﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  LV 
  

  

  NoHTiiviLLE 
  Station, 
  Michigan 
  (Frank 
  N. 
  Clark, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  regular 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  employed 
  during- 
  the 
  summer 
  in 
  

   assisting 
  in 
  the 
  various 
  constructions, 
  repairs, 
  and 
  improvements. 
  The 
  

   stock 
  of 
  Ush 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  continued 
  to 
  do 
  well 
  until 
  the 
  excavations 
  for 
  the 
  new 
  

   hatchery 
  were 
  commenced, 
  when 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  cut 
  off 
  a 
  large 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  supply. 
  This 
  resulted 
  in 
  heavy 
  losses, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  summer 
  there 
  remained 
  on 
  hand 
  only 
  1,600 
  yearling 
  fish. 
  

  

  Lalie 
  trout. 
  — 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  on 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  commenced 
  on 
  

   October 
  9, 
  and 
  was 
  continued 
  without 
  interruption 
  until 
  November 
  26, 
  

   the 
  total 
  take 
  amounting 
  to 
  12,277,000. 
  Of 
  these, 
  1,330,000 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Caribou 
  Island, 
  Lake 
  Superior; 
  2,174,000 
  

   near 
  Alpena, 
  Lake 
  Huron, 
  and 
  the 
  remaining 
  8,773,000 
  in 
  Lake 
  Michi- 
  

   gan, 
  near 
  Epoufette, 
  Beaver 
  Island, 
  and 
  Charlevoix. 
  The 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  as 
  usual, 
  on 
  canton-tlannel 
  trays 
  incased 
  in 
  wooden 
  boxes, 
  

   and 
  arrived 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  During 
  the 
  months 
  

   of 
  November, 
  December, 
  and 
  January 
  3,487,000 
  eyed 
  eggs 
  were 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  other 
  stations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  State 
  fish 
  commissions, 
  

   and 
  private 
  applicants, 
  including 
  one 
  shipment 
  to 
  Germany. 
  

  

  The 
  fry 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  early 
  in 
  January, 
  and 
  the 
  distribution 
  

   was 
  continued 
  from 
  January 
  29 
  to 
  March 
  21, 
  during 
  which 
  period 
  50,000 
  

   were 
  furnished 
  to 
  private 
  applicants, 
  1,400,000 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  Lake 
  

   Huron, 
  1,000,000 
  in 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Mackinac, 
  2,3r)0,(»00 
  in 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  

   and 
  480,000 
  in 
  Pine 
  Lake, 
  Michigan. 
  Over 
  500,000 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  tanks 
  

   in 
  February 
  and 
  fed, 
  and 
  400,000 
  were 
  liberated 
  at 
  Beaver 
  Island, 
  Lake 
  

   Michigan, 
  on 
  April 
  28. 
  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  stock 
  was 
  retained 
  for 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  in 
  the 
  fall, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  141,000 
  on 
  hand 
  

   in 
  the 
  rearing 
  ponds 
  and 
  troughs 
  were 
  doing 
  well. 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout. 
  — 
  Very 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  wild 
  brook-trout 
  spawners 
  captured 
  in 
  

   the 
  Au 
  Sable 
  in 
  1895 
  remained 
  this 
  season, 
  as 
  most 
  of 
  them 
  died 
  from 
  

   lack 
  of 
  water 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  improvements 
  were 
  being 
  made. 
  Between 
  

   October 
  17 
  and 
  November 
  25, 
  81,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  stock 
  

   at 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  100,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  purchased. 
  Excellent 
  results 
  

   were 
  obtained 
  in 
  hatching, 
  and 
  during 
  March 
  and 
  April 
  97,500 
  fry 
  were 
  

   distributed. 
  Two 
  shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  December, 
  one 
  con- 
  

   signment 
  of 
  12,000 
  being 
  furnished 
  to 
  M. 
  A. 
  Bigelow, 
  Evanstou, 
  111., 
  

   and 
  one 
  of 
  3,000 
  to 
  Central 
  Station. 
  

  

  