99 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
with the exception of Monroe Piers, eggs were fairly plentiful in all 
the fields operated, though their quality was not quite equal to last 
year’s. Collections of eggs from all sources aggregated 351,260,000, 
of which 135,260,000 were shipped direct from the field in the green 
state to fill the applications of various State fish commissions and to 
supply deficiencies in the stock at other Great Lakes hatcheries of 
the Bureau, leaving 215,021,000 for development at the home station. 
From this stock 175,500,000 healthy, vigorous fry were produced, all 
of which were liberated in April on the various spawning grounds in 
Lake Erie. 
The weather conditions on Lake Erie early in April were unfavor- 
able for pike-perch work, as the ice was blown by the prevailing 
winds to the upper end of the lake and held there until it had practi- 
cally all melted, preventing the manipulation of the fishermen’s nets, 
retarding the run of fish, and delaying the spawning season some time 
beyond its usual opening. Eggs were not received in noteworthy quan- 
tities until April 17, and even after spawning began there seemed to 
be no regular run of fish at any pomt except in the vicinity of Port 
Clinton, Ohio. At all of the other fisheries the collections fell far 
short of an average season. The total take of eggs amounted to 
445,775,000, about 66,000,000 less than in the previous year. Assign- 
ments of green and eyed eggs aggregating 180,000,000 were furnished 
to various Federal, State, and private hatcheries, and from the 
remaining stock 68,300,000 fry were produced and distributed prac- 
tically without loss, the poles of hatch being only 322. 
Lake-trout eggs for the Cape Vincent station were obtained from 
fishermen operating at Amherst, Wolfe, and Pigeon Islands, Canada, 
and from dita working near the Galloo and Stony Islands and at 
Charity Shoals, N. Y. From these various sources over a million eggs 
were secured, but, owing to interference with the work by several 
severe storms, some of jen were held in the field too long for suc- 
cessful development and only 717,000 good eggs reached the hatchery. 
These produced 363,186 fry, which were planted on the spawning 
grounds in Lake Ontario, together with 5,190,000, resulting from a 
shipment of eggs transferred to Cape Vincent from another lake. 
hitefish eggs for the Cape Vincent hatchery were secured from 
commercial dealers operating at the various fisheries on Lake Ontario, 
and collections in cooperation with the State fisheries authorities 
were undertaken at Old Forge and Lake Saranac, N. Y. From these 
various sources 10,862,000 were obtained, of which 3,800,000 were of 
the small Stanley whitefish, derived from Lake Saranac. This stock 
being insufficient to fill the requirements of the region, eggs to the 
number of 15,000,000 were forwarded in the green state from the 
Lake Erie fields. The output of fry from both lots, amounting to 
12,900,000, indicates a very low percentage of hatch, due in large 
measure to the inferior quality of the western eggs. In conjunction 
with the whitefish collections, 106,875,000 lake herring, or cisco, eggs 
were purchased from the commercial fishermen of Lake Ontario and 
hatched, yielding a total of 76,000,000 fry for distribution on the 
local spawning grounds. 
During the spring months the collection of pike-perch eggs for 
stocking the Cape Vincent station was undertaken in cooperation 
with State officials at Ogdensburg, N. Y. From this source 70,250,000 
eggs were obtained as the Bureau’s share, and, after being sufficiently 
