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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



Lohsiir. — In tlir li;il(liiiiii of tli<' lobsti-r j;rciit«'r sucih'ss tliiiii foiinerly 

 was mot, by the substitution of the universal luitcbing Jar lor tlie tidal 

 JMr, wherc))y the clottiuj;" of the cy,gs was greatly (liniiiiislicd. The lu-o- 

 (luctive iKMJod was fioin April 28 to .Tune 30, duriiii;- which tiiuc from 

 4S2 lobsters were taken 1,353,800 eggs, yielding 3,533,900 fry, or 81 per 

 eent. The eggs were obtained from lobsters captured in pots operated 

 by the employ«5s of the station and from local fishermen, Avho co<">peraled 

 In the work, saving all the ripe eggs from among the lobsters handled 

 by them. 



The monthly mean temperatures and densities of the salt Avater used 

 in hatching operations ol" the station Avere as follows: 



Mouth. 



Defenilter 

 .iMimaiy .. 

 Filiniai'v 

 Mui-.h .'.. 

 April .... 



May 



Julie...... 



TeiuiHTii- 

 ture. 



30.4 

 33.1 

 34.1 

 35.7 

 44. 3 

 512.1 

 01. li 



Deu.sity, 



1. 0252 

 1.0274 

 ].0:i08 

 1.0274 

 1. 0250 

 1. 0271 

 1.0259 



Coi.D Si'uiNG II.\RB()ii Statiox, Nkw Vouiv (FiiKi). Mathkk, Sitpehintkxdext), 



This station lias continued in operation as in previous years. Most 

 of the eggs received and consigned as foreign exchanges passed through 

 it, where they were examined and, if necessary, were rejiacked before 

 they were forwarded to their destination. A considerable niimbei" of 

 Atlantic salmon eggs were hatched here for the Hudson ]iiver, the pro- 

 duction of that and other species for the two years being as follows: 



(Ji,oii('i'..sTi'.i: City Siation, Ni:w .Tkh.sky (.John <;ay, in ( hai.'ok). 



1889-90. 



Tiie propagation of shad by the Commission lias been confined mainly 

 to its stations on tlie Susiiuehanna aiul Potomac rivei's, though some 

 attiMition has been given to woik on the Delaware 1 J iver through the 

 use of the steamer Fish If((w]c and one of the distributing cars. In the 

 spring of 1800 Mr. W. ,\. Tiiompson, of (lloucester City, who is largely 

 interested in the fisheries of the Delaware River, ottered to erect on his 



