28 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Allotments of fish and fish eggs to State fish connnissions, etc. — Continued. 



Shipments of fish eggs to insular possessions and foreign countries, fiscal 



year 1922. 



COOPERATION WITH nSH-PROTECTIVE ASSOCIATIONS. 



Realizino; the necessity of greater protection for interior waters, 

 the bureau has corresponded on the subject with fishing chibs and 

 others who are interested in fishery matters. Many chibs have 

 shoAvn a willingness to protect the fish until they attain maturity 

 and to curtail the number that may be taken. In some instances 

 associations are holding fish furnished by the bureau in specially 

 constructed ponds, where they will be fed and liberated later in the 

 season. This cooperation has had the eifect of reducing expenses 

 and increasing the chance of survival of the fish furnished. The 

 National Forest Service has taken the lead in this respect, having 

 already established many ponds in the territory under its control. 

 Many of the forest rangers have been instructed in the handling of 

 fish and their proper distribution, and a record has been kept of all 

 suitable streams and the number of fish liberated therein. The 

 bureau has been pleased to cooperate with such organizations. 



PROPAGATION OF MIGRATORY FISHES OF ATLANTIC RIVERS. 



The results of shad propagation on the Potomac River were good. 

 Weather conditions throughout the season were generally favorable; 

 there was a large catch of fish, and the take of eggs Avas over three 

 times that of last year. The total output of the Edenton (N. C.) 

 station was also materially increased. In this region the extensive 

 operation of pound nets has had the effect of considerably curtailing 

 the output of shad fry as compared with past years, most of the shad 



