EEPOKT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



AUotinents of eggs and fish to the state fish conimissions in 1904 — Continued. 



State and species. 



Missouri: 



Grayling 



Pike pereli 



Nebraska: 



Brook trout 



Rainbow trout 



New Hampshire: 



Atlantic salmon..... 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon . 



Qninnat salmon 



Steelhead trout 



New York: 



Brook trout 



Lake trout 



White-lish 



Oregon: 



Brook trout 



Quinnat salmon 



Pennsylvania: 



Atlantic salmon 



Lake trout 



Pike perch 



Kainbow trout 



White-fish 



Utah: 



Brook trout 



Vermont: 



Brook trout 



Wisconsin: 



White-lish 



Wyoming: 



Black spotted trout . . 



Grayling 



Rainbow trout 



Eggs. 



10, 



46, 000 

 000, 000 



50, 000 

 33, 000 



20, 000 

 100, 000 



10,000 

 100, 000 



20, 000 



200, 000 



, oao, 000 



10, 509, 000 



3,000 



200, 000 



35, 000, 000 



4(i, 



280, 000 

 50, 000 



10, 000, 000 



400, 000 

 50, 000 

 25, 000 



Total 240,944,354 



Frv. 



Finger- 

 lings, year- 

 lings, and 



adults. 



200, GOO 



5, 000 



3, 206, 600 



10, 000 



1,000 



45, 845 



At the request of the Michigan fish commissioners, the Bureau has 

 continued to operate the state hatcheries at Detroit and Sault Ste. 

 Marie, directing its eiiorts there to the propagation of white-fish, lake 

 trout, and pike perch. Negotiations are in progress with a view to 

 the taking over l)y the Government of other state hatcheries which 

 for various reasons the local authorities do not care to operate. 



In its efforts to maintain the suppl}^ of commercial fishes, the Bureau 

 has nowhere labored more assiduously and expended more money than 

 in Michigan, which state Jias most valuable fishery interests at stake 

 in all of the Great Lakes except one. For many years the fish-cultural 

 work of the government on the Great Lakes has been on an immense 

 scale, far exceeding that in any other section of the country, and of 

 the unmistakable benefits resulting therefrom the "Michigan fishermen 

 have reaped the largest share. Notwithstanding these facts, howe^'er, 

 the fish wardens of Michigan have for a number of years made deter- 

 mined efforts to interfere with and curtail the work of the Bureau's 

 representatives, raising petty objections to the methods pursued in 

 the collection of spaw^n. Their shortsighted and unwarranted actions 

 have caused great annoyance and at times have threatened completely 

 to stop fi.sh-cultural Avork in the Michigan waters of the Great Lakes. 

 During several years matters were at an acute stage, but it was not 



