﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XXIII 
  

  

  ou 
  August 
  27, 
  making- 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  33 
  captured 
  by 
  the 
  trap. 
  Tliese 
  were 
  

   placed 
  iu 
  the 
  cars 
  aud 
  towed 
  to 
  Orland, 
  whence 
  they 
  were 
  transferred 
  

   to 
  the 
  Dead 
  Brook 
  inclosure, 
  20 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  delivered 
  alive. 
  

  

  It 
  appears 
  that 
  salmon 
  do 
  not 
  congregate 
  in 
  large 
  numbers 
  at 
  mid- 
  

   summer, 
  and, 
  moreover, 
  it 
  is 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  transfer 
  them 
  at 
  that 
  

   season 
  to 
  the 
  inclosure, 
  which 
  is 
  30 
  miles 
  distant, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   high 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water. 
  To 
  obtain 
  good 
  results, 
  the 
  trap 
  

   should 
  be 
  constructed 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  a 
  retaining 
  pool 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  109 
  dead 
  fish 
  were 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  pools, 
  

   which 
  should 
  have 
  left 
  594 
  breeders, 
  but 
  as 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  fact 
  only 
  539 
  

   were 
  found, 
  indicating 
  a 
  loss 
  of 
  25 
  per 
  cent. 
  Of 
  these, 
  174 
  were 
  

   males 
  aud 
  365 
  females, 
  12 
  of 
  which 
  yielded 
  no 
  eggs. 
  From 
  the 
  others, 
  

   the 
  weight 
  of 
  which 
  aggregated 
  1,050 
  pounds, 
  3,192,124 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   secured, 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  Maine 
  Commission 
  received 
  496,000. 
  From 
  the 
  

   remainder, 
  490,000 
  were 
  shipped 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  To 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Fish 
  

   Commission, 
  100,000; 
  to 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  100,000; 
  to 
  

   TJ. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  stations, 
  100,000; 
  to 
  W. 
  S. 
  Hadaway, 
  Plymouth, 
  

   Mass., 
  25,000; 
  to 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  100,000; 
  to 
  the 
  

   Adirondack 
  League 
  Club, 
  25,000; 
  to 
  Amos 
  Ellis, 
  Rangeley, 
  Me., 
  40,000. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  2,008,766 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched, 
  all 
  of 
  which, 
  

   with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  390,000, 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  the 
  

   Penobscot 
  above 
  Oldtown 
  and 
  in 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  station; 
  

   150,000 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  Croix 
  Eiver 
  at 
  Yauceboro, 
  and 
  240,000 
  

   were 
  retained 
  for 
  rearing. 
  The 
  loss 
  on 
  this 
  stock 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  amounted 
  to 
  24,442. 
  At 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  there 
  were 
  on 
  

   hand 
  705 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  hatched 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  

   of 
  1893-94; 
  of 
  these^ 
  290 
  were 
  distributed 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  were 
  placed 
  

   in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  j)onds 
  and 
  retained 
  for 
  domestication. 
  In 
  June, 
  1897, 
  

   the 
  usual 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  adult 
  salmon, 
  

   but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  run 
  only 
  595 
  were 
  obtained. 
  The 
  losses 
  during 
  

   Juno 
  were 
  very 
  light, 
  and 
  favorable 
  results 
  are 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  fall. 
  

  

  From 
  the 
  two 
  lots 
  of 
  domesticated 
  salmon 
  (descendants 
  of 
  parents 
  

   reared 
  in 
  confinement 
  in 
  fresh 
  water) 
  4,400 
  eggs 
  of 
  inferior 
  quality 
  were 
  

   secured 
  during 
  I^ovember; 
  these 
  yielded 
  2,167 
  fry, 
  but 
  only 
  1,600 
  of 
  

   them 
  survived 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  parent 
  fish 
  there 
  now 
  

   remain 
  41. 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon. 
  — 
  Late 
  in 
  October 
  10,889 
  yearling 
  landlocked 
  sal- 
  

   mon 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  Toddy 
  Pond. 
  These 
  fish 
  resulted 
  from 
  a 
  ccm- 
  

   signment 
  of 
  eggs 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  citizens 
  who 
  

   were 
  interested 
  in 
  keeping 
  up 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  in 
  that 
  pond. 
  In 
  

   November, 
  1896, 
  the 
  same 
  parties 
  furnished 
  another 
  consignment 
  of 
  

   2,352, 
  from 
  which 
  2,129 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched. 
  

  

  Otlier 
  species. 
  — 
  The 
  brook, 
  rainbow, 
  lake, 
  and 
  von 
  Behr 
  trout 
  were 
  

   distributed 
  with 
  the 
  other 
  fishes 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  the 
  losses 
  being 
  very 
  

   slight, 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  trout. 
  Ou 
  July 
  1 
  there 
  were 
  

   38,965 
  lake 
  trout 
  on 
  hand, 
  as 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  from 
  North- 
  

  

  