PROPAGATIOlSr AND DISTEIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1925 495 

 Summary, by species, of distribution of fish, fiscal year 1925 — Continued 



state and species 



Texas— Continued. 



Warmouth bass 



Sunflsh 



Utah: 



Catfish 



Rainbow trout 



Black-spotted trout 



Brook trout 



Vermont: 



Steelhead salmon 



Landlocked salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Smallmouth black bass. 



Pike perch _ _ 



Yellow perch 



Virginia: 



Catfish 



Shad ---- 



Rainbow trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Brook trout 



Crappie 



Largemouth black bass. 



Rock bass 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Washington: 



Chinook salmon 



Chum salmon 



Silver salmon 



Sockeye salmon 



Humpback salmon 



Steelhead salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Number 



3,425 

 103, 010 



600 



416,050 



56, 000 



359, 300 



13, 200 



11,826 



500 



171, 378 



497, 971 



5,802 



, 900, 000 



, 200, 000 



1,282 



, 611, 069 



142, 250 



2,450 



175, 150 



2,900 



313, 440 



13, 375 



13, 165 



, 208, 845 



i, 225, 200 

 V 051, 650 

 . 894, 289 

 , 615, 000 

 1, 892, 500 

 763, 300 

 16,000 



State and species 



Washington— Continued. 



Black-spotted trout 



Brook trout 



West Virginia: 



Rainbow trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Brook trout 



Crappie 



Largemouth black bass. 

 Sunflsh 



Wisconsin: 



Catfish 



Buffalo fish 



Carp 



Rainbow trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Pike and pickerel 



Crappie 



Largemouth black bass 



Sunfish 



Pike perch 



Yellow perch 



White bass 



Fresh-water drum 



Miscellaneous fishes 



Wyoming: 



Catfish 



Rainbow trout 



Black-spotted trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Brook trout 



Largemouth black bass. 

 Sunfish 



Number 



24, 000 

 147, 800 



169, 725 



74, 650 



895, 600 



1,425 



5,125 



950 



6, 020, 040 



845, 615 

 3, 972, 600 



271, 100 



37, 800 



1, 910, 000 



1, 197, 000 



561, 065 

 3, 820, 235 



119,775 

 2, 154, 380 

 9, 460, 000 



330, 050 



2,100 



5,000 



1, 302, 450 



825 



156, 000 



3, 824, 100 



57, 800 



635, 580 



5,700 



1,920 



METHOD OF DISTRIBUTION 



Upon receipt of a request for fish, the bureau furnishes a blank 

 form caDing for a complete description of the waters to be stocked. 

 After it has been properly filled out and returned, with the indorse- 

 ment of a Member of Congress, the bureau endeavors to assign a 

 suitable species of fish to be delivered as soon as a supply is available. 

 As the information given on the application is used as a basis for 

 determining what species should be assigned, applicants should 

 endeavor to give as accurate descriptions as possible. 



Applicants should confine their choice of fish to species that 

 are indigenous to the waters of the region concerned. Many of the 

 State fish and game authorities have requested that all applications 

 for nonindigenous or predacious fishes be submitted to them for 

 ■consideration, a policy with which the bureau is in full accord, and 

 all such applications, including those for carp, are referred to the 

 proper State officials before they are accepted. Even with the State's 

 approval, the bureau reserves the right to exercise its own discretion 

 in allotting fish. 



Every species of fish reproduces at a particular season of the year. 

 Brook trout and the domesticated rainbow trout spawn in eastern 

 w^aters in the fall or early winter; the black-spotted trout, steelhead, 

 and wild rainbow trout of western waters spawn in the spring, 

 while all of the so-called warm-water pondfishes do so in the spring 

 or early summer. 



