REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. ila 
FisH-CuLturRAL STATIONS OPERATED DuRING THE Fiscat YEAR 1916—Continued. 
Designation. Period of operation. Species handled. 
Northville, Mich—Continued. 
St. James sMich! obi.) 42 
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich....-... 
Jaeobsville, Mich 
Orangeburg, S.C. --qp-.--------- 
PIG MUAY AOMIO. 250. cee ace ce 
Kellys island, OMIOT ses atke 
Middle Bass, Ohio......-..-- 
INertheBass; Ohio 2.05 /cc2.- 
Port Clinton, Ohio........--- 
ROO OMUIOs. ac bs enacts 
Oia i WVaSh sees os eek 
Ghuincy: Wes ti eeee eos eine oe = | 
eee trout and whitefish. 
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.-| Lake trout. 
.-| Black bass and shad. 
-| Pike perch, whitefish, and yellow perch. 
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Pike perch and whitefish. 
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Blueback, chinook, and silver salmons. 
Black bass, carp, catfish, crappie, pike 
perch, sunfish, and yellow perch. 
Pewounshiury, Wibssh-- 2 sete Asbict (CC ee ie reseicioe Boater Brook, lake, rainbow, and _ steelhead 
| trouts, landlocked salmon, smalimouth 
black bass, and yellow perch. 
Darling Pond sVits 254.2%! August-December. - -.--.- Brook trout. : 
TOMA Sry Wii = Sos). ee nntireyeat sess cee eee Brook, lake, rainbow, and _ steelhead 
trouts, and landlocked salmon. 
Dake: Mitchell, Vt:2-.-.---..< August-December........ Brook trout. 
Swanton: Vtes-Ltlk. cossk kee March=Sune sce 222. See Pike perch and yellow perch. 
Sarl MaTCOS, “POX: 2 lc setisc's 2.6 Hntireyyeates ho. 24-45 Black bass, crappie, rock bass, sunfish, 
and warmouth bass. 
Saratopat WiyO-s-tee 2os.asyesdaee node GO snes oe. Fee Brook trout. 
‘S1evi7 ite yap Sg OE ea lanes aera aie eS ae GOS eee ett LN ee acs Blackspotted, brook, lake, Loch Leven, 
| rainbow, and steelhead trouts. 
Tupelo, Miss.-..-. Pee cae eee fo LOSE GaSe ae aes Meee Black bass, crappie, and sunfish. 
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va..|....- CO ei ae Pe ee Brook and rainbow trouts, large and 
small mouth black basses. 
Woods Hole; Mass oo. ees lee LOS ee coee ae Se te Cod and flatfish. 
Menemsha, Mass..........-. | January-April...........- Flatfish. 
Waguoit Mases 2500.00... aaa Oe a oe eras sR eeeien sis Do. 
WHCKIOPO WEG ec chloe see ean eee ONeill SN tales etna Do. 
Wytheville; \Vaw/ss-0. 020 2b. Entire year-)-.- Use ess Brook and rainbow trouts, large and small 
mouth black basses, landlocked salmon, 
rock bass, and sunfish. 
Mes Bay, Alaskans .0.2 5s. k-- ee ha «aie Co Ko Bye eee NE Phe Se ee Blueback and humpback salmons. 
Eagle Lake, Alaska.......-.- PR EL Osos saree ae aioe .---| Blueback salmon. 
Ketchikan, Alaska.........-.. | September-October. ..--.- | Humpback salmon. 
PACIFIC SALMON CULTURE. 
The artificial propagation of the Pacific salmons in the three coast 
States and Alaska attamed greater efficiency and magnitude in 1916 
than in any previous year. Shortage in the egg-take at some points 
was more hin compensated for by a high degree of success elsewhere, 
and the output, in round numbers, was 250,000,000 fish, compared 
with 225,000,000 in 1915. The most satisfactory feature of this 
increase was that it was made up largely of chmook and sockeye, or 
blueback, salmons, the most valuable of the five Pacific salmons. 
Humpback salmon also were produced in larger numbers, but the 
output of silver and dog salmons, owing to various local difficulties 
encountered during the spawning season, fell behind last year’s record. 
In pursuance of the recently adopted policy of increasing each 
season so far as possible the output of fingerling salmon, the rearing 
facilities at the Pacific stations were sufficiently enlarged during the 
year to permit of the production of 61,039,494 fingerling fish. This 
number represents about 244 per cent of the total salmon output in 
1916 and shows an increase of more than 100 per cent over the out- 
put of fingerling salmon the previous year. 
The abnormal physical conditions resulting from the eruption of 
Mount Katmai in 1912 have now become so ameliorated that they are 
expected to cause no further difficulty in connection with the fish- 
