REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 13 
distributing fishes of the interior waters, which are assigned on re- 
quests of individuals, fish associations, State fishery officials, and 
officers of the National Park Service and Forest Service. Fishes rep- 
resenting the commercial species are usually planted on the Bureau’s 
initiative on the spawning grounds from which eggs are derived and, 
in some instances, in barren waters where the conditions favor the 
development of new and promising fisheries. 
In the Bureau’s estimates of appropriations for the fiscal year 1923, 
under the item for the propagation of food fishes, there has been in- 
serted a clause which is intended to bring to the attention of Congress 
the desirability of instituting a new policy in the distribution of fish 
produced at the Government hatcheries or obtained in the course of 
the regular operations. This clause provides that the Secretary of 
Commerce may make a reasonable charge for fish supplied for plant- 
ing in any waters in which the public is not allowed to take fish. 
RELATIONS WITH THE STATES IN FISH CULTURE. 
The numerous States engaged in fish culture are laboring for the 
same purposes that actuate the Bureau in its operations within the 
respective States. The field is large, the need for very extensive work 
is nearly everywhere apparent, and there is no conflict of authority or 
duplication of effort between the States and the Federal Government. 
Under the cooperative arrangements that. have been made the practi- 
cal efforts of one agency supplement and augment those of the other, 
with maximum benefit to the public. 
The Bureau acknowledges invaluable assistance afforded by the 
States during the past year, resulting in reduced expense, augmented 
output, and increased efficiency in stocking waters. Joint occupation 
of productive collecting fields and the use of State hatcheries for the 
incubation of eggs provided by the Bureau, the young fish being 
planted by the State in local waters in accordance with previous plans, 
have continued to be features of the interrelations with the States. 
In the fiscal year 1921 the fish commissions of 28 States were assigned 
tish and eggs, as set forth in detail in the following table: 
ASSIGNMENTS OF FISH AND F1IsH EGGs To STATE FISH COMMISSIONS DURING THE 
FiscaL YEAR 1921. 
{All figures are for eggs unless otherwise indicated. Fingerlings are designated @ and fry b.] 
State and species. | Number. State and species. Number 
California: Chinook salmon .......... | 3,000,000 || Iowa: 
Colorado: Rainbow trout.............. 50,000 || aeetroutece oa oe ele se 50, 000 
Connecticut: Brook trout.-.-........... a 52, 000 || HAIN DOW CLOWE sss ste Set cus ee 62, 000 
aho: x Maine: 
Blackspotted trout.........-..-.-- 50, 000 i hake trots i032 s2202sseee 50. 000 
Landlocked salmon. ......--.-.-.- o ral Landlocked salmon..............- 475, 000 
Rainbow trout. 2-2-2... i332 H <7’ 000 || Maryland: 
TD rancher wu Sh ton he, 500. 00 Wisco: 255.7 300, 000 
meee ne ye Lake trout.. 4, 000 
Bigeki pass. £21) Sey wae ct). a 200 Pike perch... -| 1,000, 000 
AUS SEewe alk wih @ dy cae coe te a 25, 300 RAL DOWMLOUt Se ac cen ccs can cae 150,000 
Crappie_.....-....-. a5, 800 Whitefish..... as Bae Mae esa 100, 000 
Drum....2.. 2... 175 || Massachusetts: Rainbow trout........ 50, 000 
Pickerel....... a 410 || Michigan: 
Pike perch.... a 250 Landlocked salmon..............- 10,000 
Rockibass-<.. eu a 500 || AKORTOUG.)5% 5S Set Sook ss ve ce | 1,000,000 
Sesh FS LPP EAS PR IE ee 4 26, 325 || Pike perch. Kb LSVAU ee Ek ee 223, 200, 000 
Winnie PASS: .2 20 eo vera coe) os. ai7s | Sith he es eee ee Oo ee ee 200, 000 
IWenTeHSiiese cle Se eee look 500, 000 WHE Gist a. sete concen wee ccc oer | 20,000, 000 
