REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



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ai^plies to the Southern States more than to any other section, as 

 waters that were once teeming with various species of fish are now 

 becoming depleted, owing largely to the increase of tourist fisher- 

 men. The waters of the Southern States are naturally very pro- 

 ductive, more so, possibly, than those of any other part of the United 

 States, and owing to the abundance of natural food developed in 

 them bass and other species grow to large size. In some sections the 

 fish receive no protection whatever during the spawning season, 

 when fishing should be absolutely prohibited. Many States have 

 shown a deep interest in this matter, and in response to the bureau's 

 recommendations have expressed the intention of bringing about the 

 needed reforms in fishery legislation. The most notable example is 

 Texas, which has recently passed special legislation covering the pro- 

 tection of bass and most of its important food fishes. 



Mutually profitable cooperative relations have continued between the 

 bureau and the Canadian fisheries authorities. Exchanges of Atlantic 

 salmon eggs for eggs of the rainbow, brook, and blackspotted trouts 

 have been made, and the collections of whitefish and cisco eggs in 

 the (Ireat I^akes regions have been largely increased by the fact that 

 the Canadian authorities allowed the bureau's men access to waters 

 in Canadian territory. The result of this cooperation has been a 

 greater output of these species by both Governments. 



During the fiscal year 192^ the fisheries authorities of 26 States 

 were supplied with fish or fish eggs, as shown in the following table : 



Allotments of fish and fish eggs to State fish commissions, fiscal year 1922. 



state and species. 



Idaho: Whitefish , 



Illinois: 



Black bass , 



Carp 



Cal.flsh 



Grapple 



Drum 



Pike 



Rock bass 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Indiana: Pike perch 



Iowa: 



Brook trout 



Lake trout 



Pike perch , 



Rainbow trout 



Kansas: Yellow perch.. 



Maine: Lake trout 



Maryland: 



Cisco 



Chinook salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Massachusetts: 



BufFaloflsh 



Catfish 



Michigan: 



Cisco 



Lake trout 



Rainbow trout 



Pike perch 



Albino brook trout. . 

 Minnesota: 



Black bass 



Crappie 



Lake trout 



Steelhead salmon. . . 



Sunfish 



Ye.Uow perch 



Eggs. 



1,000,000 



13,800,000 



50, 000 



5,100,000 



206, 000 



5, 000, 000 



50, 000 



1, 000, 000 



135, 000 



32,500,000 



50, 000 

 56, 500, 000 



1, 200, 000 

 50, 000 



Fingerhngs. 



227 



100 



15, 165 



4,800 



10 



50 



40 



30,800 



25 



41,500 



1,500 



5,000 



250 

 4,000 



600,000 



10,000 



6,395 

 3,150 



39, 056 



120 



State and species. 



Missouri: 



Rainbow trout 



Yellow perch 



Montana: 



Blackspotted trout. 



Chinook salmon 



Lake trout 



Rainbow trout 



Steelhead salmon. . . 



Whitefish 



New Hampshire: Lake 



trout 



New Jersey: Lake trout. 

 New Mexico: 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



New York: 



Cisco 



Lake trout 



Steelhead salmon... 



Whitefish 



North Dakota: 



Black bass 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Oklahoma: Rainbow 



trout 



Oregon: 



Chinook salmon 



Grayling 



Pennsylvania: 



Catfish 



Cisco 



Lake trout 



Pike perch 



Steelhead salmon. . . 



Whitefish 



Eggs. 



113,0)1 

 4,000,000 



587, .500 

 100, 000 

 100,000 

 215,000 

 72, 000 

 5, 000, 000 



25, 000 



75, 000 



16, 050, 000 



1,000,000 



50, 000 



15, 000, 000 



1,300,000 



114,300,000 



50,000 



4, 200, 000 



50, 000 



32, 340, 000 



Fingerlings. 



36,280 



14,000 

 36,000 



930 

 5,600 



280 

 4,380 



700 



113,500 



25,000 

 200 



