﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  VII 
  

  

  In 
  contiuuatiou 
  of 
  tlie 
  experiments 
  of 
  previous 
  years, 
  to 
  introduce 
  

   lobsters 
  and 
  eastern 
  oysters 
  on 
  tlie 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  20 
  adult 
  male 
  lobsters 
  

   and 
  09 
  females, 
  with 
  eggs, 
  were 
  taken 
  from 
  New 
  England 
  and 
  liberated 
  

   near 
  Monterey, 
  Cal., 
  in 
  i^ovember, 
  1896, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  25 
  barrels 
  

   of 
  3-year-old 
  oysters 
  were 
  planted 
  on 
  suitable 
  grounds 
  in 
  Humboldt 
  

   Bay, 
  near 
  Eureka, 
  Gal., 
  and 
  an 
  equal 
  number 
  in 
  Yaquina 
  Bay, 
  Oregon. 
  

   On 
  the 
  same 
  trip 
  129 
  diamond-backed 
  terrapin 
  from 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  

   and 
  South 
  Carolina 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  San 
  Francisco 
  Bay 
  under 
  the 
  

   direction 
  of 
  the 
  California 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  furnished 
  

   for 
  distribution 
  by 
  the 
  various 
  stations: 
  

  

  *2,819,UO0 
  planted 
  in 
  Delaware 
  River, 
  'New 
  Jersey 
  ; 
  411,000 
  sent 
  to 
  Nashville 
  Exposition, 
  

   t 
  Shad 
  eggs 
  sent 
  to 
  Xashville 
  Exposition. 
  

  

  