482 u. s. BUREAU or fisheries 



activities of this station, with regard to its output of game fish and 

 operation of its substations will be discussed elsewhere in this report, 



ANADROMOUS SPECIES, ATLANTIC COAST 



This is the first year since the early 1880's during which no Atlantic- 

 salmon eggs were hatched. This was due to inability to secure eggs 

 from Canada, coupled with the fact that there is no local source of 

 supply of these eggs at any of our hatcheries. The Craig Brook, 

 Maine, station liberated 77,500 fingerlings which were reared from 

 eggs hatched in 1937. 



The Fort Belvoir, Va., station increased its output of both shad and 

 yellow perch. Approximately 330,000,000 yellow perch and 15,000,000 

 shad were liberated in the Potomac River and its tributaries. Two 

 docks that were wrecked while the station grounds were hiundated by 

 the Potomac River were repaired and creosoted. 



The Edenton, N. C, station reported the largest output of shad since 

 the season of 1922. From 10,481,000 eggs more than 7,000,000 fry 

 were hatched. All of these were planted m Albemarle Sound and its 

 tributaries, with the exception of 581,000 which were placed in 

 hatchery ponds for mvestigation and study. Fry placed in the ponds 

 the latter part of April were 2 inches long the first part of July. 

 Experiments in the rearhig of striped bass were also carried on. The 

 study of factors concerning the conservation of shad was continued in 

 cooperation with the Static of North Carolina. A total of 7,221,000 

 yellow perch, white perch, and herring frv were hatched and liberated 

 in local waters. The station supplemented its work with com- 

 mercial varieties by propagating pondfish for the stocking of inland 

 waters. Under a W. P. A. project, six more ponds are being built and 

 the present reservoir enlarged. Daphnia ponds and a new residence 

 and garage are also being constructed with the cooperation of this 

 agency. 



The Weldon, N. C, station was again operated for the hatcliing of 

 striped bass on a joint basis M-ith the Conservation Department of 

 North Carolina. The take of eggs was below that of 1937, but the 

 percentage of hatch was much greater. The fry M'ere strong and 

 vigorous. 



Supplementing its pondfish activities, the Orangeburg, S. C, 

 station again operated the Jacksonboro shad hatchery located on the 

 Edisto River. The total collection was in excess of 1,204,000 eggs. 

 While this number is considerably below that of some of the better 

 seasons, it does represent a substantial increase in production over 

 the past several years. 



GAME-FISH PROPAGATION 



As reduction in the average working day allows more time for 

 recreation, the number of man-days of angling is increasing rapidly. 

 Consequently the demands upon State conservation departments and 

 the Bureau for the furnishing of more and larger game fish for the 

 restocking of inland lakes and streams have increased accordingly. 

 Likewise, there is a big demand for the stocking of waters recently 

 impounded by various Federal agencies such as the Soil Conservation 

 Service, and the Bureau of Reclamation. The Bureau's entire out- 



