﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
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  It 
  therefore 
  appears 
  that 
  Neck 
  Pond 
  has 
  been 
  rather 
  well 
  stocked 
  

   with 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  and 
  that 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  ponds 
  is 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  it, 
  althouo-h 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  questioned 
  whether 
  these 
  waters 
  will 
  

   permanently 
  support 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  of 
  salmon 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  abundance 
  

   of 
  the 
  predaceous 
  fishes 
  therein. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  bearing- 
  further 
  on 
  the 
  suitability 
  of 
  Massa- 
  

   chusetts 
  waters 
  for 
  this 
  species, 
  that 
  a 
  pond 
  in 
  East 
  Falmouth, 
  near 
  

   Woods 
  Hole, 
  is 
  plentifully 
  stocked 
  with 
  the 
  fish, 
  many 
  being 
  taken 
  

   by 
  anglers 
  in 
  the 
  summer 
  of 
  1902, 
  some 
  of 
  which 
  weighed 
  4 
  pounds; 
  

   and 
  that 
  Long 
  Pond 
  in 
  Falmouth 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  successfully 
  stocked. 
  

  

  CARP. 
  

  

  The 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  carp 
  in 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  was 
  continued 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  J. 
  

   Cole 
  during 
  June, 
  1903, 
  and 
  a 
  full 
  report 
  on 
  this 
  subject 
  will 
  shortly 
  

   be 
  completed. 
  Making 
  his 
  headquarters 
  in 
  the 
  region 
  of 
  Sandusky, 
  

   Mr. 
  Cole 
  gathered 
  further 
  information 
  on 
  the 
  breeding 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  

   carp, 
  the 
  relations 
  of 
  the 
  carp 
  to 
  aquatic 
  vegetation, 
  the 
  introduction 
  

   and 
  increase 
  of 
  carp 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  effects 
  on 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  

   carp 
  of 
  the 
  changes 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  level 
  so 
  prevalent 
  in 
  the 
  region. 
  

  

  CAT-FISHES. 
  

  

  Both 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  and 
  anglers 
  throughout 
  the 
  country 
  are 
  

   showing 
  an 
  increasing 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  cat-fishes, 
  and 
  

   the 
  requests 
  for 
  cat-fish 
  for 
  stocking 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  waters 
  have 
  

   been 
  numerous. 
  It 
  is 
  possible 
  that 
  it 
  will 
  soon 
  become 
  necessary 
  for 
  the 
  

   Government 
  to 
  undertake 
  extensive 
  fish-cultural 
  measures 
  addressed 
  

   to 
  certain 
  species 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  growing 
  demand. 
  The 
  estab- 
  

   lishment 
  of 
  a 
  special 
  cat-fish 
  breeding 
  station 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   suggested. 
  There 
  has 
  been 
  but 
  little 
  information 
  published 
  in 
  regard 
  

   to 
  the 
  spawning 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  cat-fishes, 
  and 
  practically 
  nothing 
  is 
  

   known 
  of 
  the 
  breeding 
  and 
  other 
  habits 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   species. 
  Some 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  common 
  bullhead 
  or 
  yellow 
  cat-fish 
  

   {Ameiurus 
  nebulosus) 
  which 
  spawned 
  at 
  central 
  station, 
  Washington, 
  

   D. 
  C, 
  in 
  July, 
  1902, 
  were 
  kept 
  under 
  close 
  observation 
  and 
  served 
  as 
  

   the 
  basis 
  for 
  a 
  paper" 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  nest 
  making, 
  spawning 
  habits, 
  

   eggs, 
  incubation, 
  care 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  young, 
  and 
  growth 
  of 
  young 
  were 
  

   described. 
  In 
  another 
  paper 
  ^ 
  there 
  were 
  brought 
  together 
  many 
  

   notes, 
  mostly 
  extracted 
  from 
  published 
  records, 
  on 
  the 
  food 
  value, 
  

   food 
  and 
  feeding 
  habits, 
  acclimatization, 
  etc., 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  best- 
  

   known 
  species. 
  

  

  a 
  Breeding 
  Habits 
  of 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Cat-fish. 
  By 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith 
  and 
  L. 
  G. 
  Harron. 
  Bulletin 
  U. 
  S. 
  

   Pish 
  Commission, 
  1902. 
  

  

  & 
  Habits 
  of 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  Commercial 
  Cat-fishes. 
  By 
  W. 
  C. 
  Kendall. 
  Bulletin 
  U. 
  S, 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  

   1902. 
  

  

  