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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



SiDitiiiury of imidurtioii by .litdious — ContiniU'd. 



DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD-FISHES. 



The results obtained by stocking public waters with species of fish 

 wliicli are indigenous to them have been difficult of exact determina- 

 tion ; that good has followed is shown by the continued increase in the 

 value of the lisheries, demonstrated by carefully collected statistics. 

 Ill those waters where species not indigenous were placed it is clearly 

 sliown what is i)ossiWe of accomplisliment. For information relativ^e 

 to tlie acclimation of the shad and striped bass on the Pacific Coast 

 reference is made to i>age 175 of this report. Many of the streams and 

 lakes of tlit^ Yellowstone National I'ark, lornuMly barren of food-lish, 

 are also now furnishing an abundance of trout and Avhitetish, the 

 result of plantings of former years. 



The following tabic summarizes the work of distribution of various 

 s])ecies of food fishes during the two years covered by this report. 

 The large in(;rease over former years in the number of adult and year- 

 ling fislu'S distributed is the result of systematic efforts in rearing. 

 Tliis feature will continue to receive attention, it being ai>i)licable to 

 fresh- water, marine, and anadromous species. The advantage of stock- 

 ing waters with fish of a size large enough to protect themselves or 

 to escape from their enemies will be very readily ai)i)re(;iated. The 

 details of distribution will be found in Tables A and 13, pages 75 to 9G 

 of this report. 



