472 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Transfer of eggs between stations, fiscal year 1.938 — -Continued 



STATION OUTPUT 



There has been a continuation of tlie development of new fish- 

 cultural facilities, and the 1938 output was obtained from a total of 

 49 main stations and 43 substations. Amonp: the units which con- 

 tributed for the first time to the distribution listing were the estab- 

 lishments at Carson, Wash.; Elephant Butte, N. Mex.; and Forest 

 Park, St. Louis, Mo. The Pisgah Forest, N. C, station, which is a 

 fully equipped rearing unit, also entered into production for the first 

 time. The output of the Rochester, N. Y., cooperative establish- 

 ment is likewise listed because of the fact that the Bureau is respon- 

 sible for the operations of tliis establishment. 



The San Angelo, Tex., station produced 102,000 pondfish in its 

 first season's activity. The Walhalla, S. C, station did not hatch 

 any trout but, from fingerlings transferred there for rearing, a dis- 

 tribution of 77,000 fish was obtained. Although the Bureau took 

 over the Welaka, Fla., station virtually at the onset of the spawning 

 season, it was, nevertheless, possible to achieve a distribution of 

 300,000 largemouth bass before the close of the year. 



Fish-cultural w^ork was discontinued at Lakeland, Vt., where 

 formerly pike perch and yellow perch had been propagated in coop- 

 eration with the State of Vermont. 



The Bureau has followed the practice of listing as distributed all 

 fish which were transferred from its hatcheries to rearing units op- 

 erated by private organizations or by States. When fish have been 

 transferred to the Forest Service rearing projects, where the Bureau 

 mamtains a measure of supervision and actively participates in the 

 distribution, the production figures are those which cover the actual 

 number of large fingerlings planted at the close of the rearing season. 

 It has been found impracticable to attempt to follow through to the 

 ultimate stocking performed from rearing projects which are super- 

 vised by agencies other than the Bureau. 



It is timely to repeat a statement which has appeared in previous 

 Divisional reports relative to the distribution of carp. All carp eggs 



