REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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Flatfish. — Owing to the severe weather which occurred in February, 

 the flatfish were driven from tlie shallow water of the harbor into the 

 deep water of the sound and bay and did not return until March 14, 

 when the collection of eggs commenced. Between that date and the 

 22d of April 44 adult fish were taken, which yielded 9,2()3,000 eggs. 

 From these, 5,940,000 fry were hatched and planted in Vineyard Sound 

 and Buzzards Bay. The eggs were hatched in the Chester jar and the 

 fry were planted within one or two days after hatching. 



Lohstcr. — The first eggs were collected on April 15, and by the close 

 of the season 81,800,000 eggs had been taken from 5,499 lobsters, from 

 which were produced 71,000,000 fry, or 86.V per cent of the total number 

 of eggs collected. The fry were planted in Vineyard Sound and Buz- 

 zards l>ay within forty-eight hours after hatching. 



Record oflohster hatching at Woods Hole Station, Massachusetts, season of 1 895. 



* June 8, after three days' incubation, found 1,000,000 bad eggs. 



12,600,000 of these eggs are estimated, as the eggs hatched in the live-cars before thov could be 

 brought to the station. 



; The following shows the number of lobsters obtained at the different Incalities: Cuttyhunk, 1,040; 

 Kobinson Hole, 979; Penikese, 345; Cedar Tree Neck, 1,59; Hadlev Harbor, 93; Woods Hole, 1,094; 

 NewJ3edford, 884; Menemsha, 147; Tarpaulin Cove, 100; South Dartmouth, 58; total, 5,499. 



