36 KEPOKT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



18'J(K)1. 



The iHHids were (li;nvii in October and November, 1800. The fish 

 1)I(mIu('0(1, by ;ichi;il <'ount, were: Scale carp, 50,(HM); h'atlicr carp, 

 L".M>,0(H); bhie leather carj), TiO,'?; blue mirror carp. 400; blue scale carp, 

 1,120; tench, 1,078; golden ide, 12; goldfisli, 2;5,100. 



In addition to these, a conservative estimate gave 800,000 young shad, 

 averaging 3 to 5 inches in length, as the product of the try placed in 

 the ponds the previous spring. In view of the succe^ss met with, a fur- 

 ther planting of 2,054,000 fry was made from Central Station in April, 

 1801. 



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



1880-90. 



The tenure of the station has continued as in previous years under 

 lease from the State of Virginia. The work embraced the propagation 

 of the rainbow, brook, and Von Behr trouts, the black bass, rock bass, 

 carp, and goldfish. 



Of the rainbow trout there were obtained from brood fish held at the 

 station 310,000 eggs. Of these, 158,000 were distributed to other hatch- 

 eries, as noted in the details of distribution, and from the remainder 

 were produced 61,000 fry, which were held at the station for rearing, 

 ))eing reduced by July 1, 1800, to 43,000. The period of egg-taking 

 was from ]Sroveml)er 28, 1880, to the end of the following March. The 

 distribution of rainbows reared from the take of the previous season was 

 begun on September 18, 1880, continuing till the close of the following 

 March. The output was 38,700 yearlings and 480 adults. There Avere 

 also distributed 000 yearling and 245 adult brook trout, and 230 Von 

 Behr trout. The adult fish of these varieties Avere from three to four 

 years old. 



Fish of a summers growth produced for distribution were: 3,484 

 rock bass, 2,330 carp, and 1,535 goldfish. Supplies of black bass and. 

 rock bass for brood fish were obtained from AVolf and Reed creeks in 

 the vicinity of tlie station. Of the pond fish, the goldfish spawned 

 early in April and the black bass and rock bass a month later. The 

 first goldfish hatched in ten days and the first carp in fourteen days. 



1890-91. 



The si)awning of the rainbow trout commenced November 10, 1800, 

 and by iAlarch 4, 1801, there was a yield of 400,000 eggs. Of these, 

 105,000 were transferred to other hatcheries, and the remainder retained 

 at the station for hatching and rearing, the survivors on July 1, 1800, 

 being 00,000. The distril)ution of yearlings was commenced in the fall, 

 and 37,000 were consigned to applicants in Virginia and adjoining 

 States. 



