REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES 



XVII 



porary waters to the main cliannel of the river, and also in making 

 distributions to applicants, thus aiding in the rescue work. 



The bureau is frequently called upon to give advice and sugges- 

 tions to State authorities desirous of securing more adequate hsh and 

 game legislation, and some of the State organizations have taken 

 decisive action in an eti'ort to secure better protective legislation. 

 The interchange of eggs with foreign governments has been of 

 gi-eat value to this country, since it has enabled the bureau to make 

 larger plants of fish of certain species than would otherwise have 

 been possible. 



During the fiscal year 1924 the fisheries authorities of States and 

 of foreign governments were supplied with fish or fish eggs as fol- 

 lows : 



Assigninents of fish and fish eggs to State and Territorial fish eonnnissions, 



fiscal year 1924 



[Asterisk (*) denotes eggs; dagger (t) fry; all others are fingerlings] 



State and species 



New York: 



Blackspotted trout.. 



Lake trout 



Rainbow trout 



Steelhead salmon 



North Dakota: 



Black bass 



Catfish 



Crappie 



Steelhead salmon 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Oregon: 



Blackspotted trout.. 



' Chinook salmon 



Rainbow trout 



Sockeye salmon 



Pennsylvania: 



Landlocked salmon. 

 Loch Leven trout... 



Pike perch... 



Whitefish 



South Dakota: 



Brook trout 



Loch Leven trout... 



Utah: 



Brook trout. 



Lake trout . * 



Landlocked salmon. 

 Steelhead salmon 



Vermont: 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon . 

 Steelhead salmon... 

 Yellow perch 



Washington: 



Brook trout 



R ain bow trout 



Silver salmon 



Steelhead salmon. . . 



West Virginia: 



Brook trout 



Loch Leven trout . . . 

 Rainbow trout. 



Wisconsin: 



Black bass 



Catfish 



Crappie.. 



Lake trout 



Sunfish 



Yellow perch 



Wyoming: 



Blackspotted trout.. 

 Loch Leven trout... 



Total - 



Number 



♦10,000 

 ♦320, 000 



•10,000 

 '100,000 



1,950 

 6,000 

 2,000 

 ♦50, 000 

 9, 450 

 900 



•1,000,000 



•10,886,000 



•323, 010 



•3, 120, 000 



♦20, 000 



•108,000 



•78, 000, 000 



•16,080,000 



' 1,500 

 •250, 000 



22,000 

 •250. 000 

 ♦20, 000 



•I no. 000 



•291,046 



•20, 000 



♦75, 000 



t8. 500, 000 



t477, 930 



195. 000 



t994, 990 



t298, 685 



367, 000 



7,'-), 000 



300,000 



19, 055 

 33,800 

 10, 265 

 ♦4.50, 000 

 77,000 

 835 



•723,000 

 •100,000 



•158,406,042 



tlO, 277, 605 



1, 226, 860 



