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U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 Egg-collecting stations — Continued 



Station 



Period of operation 



Species handled 



Put In Bay, Ohio: 



Port Clinton, Ohio 



Do 



Do.... 



Toledo, Ohio 



Do 



Catawba Island, Ohio 



North Bass, Ohio 



Do.. 



Middle Bass, Ohio. 



Do. 



St. Johnshury, Vt.: Lake Dunmore, Vt. 

 Saratoga, Wyo.: 



Big Creek Lakes, Wyo 



Lost, Sage, and Canon Creeks 



Springville, Utah: 



Fish Lake, Utah 



Do 



Strawberry Reservoir 



Woods Hole, Mass.: Wauquoit, Mass..? 



Nov. 3-Nov. 30.. 

 Apr. 12-May 10. 

 June 3-June 29.. 

 Nov. 3-Nov. 30. 

 Apr. 12-May 10. 

 Nov. 3-Nov. 27.. 

 Nov. 3-Nov. 29.. 

 Apr. 15-May 1_. 



do 



Nov. 4-Nov. 28.. 

 Oct. 5-Nov. 3... 



Sept. 21-Nov. 10- 

 Mar. 24-June 25.. 



Mar. 22-May 31. 

 Oct. 28-Dec. 9... 

 May 25-June 20. 

 Jan. 15-Mar. 30. 



Whitefish. 



Pike perch and yellow perch. 



Carp. 



Whitefish. 



Pike perch. 



Whitefish. 



Do. 

 Pike perch. 



Do. 

 Whitefish. 

 Lake trout. 



Brook trout. 

 Rainbow trout. 



Do. 

 Brook trout. 

 Black-spotted trout. 

 Winter flounder. 



HATCHERY FISH-CULTURAL NOTES 

 SHIPMENT OF EYED FISH EGGS BY THE BULK METHOD 



The following item is extracted from the annual report of the 

 superintendent of the White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) station: 



The use of the bulk method for shipping eggs that are overdeveloped, even- 

 to the slightest extent, invariably results in some indentation of the eggs ;. 

 and where such a condition exists an abnormal loss is inevitable, not only 

 during the incubation period but among the sac-stage fry. Firm advocates of 

 the bulk method doubtless will rejoin that overdeveloped eggs should never 

 be shipped. While admitting the truth of this contention, it is, nevertheless, 

 not always possible to ship eggs at exactly the right stage of development, 

 and for this and other reasons the tray method of shipment is considered 

 preferable. If the ice hopper is kept well filled with ice and the package is 

 maintained at the proper temperature en route, there can not be the slightest 

 question on arrival at destination as to the condition of eggs shipped by the tray 

 method. 



TRANSPORTATION OF BROOD WINTER FLOUNDER 



The superintendent of the Woods Hole (Mass.) station reports 

 on an innovation in the method of shipping brood winter flounder 

 from the fields where captured to the hatchery. He states: 



In the transportation of the adult fish this season the conventional trans- 

 portation can was abandoned entirely. In its place a large basket was used 

 with much success. The fish were placed flat on the bottoms of the baskets, 

 which previously had been covered with seaweed or moss. A light covering 

 of the same material was then placed over them, and in very cold weather 

 the baskets were covered with blankets as a further protection against frost. 

 By this method we find less mortality and, more important, there appeared 

 to be fewer fish with the so-called " hardened " eggs. 



WATERTOWN ( N. Y. ) REARING STATION 



Owing to lack of a suitable water supply for the production of 

 fingerling fish at the Cape Vincent (N. Y.) station, it has been 

 necessary heretofore to distribute the entire output of young trout 

 in the fry stage, much to the dissatisfaction of local applicants. 

 Under such conditions the need of a rearing center in northern 

 New York has long been apparent, and a recent opportunity offered 

 to engage in cooperative trout rearing with the Jefferson County 



