REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 5 



263,123,354: fry. 99J:,503,(U0: tiuo-erling.s, yearlings, and adults, 

 9,710, 031. The eggs shown were for the most part donated to vari- 

 ous states to be incubated in their own liatcheries, the resulting fry 

 being planted under the direction of the state tishery authorities. 

 The number of fish and eggs of each of three .species distributed 

 exceeded 200,000,000; the output of each of two others was over 

 100,000,000, and of six others upward of 20,000,000. 



It is worthy of remark that while the Bureau makes ample provision 

 for maintaining the supply of lishes caught chietly by anglers, nearly 

 99 per cent of the tish handled are those which are the objects of 

 commercial fisheries. 



Summar)/ of distribution ofjish and e<jgs during the fiscal year 1904. 



DISTRIBUTIONS IX THE DIFFERENT STATKS. 



The fish-cultural operations of the Bureau affect every state and ter- 

 ritoiy, as the following condensed table shows. Of the 1.204,408.025 

 fish and eggs distributed in the United States. Mas-sachusetts received 

 the largest assignment. 303,854,407, owing to the concentration of 

 marine fishery work in tliat state; 202, 10(5, 3L^ were distributed in Ohio 

 and 109,544,407 in ^Michigan waters; renn.sylvjinia received 81,087,230, 

 Maine, 67,232,963, California, 06,807,484, and other states and terri- 

 tories according to their needs and the capacity of the hatcheries. 



