﻿XL 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  dying', 
  and 
  as 
  their 
  general 
  condition 
  before 
  being 
  placed 
  in 
  tlie 
  jars 
  

   was 
  good, 
  the 
  loss 
  was 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  water. 
  An 
  examination 
  by 
  

   the 
  chemist 
  failed 
  to 
  show 
  any 
  deleterious 
  substances, 
  but 
  to 
  avoid 
  

   further 
  losses 
  the 
  vessel 
  was 
  removed 
  to 
  Avoca, 
  on 
  Salmon 
  Creek, 
  

   where 
  it 
  remained 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  This 
  location 
  proved 
  

   excellent, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  within 
  reach 
  of 
  the 
  seines 
  owned 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Capehart 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Ham])ton. 
  The 
  ship's 
  launches 
  and 
  five 
  spawning 
  boats 
  were 
  

   in 
  constant 
  use, 
  and 
  by 
  April 
  27 
  the 
  collection 
  from 
  all 
  sources 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  27,901,000; 
  22,540,000 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  seines 
  at 
  Avoca 
  

   and 
  3,965,000 
  from 
  Mr. 
  Hampton's 
  seines 
  on 
  the 
  Roanoke 
  River; 
  the 
  bal- 
  

   ance 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  pound 
  nets. 
  As 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  the 
  season's 
  

   work 
  16,911,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  and 
  its 
  

   tributaries, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Kendall, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  detailed 
  

   to 
  observe 
  their 
  habits 
  after 
  liberation. 
  The 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  

   during 
  the 
  season 
  varied 
  from 
  59° 
  to 
  63°. 
  

  

  On 
  April 
  27 
  the 
  vessel 
  i)roceeded 
  to 
  Delaware 
  Bay, 
  the 
  5,473,000 
  

   impregnated 
  eggs 
  still 
  on 
  hand 
  having 
  been 
  turned 
  over 
  to 
  Dr. 
  Ken- 
  

   dall, 
  to 
  be 
  hatched 
  in 
  floating 
  boxes 
  anchored 
  in 
  the 
  Salmon 
  River. 
  

   Owing 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  poor 
  circulation 
  of 
  the 
  Mater 
  here 
  the 
  loss 
  on 
  these 
  

   eggs 
  was 
  very 
  heavy 
  ; 
  the 
  750,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  them 
  were 
  liberated 
  

   in 
  the 
  Chowan 
  River. 
  The 
  vessel 
  arrived 
  in 
  the 
  Delaware 
  on 
  May 
  1, 
  

   and 
  remained 
  at 
  Howell 
  Cove 
  until 
  May 
  28, 
  when 
  it 
  removed 
  to 
  an 
  

   anchorage 
  off 
  Gloucester. 
  For 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  shad 
  

   work 
  on 
  this 
  river 
  the 
  efforts 
  to 
  collect 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  fisheries 
  above 
  

   the 
  city 
  of 
  Philadelphia 
  met 
  with 
  success. 
  Collections 
  commenced 
  

   at 
  once 
  and 
  continued 
  without 
  interruption 
  until 
  June 
  11, 
  during 
  which 
  

   time 
  66,708,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained 
  and 
  42,130,000 
  fry 
  hatched. 
  Over 
  

   a 
  third 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  in 
  Howell 
  Cove; 
  the 
  balance 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  gill-net 
  fishermen 
  and 
  from 
  seines 
  above 
  Philadelphia. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  daily 
  collection, 
  number 
  of 
  ripe 
  fish 
  

   used, 
  fry 
  hatched, 
  and 
  average 
  temperature 
  of 
  air 
  and 
  water 
  : 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  May 
  

  

  Female 
  

   used. 
  tained. 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

   eggs 
  ob- 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   24 
  

   90 
  

   6] 
  

   68 
  

   51 
  

   4 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   34 
  

   82 
  

   40 
  

   48 
  

   40 
  

   14 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   121 
  

   87 
  

   87 
  

   93 
  

   45 
  

   7 
  

  

  94, 
  000 
  

  

