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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



During the year tlie following marine and fresli-water iislies and other 

 animals were exhibited in the aquarium : 



Fresh-water specimens 



Leather carp 



Scale carp 



Mirror carp 



Golden ide 



Common tench 



Golden tench 



Chub sucker j 



Yellow perch ' 



Pike 



Crappie 



Sunflsh 



Black bass 



Warmouth bass 



Gar pike 



Common darter 



Shiners or fresh- water 



smelt 



Dace or mill roach 



Brook trout (yearlings) 



Brook trout (adult) 



Landlocked salmon 



(yearlings) 



Rainbow trout (adults) 

 Blue rainbow trout 



(yearlings) 



Fresh-water specimens — 

 Continued. 

 Black-spotted trout 



(adults) 



Salt-water specimens : 



Pinfish 



Pigfish 



Bluefish 



Lizard-flsh 



Swellflsh 



Moonfish 



Starfish 



Butter-fish , 



Toadfish 



Pipefish 



Squeteague 



Spotted sea trout 



Croaker 



Sea bass 



Hog choker 



Striped mullet 



Spot or goody 



Flounder 



Sheepshead 



Dogfish 



Tellow-tail , 



Salt-water specimens- 

 Continued. 



Pompano 



Sea-robin 



Skate 



Mummichog 



Red drum 



Banded drum 



Gizzard shad 



Young shad 



Tautog 



Conger eel 



Striped bass 



Sea-horse 



Blenny 



Blue crab 



Hermit crab 



Lady crab 



Lobster 



Shrimp 



Sea-anemone 



Spider-crab 



Freshwater terrapin 



Snapping turtle 



200 



11 



15 



5 

 200 



40 

 1 

 5 

 8 

 1 



20 



10 

 2 

 7 



12 



165 



2. 



Bryan Point Station, Maryland. 



The season's work in the collection of shad eggs proved to be the 

 most satisfactory in the history of the Commission's work on the Poto- 

 mac. The water was more or less roily while operations were carried 

 on, but the current did not at any time appreciably affect the tides. 

 During the period of seine operations, extending from April 8th to 

 May 21st, 204 hauls of seine were made. The total number of shad 

 caught by the Bryan Point seine was 5,401, 2,663 of which were males 

 and 2,738 females; 185 of these were ripe. The total number of eggs 

 obtained was 66,065,000; of these, 5,261,000 were secured by the seine 

 at Bryan Point, 8,024,000 by the Stony Point seine, 1,501,000 by the 

 Tulip Hill seine, 726,000 by the Freestone Point seine, 177,000 by the 

 Plum Tree Gut seine, and 50,376,000 from gillers. There were also 

 268,000 herring caught during the season. 



The seine operations by the Commission were more extensive than in 

 any i)revious season at Bryan "Point. During the year, for the first 

 time, the net was fished throughout the season, and a correct estimate 

 of its relative value as an egg-producing source was obtained. After 

 careful consideration the superintendent recommends that seine haul- 

 ing, carried on for years by the Fish Commission in the Potomac River 

 shad operations, be discontinued, for the reason that the returns at 

 Bryan Point are not satisfactory. The egg collections are limited, and 

 tlie relative catch of river herring so large that sales to the farming 

 population cause local trap fishermen to lose business, the seine fish 

 being i)referred. 



