REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Table shoiviny the catch of fish and the production of shad eggs hy the Bryan Point seine, 

 from. 1S92 to 1S95, inclusive. 



Period of seine 

 operations. 



1892. 

 1893. 

 1894. 

 1895. 



Apr.l8-May4.. 155 

 Apr. U-May20. 



Apr. 5-Mayl8. 215 



Apr. 8-Mayl8.! 204 



No. of 

 hauls 

 made 



by 



seme. 



M^l^«- mares. ^"^^^^ ^'l'« 



2,777 

 2,663 



519 



813 



2,442 



2,738 



1,082 

 1,733 

 5,219 

 5,401 



No. of No. of 

 herrings shad eggs 

 caught, obtained. 



86, 426 

 326, 307 

 231,405 

 268, 000 



1, 816, 000 



939, 000 



4, 350, 000 



5, 261, 000 



The average product from the Bryau Point seine during the four years 

 just ended was about 3,000,000, The following table shows the sources 

 from which shad eggs were derived from 1892 to 1895, inclusive: 



Tear. 



Bryan 

 Point seine. 



Chapman j Stony 

 Point seine. [Point seine. 



Tulip 



1892 

 1893 

 1894 



1, 816, 000 

 939, 000 



4, 350, 000 



5, 261, 000 



798, 000 



958, 000 



2, 007, 000 



1, 067, 000 

 512,000 



2, 216, 000 

 8, 024. 000 



2, 503, 000 

 683, 000 

 573, 000 



1,501,000 



7, 262, 000 

 6,321,000 

 19, 763, 000 

 50, 376, 000 



13, 446, COO 

 9, 423, 000 

 32, 393, 000 

 66, 065, 000 



Note.— lu 1894 235,000 eggs were obtained from Tent Landing seine and 3,249,000 from Freestone 

 Point seine. In 1895 726,000 were obtained from Freestone Point seine and 177,000 from Plum Tree 

 Gut seine. 



During the operations of the season Mr. L. G. Harroii was assistant 

 to superintendent, and Mr. W. T. Lindsey, custodian of the station, was 

 directly in charge of the seine. 



Wytheville Station, Virginia (George A. Seaglb, Superintendent). 



At the beginning of the year there were estimated to be on hand at 

 the station fish of various kinds, as shown by the following statement: 



The ponds were drawn in October and distribution commenced 

 November 16. By February 3, when it was completed, the following 

 fishes were furnished to cars and messengers for distribution : 79,387 

 rainbow trout, 553 large-mouthed black bass, 5,558 rock bass, 1,580 

 carp, and 3,002 goldfish. Rock bass, numbering 12,752, produced at 

 Neosho, were transferred to this station and distributed at the same 

 time; also 2,295 large-mouthed black bass, 3,500 carp, and 915 tench 

 from the fish ponds in Washington. 



Rainbow trout. — These trout commenced to spawn November 5, and 

 continued IIG days, the last eggs being taken on February 29. There 

 were obtained from 833 females 513,300 eggs, an average of 016 eggs 

 to the fish. Tlie males used numbered 618. Of these eggs 228,200 were 