  1,214.000 
  

   3, 
  4.'i3, 
  000 
  

   2,927,000 
  

   2, 
  964, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  206, 
  000 
  

   199, 
  000 
  

  

  1,211,000 
  

   3, 
  369, 
  1100 
  

   1,5,10,000 
  

   2,701,000 
  

   1, 
  942, 
  000 
  

   715, 
  000 
  

  

  '5,'9'iO, 
  666 
  

   4,297,000 
  

   3, 
  422. 
  000 
  

   3,611,000 
  

   2, 
  169, 
  000 
  

   294, 
  000 
  

  

  iteniperature 
  

   No, 
  of 
  ft-y 
  each 
  day. 
  

   hatched. 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

  

  500, 
  000 
  

  

  956, 
  000 
  

  

  1,994,000 
  

  

  2, 
  800, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  337, 
  000 
  

   273, 
  000 
  

  

  1,500,000 
  

   1,851,000 
  

   1,996,000 
  

   1,076,000 
  

   1 
  , 
  122, 
  000 
  

   670, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  597, 
  000 
  

  

  Air. 
  

  

  O 
  J', 
  

  

  C4 
  ' 
  

  

  04 
  

  

  55 
  

  

  58 
  

  

  63 
  

  

  08 
  

  

  03 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  66.5 
  

  

  71 
  

  

  66. 
  

  

  67, 
  

  

  64 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  64. 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  69 
  

  

  68. 
  

  

  63 
  

  

  64 
  

  

  Water. 
  

  

  o 
  -p^ 
  

  

  59.5 
  

  

  59 
  

  

  60.5 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  Gl 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  62.5 
  

  

  63.5 
  

  

  64.5 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  66.5 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  64 
  

  

  64.5 
  

  

  64.5 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  Date. 
  

  

  Maj- 
  23 
  

  

  24 
  

  

  25 
  

  

  26 
  

  

  27 
  

  

  28 
  

  

  29 
  

  

  30 
  

  

  31 
  

  

  June 
  1 
  

  

  2 
  

  

  3 
  

  

  4 
  

  

  5 
  

  

  6 
  

  

  7 
  

  

  8 
  

  

  9 
  

  

  10 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  Female 
  

   fish 
  

   used. 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   74 
  

   58 
  

   45 
  

   63 
  

   39 
  

   8 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   54 
  

   30 
  

   23 
  

   46 
  

   19 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  

   eggs 
  ob- 
  

   tained. 
  

  

  No. 
  of 
  fry 
  

   hatched'. 
  

  

  Average 
  

  

  temperature 
  

  

  each 
  day. 
  

  

  Sunday 
  

   lb 
  

  

  2, 
  082, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  325, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  302, 
  000' 
  

   3, 
  110, 
  000' 
  

   1, 
  901, 
  000 
  

   142, 
  000 
  

  

  3, 
  376, 
  000 
  

   2, 
  179, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  767, 
  000 
  

   1, 
  125, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  025, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  054, 
  000 
  

   954, 
  000 
  

  

  513, 
  000 
  

  

  255, 
  000 
  

   378, 
  000 
  

   547, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  51 
  1 
  66, 
  708, 
  000 
  43, 
  045, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  000, 
  000' 
  

   1, 
  155, 
  OOO'l 
  

  

  1, 
  690, 
  OOol 
  

  

  2, 
  000, 
  OOOl 
  

   2,494,000 
  

   1, 
  726, 
  000: 
  

  

  i,' 
  500, 
  666! 
  

   1, 
  409, 
  000' 
  

  

  649, 
  000! 
  

   1, 
  191, 
  OOO' 
  

  

  574, 
  000 
  : 
  

  

  380, 
  OOOi 
  

  

  Air. 
  Water, 
  

  

  o 
  p 
  

  

  63 
  

  

  62,5 
  

  

  00 
  

  

  60 
  

  

  62 
  

  

  65 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  64 
  

  

  66 
  

  

  63.5 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  72.5 
  

  

  72 
  

  

  69 
  

  

  68 
  

  

  60.5 
  

  

  59 
  

  

  61 
  

  

  67.5 
  

  

  70 
  

  

  