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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  jars 
  each. 
  Kockweecl 
  or 
  moss, 
  together 
  with 
  ice 
  or 
  snow, 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  

   packing 
  thein, 
  the 
  former 
  being 
  phiced 
  around 
  the 
  jars 
  and 
  the 
  latter 
  

   put 
  in 
  the 
  bottom, 
  sides, 
  and 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  case 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  eggs 
  cool. 
  

   Successful 
  shipments 
  are 
  often 
  made 
  by 
  express. 
  

  

  Some 
  difficulty 
  has 
  been 
  experienced 
  in 
  keeping 
  large 
  lots 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   over 
  night 
  at 
  Kittery 
  Point, 
  as 
  the 
  facilities 
  are 
  insufficient 
  for 
  chang- 
  

   ing 
  water 
  or 
  lor 
  spreading 
  the 
  eggs 
  out 
  to 
  overcome 
  the 
  injurious 
  efl'ects 
  

   of 
  prolonged 
  crowding; 
  but 
  when 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  so 
  retain 
  them, 
  they 
  

   are 
  put 
  iu 
  McDonald 
  jars 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  changed 
  as 
  often 
  as 
  the 
  

   supply 
  will 
  permit. 
  As 
  the 
  water 
  in 
  the 
  harbor 
  is 
  i)artly 
  fresh 
  and 
  

   unfit 
  for 
  this 
  purpose, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  for 
  spawn-takers 
  to 
  bring 
  iu 
  a 
  

   supply 
  from 
  the 
  open 
  bay 
  in 
  large 
  transportation 
  cans. 
  

  

  CAPTUEING 
  AND 
  PENNING 
  BROOD 
  COD. 
  

  

  Practically 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  fry 
  hatched 
  at 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  prior 
  to 
  1896 
  

   represented 
  eggs 
  taken 
  from 
  penned 
  fish. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  cod 
  collected 
  

   for 
  breeders 
  are 
  caught 
  by 
  the 
  crew 
  of 
  the 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  schooner 
  

   Gramims 
  and 
  some 
  are 
  i)urchased 
  from 
  commercial 
  fishermen. 
  Two 
  

   or 
  more 
  smacks 
  usually 
  engage 
  in 
  fishing 
  for 
  the 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  

   collecting 
  season, 
  which 
  is 
  from 
  about 
  October 
  1 
  to 
  November 
  30. 
  The 
  

   grounds 
  resorted 
  to 
  are 
  east 
  of 
  Nantucket 
  and 
  around 
  Block 
  Island. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  are 
  taken 
  with 
  hand 
  lines 
  fished 
  from 
  the 
  deck 
  while 
  the 
  vessel 
  

   is 
  drifting, 
  in 
  water 
  from 
  10 
  to 
  40 
  fathoms 
  deep. 
  Those 
  taken 
  iu 
  the 
  

   shoaler 
  water 
  are 
  preferable 
  to 
  those 
  coming 
  from 
  deep 
  water, 
  as 
  the 
  

   change 
  to 
  the 
  shallow 
  cars 
  iu 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  is 
  less 
  

   pronounced. 
  Great 
  care 
  is 
  exercised 
  in 
  catching 
  the 
  fish, 
  for 
  when 
  

   hastily 
  hauled 
  up 
  from 
  deep 
  water 
  they 
  are 
  very 
  liable 
  to 
  be 
  " 
  poke- 
  

   blown," 
  that 
  is, 
  they 
  have 
  their 
  stomachs 
  turned 
  inside 
  out 
  through 
  the 
  

   month. 
  When 
  drawn 
  in 
  with 
  moderate 
  speed, 
  they 
  become 
  adapted 
  to 
  

   the 
  gradually 
  diminishing 
  pressure 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  suffer 
  injury. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  

   important 
  in 
  unhooking 
  the 
  fish 
  not 
  to 
  injure 
  its 
  mouth 
  any 
  more 
  than 
  

   is 
  absolutely 
  necessary, 
  as 
  the 
  wound 
  caused 
  by 
  the 
  hook 
  frequently 
  

   spreads 
  and 
  forms 
  a 
  large 
  sore 
  and 
  eventually 
  kills 
  the 
  fish. 
  All 
  the 
  

   vessels 
  which 
  collect 
  cod 
  for 
  the 
  station 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  wells 
  in 
  which 
  

   the 
  fish 
  are 
  placed 
  and 
  held 
  while 
  in 
  transit. 
  

  

  When 
  a 
  vessel 
  arrives 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  with 
  cod, 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  immedi- 
  

   ately 
  transferred 
  with 
  dip 
  nets 
  from 
  the 
  well 
  to 
  live-cars 
  10 
  feet 
  long, 
  

   6 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  5 
  feet 
  deep, 
  which 
  are 
  constructed 
  of 
  wood 
  and 
  divided 
  

   into 
  two 
  compartments 
  by 
  a 
  crosswise 
  partition. 
  As 
  the 
  fish 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  smacks 
  are 
  paid 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  pound, 
  it 
  is 
  customary 
  to 
  weigh 
  about 
  

   10 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  each 
  load' 
  and 
  estimate 
  the 
  total 
  weight 
  by 
  the 
  average 
  

   of 
  those 
  weighed. 
  While 
  being 
  weighed, 
  the 
  cod 
  are 
  also 
  counted, 
  

   about 
  500 
  being 
  put 
  in 
  each 
  car. 
  The 
  cars 
  are 
  moored 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  a 
  pool 
  or 
  basin 
  protected 
  on 
  all 
  sides 
  by 
  a 
  wharf, 
  which 
  breaks 
  the 
  

   force 
  of 
  the 
  sea 
  in 
  stormy 
  weather 
  and 
  affords 
  a 
  sheltered 
  place 
  for 
  

   handling 
  the 
  fish 
  and 
  taking 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Cod 
  take 
  little 
  or 
  no 
  food 
  when 
  spawning. 
  The 
  impounded 
  brood 
  

   fish 
  are 
  often 
  tempted 
  with 
  fresh 
  fish 
  and 
  with 
  fresh 
  and 
  salted 
  clams, 
  

  

  