﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XXXIX 
  

  

  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  Little 
  Lako, 
  Greorge. 
  At 
  the 
  time 
  these 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  taken 
  it 
  was 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  had 
  at 
  last 
  arrived, 
  

   but 
  no 
  more 
  were 
  secured, 
  though 
  operations 
  were 
  continued 
  daily. 
  In 
  

   order 
  that 
  the 
  entire 
  field 
  might 
  be 
  covered, 
  car 
  No. 
  3 
  was 
  stationed 
  

   at 
  Sauford, 
  Fla., 
  in 
  February, 
  and 
  a 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  crew 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hmrk 
  

   was 
  detailed 
  to 
  assist 
  Capt. 
  T. 
  G. 
  Pearce 
  in 
  making 
  collections 
  in 
  Lake 
  

   Monroe 
  and 
  iu 
  the 
  river 
  above 
  and 
  below 
  it. 
  

  

  From 
  February 
  20 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  March 
  the 
  spawn-takers 
  from 
  the 
  car 
  

   attended 
  daily 
  the 
  seines 
  operated 
  at 
  Manuel 
  Landing, 
  between 
  Lakes 
  

   George 
  and 
  Monroe. 
  The 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  iu 
  general 
  remained 
  

   the 
  same 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season, 
  though 
  several 
  ripe 
  ones 
  were 
  found 
  

   early 
  in 
  March, 
  from 
  which 
  57,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured. 
  The 
  first 
  two 
  

   lots 
  taken 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  as 
  usual, 
  but 
  iuside 
  

   of 
  twenty-four 
  hours 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  dead. 
  This 
  loss 
  was 
  attributed 
  to 
  

   the 
  use 
  of 
  water 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  works, 
  which 
  contains 
  tannin. 
  The 
  

   third 
  lot 
  of 
  eggs 
  was 
  hatched 
  without 
  diflHculty 
  in 
  water 
  taken 
  from 
  

   Lake 
  Monroe, 
  and 
  the 
  10,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  

   that 
  lake. 
  

  

  At 
  Volusia 
  Bar 
  observations 
  continued 
  until 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  month, 
  

   but 
  though 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  shad 
  were 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  

   seines 
  and 
  gill 
  nets 
  fished 
  on 
  that 
  river, 
  no 
  ripe 
  ones 
  were 
  fouud 
  

  

  About 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  March 
  spawn-takers 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  Lake 
  Harney, 
  

   35 
  miles 
  up 
  the 
  river, 
  but 
  they 
  reported 
  that 
  there 
  was 
  no 
  fishing 
  for 
  

   shad 
  at 
  that 
  point. 
  Again, 
  in 
  April, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  returned 
  and 
  made 
  

   several 
  hauls 
  with 
  a 
  seine, 
  capturing 
  1. 
  He 
  was 
  informed 
  that 
  small 
  

   numbers 
  of 
  spent 
  shad 
  had 
  been 
  caught 
  there 
  for 
  the 
  past 
  three 
  weeks. 
  

   A 
  third 
  trip 
  to 
  that 
  lake, 
  on 
  Aj^ril 
  15, 
  resulted 
  in 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  5 
  spent 
  

   fish. 
  On 
  April 
  5, 
  after 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  fishing 
  season, 
  a 
  seine 
  was 
  

   hired 
  and 
  four 
  hauls 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  Manuel 
  Landing, 
  resulting 
  in 
  the 
  

   capture 
  of 
  18 
  roe 
  shad, 
  none 
  of 
  which 
  was 
  ripe. 
  ' 
  

  

  Trips 
  were 
  also 
  made 
  to 
  Lakes 
  Poinsett, 
  Winder, 
  and 
  Washington, 
  

   but 
  from 
  the 
  information 
  gathered 
  it 
  seems 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  shad 
  go 
  beyond 
  

   Lake 
  Harney. 
  

  

  Though 
  much 
  valuable 
  information 
  was 
  obtained, 
  the 
  results 
  as 
  a 
  

   whole 
  were 
  unsatisfactory, 
  as 
  the 
  main 
  object 
  had 
  been 
  to 
  locate 
  the 
  

   spawning-grounds 
  and 
  to 
  determine 
  definitely 
  at 
  what 
  season 
  eggs 
  are 
  

   deposited. 
  The 
  dealers 
  stated 
  repeatedly 
  that 
  spawning 
  fish 
  had 
  been 
  

   captured 
  in 
  January 
  and 
  February. 
  It 
  may 
  be 
  that 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  

   the 
  river 
  and 
  the 
  lakes 
  are 
  the 
  principal 
  spawning-grounds, 
  but 
  as 
  

   there 
  is 
  no 
  commercial 
  fishing 
  in 
  those 
  waters 
  this 
  was 
  not 
  decided. 
  

  

  On 
  March 
  25 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hawlc 
  sailed 
  for 
  Albemarle 
  Sound, 
  arriving 
  at 
  

   Mackey's 
  Ferry 
  on 
  April 
  1. 
  As 
  soon 
  as 
  possible 
  afterward 
  the 
  owners 
  

   of 
  the 
  seines, 
  pounds, 
  and 
  gill 
  nets 
  were 
  interviewed 
  and 
  arrangements 
  

   made 
  for 
  collecting 
  eggs. 
  Spawn-takers 
  were 
  sent 
  out 
  on 
  Api'il 
  2 
  and 
  

   the 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  brought 
  in 
  on 
  the 
  oth. 
  From 
  that 
  time 
  to 
  April 
  27 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  every 
  day 
  except 
  Sunday, 
  when 
  fishing 
  is 
  prohibited 
  

   by 
  law. 
  On 
  April 
  7 
  the 
  eggs 
  collected 
  the 
  previous 
  day 
  commenced 
  

  

  