﻿XXXIV 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  lected, 
  little 
  difficulty 
  being 
  experienced 
  in 
  the 
  transfer. 
  During 
  the 
  

   latter 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  several 
  shipments 
  were 
  sent 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  Port- 
  

   land 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  a 
  messenger. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  lots 
  were 
  planted 
  without 
  

   loss, 
  as 
  the 
  weather 
  was 
  cool, 
  but 
  the 
  third, 
  shipped 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  warm 
  day, 
  

   suffered 
  heavy 
  losses, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  impracticable 
  to 
  use 
  ice 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   freshening 
  the 
  water. 
  

  

  MacJcerel. 
  — 
  Early 
  in 
  June 
  steps 
  were 
  taken 
  to 
  secure 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  

   trap-net 
  fishermen 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  but 
  no 
  mackerel 
  were 
  

   caught 
  until 
  June 
  9, 
  when 
  the 
  drag 
  nets 
  secured 
  a 
  small 
  number 
  15 
  

   or 
  20 
  miles 
  offshore. 
  Spawn-takers 
  were 
  detailed 
  to 
  attend 
  the 
  drag 
  

   nets, 
  and 
  the 
  launch 
  visited 
  the 
  traps 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Magnolia 
  and 
  

   Manchester 
  daily. 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  June 
  16, 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  

   on 
  July 
  12, 
  the 
  total 
  collections 
  amounting 
  to 
  1,108,000, 
  from 
  which 
  

   652,000 
  fry 
  were 
  i)roduced. 
  From 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  collected 
  over 
  90 
  

   per 
  cent 
  were 
  hatched. 
  They 
  were 
  handled 
  in 
  the 
  McDonald 
  tidal 
  box 
  

   in 
  the 
  manner 
  adopted 
  for 
  the 
  cod 
  eggs, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  motion 
  given 
  

   was 
  not 
  so 
  violent. 
  This 
  was 
  regulated 
  by 
  setting 
  the 
  siphon 
  high 
  

   enough 
  to 
  allow 
  the 
  water 
  to 
  rise 
  and 
  fall 
  not 
  over 
  an 
  inch. 
  By 
  doing 
  

   this 
  the 
  full 
  strength 
  of 
  the 
  current 
  did 
  not 
  reach 
  the 
  surface 
  where 
  the 
  

   greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were, 
  and 
  a 
  gentle 
  motion 
  was 
  secured, 
  just 
  

   sufficient 
  to 
  kee]) 
  them 
  in 
  circulation. 
  The 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  in 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  

   5 
  days 
  and 
  were 
  cleaned 
  only 
  once. 
  They 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  changed 
  from 
  

   one 
  box 
  to 
  another 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  day 
  or 
  two. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  gives 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  hatchery 
  and 
  pumps 
  were 
  taxed 
  to 
  their 
  utmost 
  capacity 
  many 
  

   times 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  and 
  at 
  its 
  close 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  

   enlarge 
  the 
  plant 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  be 
  able 
  to 
  meet 
  all 
  emergencies 
  another 
  year. 
  

  

  Woods 
  Hole 
  Station, 
  Massachusetts 
  (E. 
  F. 
  Locke, 
  8upekintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  kinds 
  of 
  fish 
  propagated, 
  number 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  collected, 
  and 
  fry 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  year: 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Lobster 
  

  

  Flatfish.... 
  

  

  Taiitog 
  

  

  Sea 
  bass 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Maclierel 
  .. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  ^IfLT'- 
  Fry 
  planted. 
  

  

  65, 
  167, 
  000 
  

  

  74, 
  152, 
  000 
  

  

  84,591,000 
  

  

  1, 
  646, 
  000 
  

  

  241, 
  000 
  

  

  153, 
  000 
  

  

  225, 
  950, 
  000 
  

  

  35, 
  953, 
  000 
  

  

  64, 
  419, 
  000 
  

  

  64, 
  095, 
  000 
  

  

  624, 
  000 
  

  

  193, 
  000 
  

  

  165, 
  284, 
  000 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  directed 
  by 
  Alexander 
  Jones 
  until 
  October 
  

   10, 
  when 
  he 
  was 
  relieved 
  by 
  E. 
  F. 
  Locke, 
  who 
  was 
  appointed 
  superin- 
  

  

  