PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1921, 



REPORT OF THE DIVISION OF FISH CULTURE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1921.' 



By Glen C. Leach, A.sKi.'^tont in Charge of Fish Culture. 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Introduction 2 



Part 1. — Fish propagation and rescue- 4 



Siininiary of operations 4 



Spcci>'s of fishes handled 4 



Summary of output .t 



Summary of ck'K collections .'j 



Summary of tish-rescue work 7 



Stations and substations operated 



and outjiut of «ach 8 



Ec^-coUectins or auxiliary sta- 

 tions 1.3 



Transfers of epgs 15 



Propagation of commercial fishes 16 



Pacific salmon culture 16 



Afognalt (Alaska) station 16 



Yes I'lay (Alaska) station 17 



Baker Lake (Wash.) station 



and substations 18 



Baker lyake (Wash.) station. 18 

 Binlsvlew (Wash.) substa- 

 tion 19 



Brinnon. Duckabush. and 

 Qullcene (Wash.) substa- 

 tions 19 



Quinault (Wash.) substation- 20 



Sultan (Wash.) substation-. 22 

 Clackamas ( Oreg. ) station and 



substations 2.3 



Clackamas (Oreg.) !?tation 2.1 



Upper Clackamas (Oreg.) sub- 

 station 24 



Little White Salmon and Rig 

 White Saimon (Wash.) sub- 

 stations 24 



Rogue River (Oreg.) substa- 

 tion 24 



Applepate (Oreg.) substation^ 2.'j 

 WashoUKal River (Wash.) 



substation 2.5 



Salmon (Idaho) substation-. '2b 

 Baird (Calif.) station and sub- 

 stations 26 



Investigations and experiments- 27 

 Fertilization of salmon eggs 



in natural spawning 27 



Hatching eggs in gravel 20 



Suggestions for possible im- 

 provement and enlargement 



of work 29 



I'ropagation of fishes of the Great 



Lakes .31 



Duluth (Minn.) station .3.3 



Xorthville (Mich.) station and 



HubstJitions 33 



Put in Bay (Ohio) station. __ ."'.4 



Cape Vlnrent (N. Y.) station.- 3.5 



Hwanton (Vt.) substation 36 



' Appendix IX to the Report of the United 

 B, F. Doc. No. 912, 



Part 1 — C^ontinned. Paffe. 



Propagation of commercial fishes — 

 Continued. 

 Propagation of yellow perch, 



Bryans Point (Md.) station 37 



MaritK' tisli culture 37 



Bootliliav Harbor (Me.) sta- 

 tion - .38 



(iloucester (Mass.) station 38 



Woods Hole (Mass.) station — 40 

 Propagation of bulTalofish, Atcha- 



falaya (La.) substation 41 



I'ropagation of anadromous fishes 



of .\tlantic coastal streams-. 42 

 Propagation of shad, Bryans 

 Point (Md.) and Edenton 



(N. C.) stations 42 



I'ropagation of glut herring, 



Edenton (N. C.) station 44 



Propagation of alewife. Booth- 

 bay Harbor (Me.) station.- 45 

 Propagation of striped bass, 



^^elaon I N. C. ) substation 45 



Propagation of .\tlantlc salmon, 

 Craig Brook (Me.) station. _ 4.5 

 Propagation of fishes of interior 



waters 4l? 



New England .salmon and trout 



stations , 47 



Berkshire (Mass.) station 47 



Craig Brook (Me.) station 48 



Green Lake (Me.) station and 



.snh.statjion 48 



Nashua ( N. H.) station 50 



St. Johnshury (Vt.) station .50 



Rocky Mountain trout stations-- ,52 

 Bo/.eman (Mont.) station and 



substations 52 



Bozcmiin (Mont.) station 52 



Meadow Creek (Mont.) aux- 

 iliary station 52 



Yellowstone Park (Wyo.) sub- 



stJition 53 



Glacier Park (Mont.) sub- 

 station 53 



I>eadville (Colo.) station 53 



Saratoga (Wyo.) station 54 



Spearflsh (S. Dak.) station 55 



Springville (Utah) station and 



substation 55 



Combination trout and pond fish- 

 cultural stations ."6 



Erwln (Tenn.) station 57 



Manchester (Iowa) station 58 



Neosho (Mo.) station 58 



White Sulphur Springs (W. 



Va.) station 60 



Wythpvllle (Va.) station 60 



States Commissioner of Fisheries for 1921. 



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