﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  RELATIONS 
  WITH 
  THE 
  STATE 
  FISH 
  COMMISSIONS. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  aims 
  to 
  aid 
  and 
  cooperate 
  with 
  the 
  fishery 
  authori- 
  

   ties 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  states 
  in 
  every 
  possible 
  way, 
  and 
  has 
  continued 
  the 
  

   long- 
  -prevailing- 
  practice 
  of 
  supplying 
  to 
  state 
  hatcheries 
  eggs 
  and 
  

   young 
  of 
  various 
  species 
  which, 
  when 
  hatched 
  or 
  reared, 
  are 
  distributed 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  fish 
  commissions. 
  The 
  states 
  whose 
  

   hatcheries 
  which 
  were 
  thus 
  stocked 
  by 
  the 
  government 
  in 
  1903 
  num- 
  

   bered 
  16 
  and 
  the 
  eggn 
  and 
  fish 
  supplied 
  aggregated 
  170,227,000, 
  as 
  

   follows: 
  

  

  " 
  Fry. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  request 
  of 
  the 
  Michigan 
  authorities 
  this 
  Commission 
  has 
  oper- 
  

   ated, 
  as 
  substations 
  of 
  the 
  Northville 
  hatchery, 
  the 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  

   Michigan 
  fish 
  commission 
  at 
  Detroit 
  and 
  Sault 
  Ste. 
  Marie 
  for 
  the 
  

   propagation 
  of 
  white-fish, 
  lake 
  trout, 
  and 
  pike 
  perch. 
  

  

  RELATIONS 
  WITH 
  FOREIGN 
  COUNTRIES. 
  

  

  The 
  Commission 
  has 
  continued 
  its 
  practice 
  of 
  furnishing, 
  on 
  request, 
  

   fish 
  and 
  ova 
  to 
  foreign 
  governments 
  or 
  to 
  foreigners 
  prominently 
  

   identified 
  with 
  fish-cultural 
  work, 
  and 
  in 
  1903 
  supplied 
  fertilized 
  eggs 
  

   to 
  the 
  following 
  countries, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  planting 
  300,000 
  lake 
  trout 
  

   in 
  the 
  Canadian 
  waters 
  of 
  Lake 
  Superior: 
  

  

  