REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OP FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Flatfish. — Owiug to the sevxre weatlier which occurred in February, 

 the flatfish were driven from the sliallow -water of the liarbor into the 

 deep water of the sound and bay and did not return until March 14, 

 Avhen the collection of eggs commenced. Between that date and the 

 22d of April 44 adult fish were taken, which yielded 0,2()3,()00 eggs. 

 From these, 5,940,000 fry were hatched and planted in Vineyard Sound 

 and Buzzards Bay. The eggs were hatclied in the Chester jar and the 

 fvy were planted within one or two days after hatching. 



Lobster. — The first eggs were collected on April 15, and by the close 

 of the season 81,800,000 eggs had been taken from 5,499 lobsters, from 

 which were produced 71,000,000 fry, or 86.V per cent of the total number 

 of eggs collected. The fry were planted in Vineyard Sound and Buz- 

 zards Bay within forty-eight hours after hatching. 



Record of lobster hatching at Woods Hole Station, Massachusetts, season of J 895. 



'June, 8, after tlirec days' incubation, found 1,000,000 bad eggs. 



1 2,000,000 of theso egg's are estimated, as the eggs liatched in tlio livo.cars before thcv could be 

 brought to the station. 



i The following shows the number of lobsters obtained at the diflorent hicalitios : Cuttyhunk, 1,040; 

 Ilobinson Hole, 979; Penikese, 345; Cedar Tree Ned;, 159; Hiidley ll.arbor, 93; Woods Hole, 1,094; 

 New Bedford, 884; Menomsha, 147; Tarpaulin Gov;', 100; South Dartmouth, 58; total, 5,499. 



