REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
ous marine species. 
lings, and adults, this being b 
both in actual number and in percentage. 
in 1918: 
9 
Other fishes, however, which in the early days 
of fish culture also were planted soon after hatching, are now being 
held for longer and longer periods as the facilities for rearing are 
improved; and a conspicuous feature of the recent operations Is the 
greatly increased percentage of fishes liberated as fingerlings and 
yearlings. The fishes which require this treatment are the salmons 
and trouts, which have a large, slowly absorbed yolk-sac, the carrying 
of which renders them more or less helpless and a ready prey to 
their natural enemies, and the fresh-water basses, which are espe- 
cially adapted for pond culture. In the fiscal year 1918, over 
168,000,000 fish were distributed by the Bureau as fingerlings, year- 
y far the largest output of such fish, 
The 
year 1917, which 
established a record in this respect, showed only 82,000,000 fishes 
distributed as fingerlings, yearlings, and adults. It should be under- 
stood that fishes stranded on the overflowed lands along the Missis- 
sippi River and tributaries and rescued by the Bureau’s agents are 
included in the foregoing figures. 
There follows a summarized statement of the output of the Bureau 
SUMMARY, BY SPECIES, OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF FISH AND F1sH Eccs DURING THE 
FiscaL YEAR 1918. 
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Lake herring (cisco). ......-..- 
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Sockeye salmon............... 
Humpback salmon...........- 
Chum salmon... :d. s2sd2. <0 =i 
Blacks 
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Pike and pickerel.-.....-.. 
Fresh-water drum....... 
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Largemouth black bass... 
Smallmouth black bass... - 
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Atlantic salmon.............-- ‘ 
Landlocked salmon...-.....--- 
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-| 21, 718, 000 
Eggs. 
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17, 574, 900 
13, 000, 000 
1, 570, 000 
1, 139, 250 
378, 175 
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Lobster 
Ce ea 
172, 000 
22, 000 
2, 577, 000 
306, 395 
3, 821, 000 
39, 599, 200 
3, 876, 265 
1, 218, 750 
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Fingerlings, 
yearlings, 
and adults. 
12, 733, 330 
1, 660, 941 
2, 417, 052 
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10, 534, 115 
63, 176, 244 
45, 599, 785 
3, 754, 000 
7, 022, 488 
1, 654, 477 
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168, 964, 894 
Total 
12, 733, 330 
4,910, 941 
30, 677, 052 
52, 543, 900 
3, 800, 000 
484, 032, 000 
65, 130, 000 
11,514) 415 
86, 780, 064 
96, 736, 785 
8, 947, 065 
9, 892, 145 
8, 764, 488 
2,815, 727 
2,577, 671 
872, 232 
6,789, 500 
56, 000 
61, 543, 997 
12; 137, 108 
? 
1, 644; 558 
70, 561, 954 
183, 358, 282 
2;, 900, 000 
4, 098, 105, 159 
