PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1921, 5 



The basses (Serranid^e) ; 



Striped bass, rockfish {Roccus lineatus). 



White bass (Roccus chrysops). 



White perch {Morone ainericana) . 

 The drums (Sciaenid.«) : 



Fresh-water drum, lalie sheepshead (Aplodiiiotus gnmniens). 

 The cods (Gadid.e) : 



Cod (Gad us callarias). 



Haddock (MeMnofframmus wglefimis) . 



Pollock {PoUachius rirens). 

 The flounders (Pleukonectid.e) : 



Winter flounder, American flatfish {Pseudopleuroncrtes americaitus). 



Pole flounder {Glyptoceplialits riniogloniius). 



SUMMARY OF OUTPUT. 



During the fiscal year 1921 the bureau's efforts in fish propagation 

 and rescue of stranded fishes resulted in a gross output of 4.9G2,- 

 583,r)o5 fish and fisli eggs for distribution, 93 per cent of whicli was 

 made up of the important commercial species and 7 per cent of the 

 species used in stocking interior waters. Ix)sses due to transjiorta- 

 tion amounted to 94.ir)0, making a net product of fish and fish eggs 

 actually distributed of 4,902,489,405. A summary of this net output, 

 shown by species, is given in the following table : 



Summary, by Species, of Net Output of Fish and Fish Eggs, Fiscal 



Year 1921. 



Species. 



Catfish 



BufTaloflsh. 

 Carp. 



Shad 



Glut herring 



Whiteflsh 



Cisco 



Chinook salmon , 



Chum sahnon 



Silver salmon 



S(x;koye salmon 



Steelhead salmon 



Atlantic salmon 



Landlockfd salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Blackspotted trout 



Loch Levcn trout 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Grayling 



Sme"lt 



Pike and pickerel 



Crappie 



Largcmouth black bass. 

 Smallmouth black bass. 



Rook bass 



Warmouth bass 



Sunfish 



Pike perch 



Yellow perch 



Striped hass 



White bass 



Freshwater drum 



Cod 



Haddock 



Pollfxk 



Winter flounder 



Pole flounder 



Miscellaneous fishes 



Eggs. 



ISl, 6.50, 000 



186,510,000 



6, 7S0, 000 



3.iO,000 

 49;j,000 



575, 000 



2,.«i,240 



820, 000 



2,824,000 

 856,890 



600,000 



Total. 



296, 475, 000 

 12, 000, 000 



208,800,000 

 188, 940, 000 



19, 410, 000 



1,109,637,130 



Fry. 



10H,307,000 

 106,043,000 

 32, 792, 275 

 43,815,000 

 23X, SOO, (X)0 

 S9, NOO, 000 



7,000,000 



600,000 



38, 778, 500 



3.S, 810 



1,387,000 



208, 115 



414,100 



3, 899, 100 



58.5,050 

 303,700 



57, 3K.5, 000 

 170, :S69, 450 

 20, I HI, 000 



17.5,341,000 



271, KM), 000 



4.55,060,000 



1,768,660,000 



16, 563, 300 

 3,642,330 

 1,400,000 

 7,000,000 



3,626,262,730 



Fiugerlings. 



35,257,070 

 1,645,S35 

 3,918,580 



32, 780, 765 



19, 436, 400 



6, 486, 150 



30, 434, ,500 



2,928,915 



280 



124, 250 



3, 872, 225 



1,000,300 



61,000 



208,500 



7, 5.59, 625 



.540, 510 



37, 303, 900 



1,221,905 



54,590 



108, 305 



1(X) 



30, .371, 475 



108,515 



6, 166, 43.5 



27, 170 

 34,0K0 



4, 935, 165 



226, 589, 545 



Total. 



35, 



109, 



109, 



32, 



43, 



420, 



276, 



39, 



26, 



7, 



69, 



3, 



1, 



6, 

 5, 



19, 



12, 



1, 



7, 



37, 

 1. 



30, 



3.53, 

 194, 

 20, 



384, 



460, 



455, 



1,76H, 



19, 



4, 



2.57,070 

 952, 835 

 961,580 

 792, 275 

 815,000 

 4.50,000 

 310,000 

 .560, 765 

 436,400 

 086,150 

 563,000 

 460,725 

 387,280 

 907,365 

 839,565 

 719,400 

 64,000 

 59.5,800 

 058, MS 

 400,000 

 600,000 

 .540, 510 

 303, 900 

 806,955 

 358, 290 

 108, :«)5 

 100 

 .371,475 

 96K, 515 

 535,885 

 184,000 

 27,170 

 34,080 

 141,000 

 820, (XX) 

 066,000 

 660,000 

 410,000 

 935,165 



4, 962, 489, 405 



SUMMARY OF EGG COLLECTIONS. 



Eggs are olitained l)y several methods, but the principal source of 

 supply is the commercial fisheries, where, were it not for the bureau's 



