 



126, 



52, 



16, 



14, 



35, 



10, 



2, 



1, 



1, 



7, 



23, 



9, 



36, 



16, 



13, 

 238, 



1, 060, 

 163, 

 222, 



2, 641, 

 3, 



310, 290 

 223, 930 

 459, 465 

 168, 671 

 000,000 

 970, 000 

 900, 000 

 717, 880 

 051, 650 

 837, 289 

 111,700 

 892, 500 

 055, 764 

 422, 500 

 117,446 

 324, 739 

 162, 977 

 587, 341 

 072, 428 

 032, 097 

 100,000 

 877, 029 

 709, 077 

 517, OCO 

 884, 251 

 750, 121 

 587, 327 



60, 560 



5,370 



894, 947 



691, 584 



394, 140 



4, 425 



19, 590 

 777, 01 

 877, OLD 

 890, OlO 

 718, 000 

 696, 495 



5, 301, 862, 583 



It became evident shortly after the close of the World War that 

 the salmon fisheries of the three West Coast States and Alaska were 

 being so heavily drawn upon that their early depletion was threat- 

 ened, and prompt action for their preservation became imperative, 

 especially in Alaska, where stringent regulations have been required 

 to prevent the extinction of the parent stock. Such measures have 

 consisted in the establishment and enforcement of regulations which 

 permit the escape of the fish to the streams for the purpose of 

 spawning. Actual counts of salmon in various streams have been 

 made, with the view of securing definite information as to the 

 numbers required to properly seed the beds. 



