88 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
BOOTHBAY HARBOR (ME.) STATION. 
[E. E. Hawn, Superintendent. ] 
Fish-cultural work at this station during the year was addressed 
to the winter flounder and the pollock and resulted in an output of 
841,235,000 and 11,906,000 of the respective species. The pollock fry 
were produced from eggs collected in the Gloucester fields and rep- 
resent the first really successful attempt to make long-distance ship- 
ments of pollock eggs. Collection of flatfish eggs was commenced 
February 23 and continued to April 22. A total of 6,298 female 
brood fish were handled during the season and yielded 906,696,000 
eggs. Though weather conditions favored the work, the spawning 
season ended earlier than usual, and because of this circumstance the 
take of brood fish was smaller than had been anticipated. On the 
other hand, the female fish taken were above the average in size and 
yielded a correspondingly large number of eggs. Some experiments 
in the rearing of the fry were conducted but without marked results. 
A careful watch of the local fishing grounds where a limited num- 
ber of boats engage in a spring fishery for cod and haddock was 
maintained with the view of obtaining eggs. The results were nega- 
tive, however, as has been the case for several seasons, no fish in 
spawning condition being taken. Similar results followed a con- 
tinuation of an effort to locate spawning areas of the alewife in the 
Damariscotta River and other points in the vicinity of Boothbay 
Harbor. 
The steamer Gannet has been connected with the work of this sta- 
tion and has rendered valuable assistance in fish-cultural operations, 
particularly in the flatfish work, also in transperting men and sup- 
plies in connection with the repairs that have been made to the lob- 
ster pound at Pemaquid, Me. 
GLOUCESTER (MASS.) STATION. 
[C. G. Coruiss, Superintendent.] 
Tn this field the output of pollock fry has for a number of years 
been larger than that of any other species propagated. With the 
general adoption of the gill net for taking pollock in the shore fish- 
ery and the prevailing high prices, this fish, which was formerly of 
minor importance, has come into high favor. During the calendar 
year 1920 more than 4,000,000 pounds of poilock, valued at $118,502, 
were landed fresh at Gloucester, Mass., approximately 3,745,000 
pounds of this amount having been taken in the shore fishery. In 
1921, the pollock spawning season extended from November 15 to 
January 21, and the ege collections aggregated 650,850,000 as com- 
pared to 954,800,000 the preceding year. 1n the course of the fishing 
season there was a rather sharp decline in the market price of pol- 
Jock, which resulted in the withdrawal of many boats from this line 
efoavork. The weather throughout the spawning period was excep- 
tranally good, and to this fact the higher quality of the eggs obtained 
asoattributed. Twenty-four million of the eggs were transferred to 
dhel Boothbay Harbor (Me.) station, and the remainder produced 
#4.2qb60,000 fry, which were distributed on the pollock spawning 
grounds, 
