﻿KEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XXXV 
  

  

  teiident 
  of 
  the 
  statiou. 
  With 
  the 
  view 
  to 
  increasing 
  the 
  output, 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  live-cars 
  for 
  holding 
  adult 
  cod 
  were 
  constructed 
  and 
  arrangements 
  

   were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  fish. 
  The 
  

   Grampus 
  was 
  also 
  detailed 
  during 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  September 
  to 
  make 
  

   collections. 
  The 
  first 
  consignment 
  of 
  cod 
  was 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  

   on 
  October 
  3, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  4th 
  of 
  November 
  9,379 
  fish, 
  averaging 
  4 
  

   pounds 
  and 
  more 
  in 
  weight, 
  had 
  been 
  delivered 
  ; 
  2,910 
  were 
  furnished 
  by 
  

   the 
  Gramjms 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  were 
  purchased. 
  They 
  were 
  apparently 
  

   in 
  first-class 
  condition 
  when 
  received, 
  and 
  no 
  serious 
  losses 
  occurred 
  

   until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  November, 
  when 
  the 
  death 
  rate 
  became 
  very 
  heavy, 
  

   as 
  many 
  as 
  200 
  dying 
  in 
  24 
  hours. 
  This 
  loss 
  was 
  due 
  to 
  injuries 
  received 
  

   in 
  capture 
  and 
  transportation 
  from 
  fishing-grounds 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  breaking 
  

   out 
  of 
  sores, 
  which 
  formed 
  just 
  under 
  the 
  skin 
  and 
  spread 
  over 
  the 
  

   entire 
  body. 
  Of 
  the 
  smaller 
  fish, 
  2,>00 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  pool 
  

   near 
  the 
  residence, 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  afiected 
  as 
  described 
  above, 
  

   but 
  after 
  remaining 
  in 
  the 
  pool 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  the 
  sores 
  healed 
  and 
  they 
  

   apparently 
  recovered. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  commenced 
  November 
  9 
  and 
  continued 
  until 
  

   January 
  25, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  50,914,000 
  were 
  secured 
  from 
  884 
  spawn- 
  

   ers. 
  The 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  very 
  discouraging, 
  as 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   brood 
  fish 
  secured 
  was 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  past 
  years. 
  During 
  tlie 
  

   winter 
  2,350 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  were 
  released, 
  as 
  they 
  gave 
  no 
  evidence 
  

   of 
  spawning. 
  The 
  experience 
  of 
  this 
  season 
  seems 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  no 
  fish 
  

   weighing 
  less 
  than 
  6 
  pounds 
  should 
  be 
  retained 
  for 
  spawning 
  purposes. 
  

   On 
  January 
  25 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  on 
  hand, 
  amounting 
  to 
  1,500, 
  were 
  killed 
  

   by 
  anchor 
  frost. 
  From 
  the 
  following 
  table 
  it 
  appears 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  a 
  

   much 
  smaller 
  percentage 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  purchased 
  this 
  year 
  were 
  spawners, 
  

   but 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  eggs 
  per 
  fish 
  was 
  also 
  much 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  past 
  years 
  : 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  eggs 
  collected 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  5,600,000 
  were 
  

   received 
  from 
  Kittery 
  Point, 
  Me., 
  and 
  8,(347,000 
  from 
  the 
  fishermen 
  near 
  

   Duxbury, 
  Mass. 
  It 
  having 
  been 
  decided 
  in 
  January 
  to 
  attempt 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  at 
  the 
  latter 
  point, 
  tlie 
  mate 
  of 
  the 
  Gramjius, 
  Mr. 
  

   J. 
  0. 
  Conley, 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  immediate 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  work 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  

   force, 
  and, 
  although 
  the 
  collection 
  was 
  undertaken 
  at 
  tlie 
  time 
  of 
  year 
  

   when 
  the 
  weather 
  is 
  most 
  unfavorable, 
  the 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  grati- 
  

   fying, 
  and 
  it 
  seems 
  probable 
  that 
  about 
  75,000,000 
  eggs 
  can 
  be 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  this 
  source 
  next 
  season. 
  The 
  total 
  output 
  of 
  fry 
  from 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   handled 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  amounted 
  to 
  35,953,000, 
  the 
  hatching 
  being 
  

   done, 
  as 
  usual, 
  in 
  the 
  McDonald 
  tidal 
  box. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  