6 REPORT OP THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



Summary of Distribution of Fish and Eggs, Fiscal Year ended June 30, 



1908. 



Species. 



Eggs. 



Catfish 



Carp 



Buflaloflsh 



Shad I 760, 000 



Whiteflsh ! 139, 266, 000 



Lake Cisco . 



Chinook salmon 



Silver salmon 



Blueback salmon . . . 

 Humpback salmon. 



Steelhead trout 



Rainbow trout 



Atlantic salmon 



Landlocked salmon . 

 Blackspotted trout. 

 Loch Leven trout. . . 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Sunapee trout 



Grayling 



Pike. 



12,790,000 



68, 385, 550 



296,000 



75,000 



Crappie and strawberry bass. 



Rock bass 



Warmouth bass 



Small-mouth black bass 



Large-mouth black bass 



Bream or sunfish 



Pike perch 



YeUow perch 



Striped bass 



White perch 



White bass 



Fresh-water drum 



Cod 



Flatfish 



Pollock 



Tautog 



Lobster 



333,725 

 830,000 



190,000 

 768,380 



2,734,000 

 1,473,400 



200,000 



218,725,000 

 2,080,000 



Fry. 



79,316,600 



384,480,000 



3,200,000 



24,998,185 



13,420,714 



69,883,305 



7, 185, 748 



1, 123, 146 



253,650 



2,079,514 



441,281 



4,230,540 



25,267,078 



6,307,048 



191,736 



1,047,000 



232,312 

 23,900 



5,740,000 



"3,'666,'666 



193,438,000 



382,576,000 



4,333,500 



321,670,000 



235,365,000 



389,642,000 



66,454,000 



794,000 



180,932,000 



Total 457, 647, 055 



2,398,886,257 



Fingerlings, 

 yearlings, 

 and adults. 



277,601 



350 



40,500 



2,231,797 

 57,932 



59,000 

 2,713,600 



30,003 



151,526 



1,442,376 



55,012 

 3,182,080 

 3,471,292 



17,550 

 200,268 



25,090 

 1,638 



78,940 

 688,047 

 202,810 



68,045 



500 

 26,000 



1,011 



14,922,968 



Total. 



277,601 



350 



40,500 



80,076,600 



523,746,000 



15,990,000 



95,615,5.32 



13,774,646 



69,958,305 



7,185,748 



1,515,871 



3,797,250 



2,109,517 



782,807 



6,441,296 



55,012 



31,183,158 



11,251,740 



191,736 



1,247,000 



17,550 



200,268 



25,090 



1,638 



311,252 



611,947 



202,810 



412,163,000 



384,724,045 



4,333,500 



327,410,000 



500 



26,000 



238,365,000 



389,642,000 



66,454,000 



794,000 



180,933,011 



2,871,456,280 



Large as are the foregoing figures, they in no case exceed the 

 actual need and in most instances fall far short of the requirements. 

 The extent of the fisheries, the vast area and number of the waters 

 to be stocked, and the results of overfishing and changed physical 

 conditions, together with inadequate protection in many States, make 

 imperative the most active prosecution of this work and its rapid 

 expansion to meet special conditions. 



A very large percentage of the fishes handled by the Bureau are 

 deposited in public waters in accordance wuth the apparent demands 

 and in response to the recommendations of those in charge of the 

 various hatcheries. There is, however, a steadily increasing demand 

 for certain kinds of fish to plant in the interior waters, both private 

 and public, which indicates a growing popular interest in fish-culture 

 and a more widespread appreciation of the great benefits that come 

 from the utilization of small waters for the raising of food and game 

 fishes. In 1908 the number of applications for such purf)oses reached 

 8,284, against 6,346 in 1907 — the greatest increase so far recorded. 



NOTES ON CERTAIN OPERATIONS. 



New features of the work. — The hatchery work in 1908, although 

 so largely concentrated upon increasing the output, was not without 

 new features. The yellow bass {Morone interrupta), prized as a 



