REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LXIX 



hands of Mr. Fiecl. Mather, and Mr. E. G. JJlackford, fish commissioner 

 of New York. 



Mr. Thomas Clapham kindly offered the use of his establishment at 

 lioslyn, on the north shore of Long Island, in Queens County, New 

 York, a station on the Locust Valley or Glen Cove branch of the Long 

 Island Kailroad, distant 23 miles from New York, where trout ponds 

 had been constructed some years before, together with a building in- 

 tended as a hatchery. 



The only special work necessary for this station was the construction 

 of troughs. Unfortunately, the eggs were received before the troughs 

 were properly tarred and dried, and the success was not as great as 

 would otherwise have been the case. 



With 344,500 eggs received, 170,000 fish were planted in tributaries 

 of the Hudson River; 45,000 iu Salmon River, a tributary of Lake 

 Ontario, and 10,000 escaped in Clapham's Stream. 



The salmon hatching of the ensuing autumn and winter was prose- 

 cuted at Cold Spring Harbor, on Long Island, a new station of the New 

 York State fish commission. 



c. Schoodic or Land-locked Salmon {Salmo aalar eubs. sebago). 



Grand Lalte Stream Station. — Extensive improvements have been 

 made at Grand Lake Stream Station, on the Schoodic Lakes, in the 

 way of new buildings for hatching and other purposes. It is thought 

 that with the increased accommodations any procurable stock of eggs 

 can be well cared for. The Schoodic salmon work commenced about 

 the middle of September and ended November 4. The total number 

 of male fish obtained was GOO ; females, 1,004 ; constituting the finest 

 fish as to size and condition ever taken at that station. The males av- 

 eraged 3.1 pounds in weight; the females, before spawning, 3.2 pounds. 

 Measurements show that the average length of both sexes was eight- 

 tenths of an inch more than in 1880, and the fish this year were also 

 heavier. The number of defective eggs yielded by the fish was smaller 

 than ever before. It was found that about 91 per cent, of the eggs 

 were successfully impregnated — about the ordinary rate. Nine hun- 

 dred and forty-five out of the 1,014 females taken yielded spawn which 

 weighed 727 pounds, and the number of eggs was 1,681,000. The yield 

 of eggs per female fish averaged 1,779, the highest average yet recorded 

 at the station. 



The total number of eggs of the Schoodic salmon for distribution, 

 after deducting all losses, was 1,428,330 eggs. Of this number 374,330 

 were reserved for Grand Lake, and the remainder, 1,108,000, shipped 

 to the several subscribing commissions. The share of the United States 

 Commission was 478,000 eggs. The transportation of the eggs, which 

 was performed in the usual manner, was entirely successful in results. 

 The fish as a rule were hatched out successfully, and were placed in 

 rivers and ponds in the Eastern, Middle, Western, and one or two 

 Southern States. 



