﻿REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  PROPAGATION 
  AND 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  

  

  FOOD-FISHES. 
  

  

  By 
  W. 
  deC. 
  Ravenel, 
  Assistant 
  iti 
  Charye. 
  

  

  INTRODUCTION. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Fish-Culture, 
  prosecuted 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  

   general 
  lines 
  as 
  in 
  past 
  years, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  following 
  abstracts 
  of 
  

   reports 
  of 
  the 
  superintendents 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  stations. 
  The 
  same 
  sta- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  operated 
  as 
  in 
  1896, 
  with 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  those 
  at 
  Manches- 
  

   ter, 
  Iowa, 
  and 
  San 
  Marcos, 
  Tex., 
  which 
  were 
  completed 
  in 
  December. 
  

   The 
  output 
  of 
  salmon 
  fry 
  was 
  largely 
  augmented 
  by 
  the 
  establishment 
  

   of 
  auxiliary 
  stations 
  at 
  Battle 
  Greek, 
  Cal., 
  on 
  Salmon 
  Eiver, 
  Oregon, 
  

   and 
  the 
  Little 
  White 
  Salmon, 
  Washington, 
  which 
  were 
  operated 
  in 
  

   conjunction 
  with 
  Baird 
  and 
  Clackamas 
  stations. 
  During 
  the 
  year 
  all 
  

   the 
  stations 
  in 
  New 
  England 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  those 
  

   at 
  Wytheville 
  and 
  Quincy, 
  were 
  inspected 
  by 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  the 
  

   assistant 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  Division 
  of 
  Fish-Culture. 
  

  

  The 
  shad 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  Coast 
  was 
  also 
  largely 
  increased, 
  and 
  

   steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  investigate 
  the 
  rivers 
  along 
  the 
  South 
  Atlantic 
  

   coast 
  with 
  the 
  view 
  to 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  auxiliary 
  stations. 
  On 
  the 
  

   New 
  England 
  coast, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  operations 
  conducted 
  at 
  Wo^tds 
  

   Hole 
  and 
  Gloucester, 
  the 
  Grampus 
  and 
  Fish 
  HaivTc 
  were 
  utilized 
  during 
  

   May 
  and 
  June 
  in 
  collecting 
  lobster 
  eggs 
  oft' 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  The 
  

   crew 
  of 
  the 
  Grampus 
  also 
  rendered 
  material 
  assistance 
  in 
  the 
  cod 
  work, 
  

   collecting 
  eggs 
  for 
  Gloucester 
  Station 
  from 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  at 
  Kittery. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  experience 
  gained 
  the 
  past 
  season 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  a 
  

   cod-collecting 
  station 
  can 
  be 
  advantageously 
  established 
  at 
  Plymouth, 
  

   Mass., 
  and 
  if 
  successful 
  it 
  will 
  obviate 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  penning 
  brood 
  

   fish 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  materially 
  reducing 
  tlie 
  expense 
  of 
  that 
  station. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  586,144,000 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs, 
  embracing 
  30 
  specjies 
  

   and 
  1 
  crustacean, 
  were 
  distributed 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  stations: 
  

  

  Green 
  Lake 
  Station, 
  Me. 
  

  

  Craig 
  Brook 
  Station, 
  Me. 
  

  

  St. 
  Jolinsbury 
  Station, 
  Vt. 
  

  

  Cape 
  Vincent 
  Station, 
  N. 
  Y, 
  

  

  Gloucester 
  Station, 
  Mass. 
  

  

  Woods 
  Hole 
  Station, 
  Mass. 
  

  

  Steamer 
  Fish 
  Uaivk 
  (Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  

  

  Delaware 
  River, 
  and 
  Casco 
  Bay 
  ) 
  . 
  

   Battery 
  Island 
  Station, 
  Md. 
  

   Bryan 
  Point 
  Station, 
  Md. 
  

   Central 
  Station, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

   Fish 
  Commission 
  lakes, 
  Washington, 
  

  

  D. 
  C. 
  

   Wytheville 
  Station, 
  Va. 
  

  

  Put-in 
  Bay 
  Station, 
  Ohio. 
  

   Northville 
  Station, 
  Mich. 
  

   Alpena 
  Station, 
  Mich. 
  

   Duluth 
  Station, 
  Minn. 
  

   Manchester 
  Station, 
  Iowa. 
  

   (Quincy 
  Station, 
  111. 
  

   Neosho 
  Station, 
  Mo. 
  

   San 
  Marcos 
  Station, 
  Tex. 
  

   Leadville 
  Station, 
  Colo. 
  

   Bozeman 
  Station, 
  Mont. 
  

   Baird 
  Station 
  Cal. 
  

   Battle 
  Creek 
  Station, 
  Cal. 
  

   Fort 
  Gaston 
  Station, 
  Cal. 
  

   Clackamas 
  Station, 
  Greg. 
  

  

  