﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LIII 
  

   PxTT-iN 
  Bay 
  Station, 
  Ohio 
  (J. 
  J. 
  Stuanaiian, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  important 
  improvements 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  tlie 
  station 
  

   during- 
  the 
  year: 
  A 
  frame 
  storehouse 
  15 
  by 
  1^0 
  feet, 
  li 
  stories 
  high, 
  was 
  

   erected 
  on 
  the 
  southwest 
  corner 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  grounds; 
  the 
  old 
  dock 
  

   was 
  replanked 
  throughout 
  and 
  supplied 
  with 
  new 
  timbers 
  where 
  needed 
  ; 
  

   a 
  rowboat 
  dock, 
  40 
  feet 
  by 
  9 
  feet, 
  was 
  built 
  at 
  the 
  southeast 
  corner 
  of 
  

   the 
  building, 
  running 
  parallel 
  to 
  and 
  20 
  feet 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  main 
  dock; 
  

   a 
  30-foot 
  channel, 
  200 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  7^ 
  feet 
  deep, 
  was 
  dredged 
  from 
  the 
  

   dock 
  outward 
  to 
  deep 
  water; 
  retaining 
  walls 
  were 
  built 
  on 
  the 
  north 
  

   and 
  the 
  west 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  main 
  building 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  northeast 
  of 
  the 
  

   grounds 
  on 
  the 
  lake 
  front; 
  the 
  grounds 
  were 
  graded 
  and 
  seeded 
  and 
  

   walks 
  were 
  built; 
  a 
  60-light 
  gas 
  plant 
  was 
  installed 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  

   and 
  to 
  obviate 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  being 
  cut 
  oft", 
  the 
  

   suction 
  pipe 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  dock 
  was 
  placed 
  in 
  deep 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  

   new 
  channel. 
  

  

  During 
  October 
  the 
  usual 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  for 
  collecting 
  

   whiteflsh 
  and 
  herring 
  eggs 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  on 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  but 
  owing 
  

   to 
  the 
  exceedingly 
  bad 
  weather 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  the 
  total 
  

   take 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  half 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  

  

  The 
  tirst 
  eggs 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  November 
  4, 
  but 
  a 
  violent 
  storm 
  

   commenced 
  November 
  6 
  and 
  lasted 
  for 
  several 
  days, 
  causing 
  great 
  

   destruction 
  to 
  the 
  nets, 
  and 
  breaking 
  up 
  and 
  driving 
  the 
  schools 
  of 
  

   whitelish 
  and 
  herring 
  out 
  into 
  deep 
  water. 
  Scarcely 
  a 
  pound 
  net 
  

   escaped 
  injury, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  estimated 
  that 
  over 
  one-third 
  of 
  the 
  gill 
  nets 
  

   in 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  were 
  destroyed; 
  21 
  pounds 
  belonging 
  to 
  

   a 
  firm 
  in 
  Toledo 
  were 
  so 
  injured 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  not 
  fished 
  again 
  during 
  

   the 
  season. 
  

  

  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  oi)erations, 
  on 
  November 
  26, 
  the 
  total 
  collections 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  86,139,000 
  whiteflsh 
  and 
  11,725,000 
  lake-herring 
  eggs, 
  

   secured 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  fields 
  : 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  unfavorable 
  conditions 
  under 
  which 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  col- 
  

   lected, 
  their 
  quality 
  was 
  not 
  so 
  good 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years. 
  The 
  first 
  fry 
  

   were 
  planted 
  on 
  March 
  26, 
  and 
  deposits 
  were 
  continued 
  to 
  April 
  29, 
  

   during 
  which 
  time 
  60,309,000 
  whiteflsh, 
  and 
  7,299,000 
  lake 
  herring 
  were 
  

   liberated. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  experiment, 
  2,000,000 
  fry 
  hatched 
  early 
  in 
  April 
  

   were 
  held 
  in 
  four 
  tanks 
  and 
  were 
  fed 
  on 
  fine 
  middlings 
  prepared 
  by 
  

  

  