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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  foregoing 
  table 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  although 
  the 
  floating 
  

   scrim 
  bags 
  were 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  superior 
  to 
  other 
  inclosures, 
  they 
  did 
  

   not 
  3 
  ield 
  results 
  of 
  particular 
  importance. 
  It 
  was 
  proved, 
  however, 
  

   that 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  current 
  in 
  the 
  water 
  the 
  bags 
  worked 
  well, 
  

   though 
  at 
  slack 
  water 
  or 
  during 
  calm 
  weather, 
  when 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   bag 
  were 
  motionless, 
  the 
  fry 
  sank 
  to 
  the 
  bottom, 
  collected 
  in 
  masses, 
  

   and 
  perished 
  b}' 
  the 
  thousand. 
  Calms 
  of 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  hours' 
  duration 
  

   were 
  sufficient 
  to 
  cause 
  the 
  failure 
  of 
  many 
  experiments. 
  

  

  EXPERIMENTS 
  AT 
  ORRS 
  ISLAND, 
  ME. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Maine 
  coast 
  was 
  in 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  

   Kendall, 
  who 
  began 
  his 
  work 
  at 
  Orrs 
  Island, 
  in 
  Casco 
  Bay, 
  in 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  June. 
  Floats 
  were 
  constructed 
  and 
  equipped 
  with 
  scrim 
  

   bags 
  like 
  those 
  used 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole. 
  They 
  were 
  anchored 
  in 
  a 
  "gut- 
  

   ter" 
  between 
  Orrs 
  Island 
  and 
  Baile3\s 
  Island, 
  where 
  the 
  rising 
  tide 
  

   brought 
  in 
  cold 
  clear 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  open 
  sea. 
  It 
  was 
  believed 
  that 
  

   this 
  would 
  prove 
  an 
  admirable 
  place 
  for 
  lobster 
  culture, 
  as 
  the 
  water 
  

   was 
  free 
  from 
  all 
  contamination. 
  

  

  On 
  June 
  23 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  500,000 
  fry 
  was 
  received 
  through 
  Capt. 
  

   E. 
  E. 
  Halin 
  from 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  hatchery. 
  They 
  were 
  ti"ansported 
  

   from 
  Gloucester 
  in 
  the 
  well, 
  of 
  the 
  schooner 
  Grampus 
  and 
  arrived 
  in 
  

   good 
  condition. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  distributed 
  to 
  three 
  small 
  ])ags 
  and 
  

   regularly 
  fed 
  with 
  finely 
  chopped 
  lobster 
  liver. 
  Only 
  20 
  became 
  lob- 
  

   sterlings. 
  A 
  second 
  shipment 
  of 
  500,000 
  was 
  received 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  They 
  were 
  nursed 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  bags 
  

   (16 
  by 
  12 
  feet), 
  and 
  59 
  finally 
  reached 
  the 
  fourth 
  stage. 
  The 
  work 
  

   was 
  closed 
  August 
  6. 
  

  

  The 
  history 
  of 
  these 
  experiments 
  is 
  practically 
  a 
  repetition 
  of 
  that 
  

   at 
  Woods 
  Hole. 
  The 
  fry 
  seemed 
  to 
  do 
  very 
  well 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  

   then 
  died 
  in 
  great 
  numbers. 
  In 
  one 
  bag 
  containing 
  1,215 
  lobsters, 
  

   actually 
  counted, 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  died 
  the 
  first 
  week. 
  Diatoms 
  were 
  

   abundant 
  and 
  infested 
  all 
  the 
  young. 
  

  

  EXPERIMENTS 
  AT 
  ANNISQUAM, 
  MASS. 
  

  

  A 
  plant 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  float 
  and 
  largo 
  bag 
  was 
  constructed 
  on 
  the 
  

   Annisquam 
  River 
  near 
  Annisquam, 
  and 
  on 
  July 
  6 
  about 
  100,000 
  fry 
  

   were 
  brought 
  from 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  hatchery 
  in 
  transportation 
  cans. 
  

   Both 
  clam 
  and 
  lobster 
  liver 
  were 
  used 
  as 
  food. 
  During 
  a 
  gale 
  on 
  July 
  

   11 
  the 
  bag 
  was 
  blown 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  and 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  lobsters 
  were 
  

   lost, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  few 
  that 
  were 
  saved 
  the 
  experiment 
  was 
  continued 
  

   until 
  July 
  14. 
  

  

  The 
  death 
  rate 
  was 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  localities, 
  but 
  

   diatoms 
  were 
  less 
  abundant. 
  The 
  growth 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  was 
  more 
  rapid 
  

   than 
  at 
  either 
  Orrs 
  Island 
  or 
  Woods 
  Hole. 
  The 
  first 
  second-stage 
  

  

  