XXXIV REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FIBH AND FISHERIES. 



As shoeing the Huctuations in the yields of eggs on tlie Potomac 

 River the table below will prove of interest: 



Tahlcof rolomuc lUvcr ahad-eijij produvtioii, hi) h>ctilitien and ynuH, ISSU-D-'. 



Sources. 



Tndefliiito 



Oiiiistoii and romonktiy 



Moxlt^y Toiiit seiue 



Hrvaii Point stMue 



Fort Wasliiiigtou sciuo . 



C'liapnian Toint seiiie 



Ferry Laiidinj; seino 



White House seine 



Gillors 



Other seines 



Green way seine 



Pomonkoy seine 



Tent Landiiij: soine 



Stouy Point seine 



20, 719, 000 



1880. 



43, 200, 000 



1881. 



1882. 



1883. 



188i. 



15, 800, 000 7, 518, 000 

 6, 00(1, 000 



1,089,000 0,000,000 

 1, 097, 000 



3, :ii2, 0(11) 

 5,315,(1110 



5, 943, 000 10, 000. 000 

 3, 000, 000 



1885. 



4, 228, 000 



7, 280, 000 

 1,610,000 

 2, 536, 000 



1886. 



5, 301, 000 



11,848,000 

 5, 506, 000 

 4, 349, 000 

 1,487,000 



10,981,000 



432, 000' . 

 333, 000 . 

 790, 000' 



2, 191, 000 



Total 20, 749, 000 43, 200, 000 21, 800, 000 24, 274, 000,19, 000, 000 22, 576, 000 36, 362, 000 



Sources. 



Indefinite 



Giinston and Pomoukey 



Moxley Point seine 



Moxley Point gillers 



Hryan Point seiuo 



Fort Wasliinuton seine 



Chapman I'oint seine 



Ferry l^andiug seine 



White House seine 



Gillors 



Other seines 



Greenway seine 



Pomonkey seine 



Tent Landing seine 



Stony I'oint seine 



Tnlii) Hill seine 



White House gillers 



Sandy Par giljers 



tJreeiiway gillers 



Cran<'V I.sland gillers 



Mount Vernon Flats gillers 



1887. 



38, 479, 000 



1888. 



18,828,000 

 20, 007, 000 



22, 657, 000 

 1,723,000 

 2, 250, 000 



1890. 



8, 987, 000 

 15, 726, 000 



1891. 



1892. 



1, 078, 000 



!13, 114, OOOl 4, 899. 000 



! I 1,816,000 



17, 738, 000 10, 224, OOO' 5, 378, 000 



6,834, 000| 2, 842, 000^ 1,000,000 798,000 



1, 717, 01)0 



838,000 



3.340,000 3,835,000 



7,820,000 4,705.000 

 3,714,000 2,526,000 



17, 223, 000 



4,231,000 

 4, H86, 000 



2. .503. 000 

 1, 208, 000 



Total 5'.(, 435. 000 81, 177, 000 58, 233. 000 35, 202, 000 32, 980, 000 



1,067,000 

 2. 503, 000 

 1,587,000 



776, 000 



Total. 



59, 228, 000 



43, 200, 000 



56, 439, 000 



53, 740, 000 



7,816,000 



103,170,000 



22, 070, 000 



14,104,000 



6, 802, 000 



49, 508, 000 



3, 000, 000 

 432, 000 

 333, 000 

 796, 000 



4, 096, 000 

 13, 909, 000 

 l.'f, 998, 000 



G, 240, 000 



2, 503, 000 



1, 208, 000 



776, 000 



13, 446, 000, 468, 434, 000 



During many years it has been observed that the eggs secured from 

 certain seines have develojied badly, notably in those obtained from the 

 Stony Point lishery. The seine at this tishery is probably the largest 

 in the world, being If miles long and sweeping on each ebb tide an 

 area of 3 square miles. Great numbers of spawning shad are caught 

 there, but the quality of eggs was so poor as to cause dissatisfaction 

 both to the proprietor of the shore and to the Fish Commission's 

 employees. The greater the take of eggs the greater the disappoint- 

 ment when the eggs were measured for payment, and as a consequence 

 it was deemed best to greatly intermit the attendance on the shore. 

 During the season Mr. Worth personally investigated the matter and 

 attended the hauls as often as other work would permit, stripping the 

 fish himself. He discovered that no eggs could be depended upon 

 which were found in partially spent tish, and that it was uniJiotitable to 

 devote time to that class of spawners, however nmiu'ious. He then gave 

 his attention only to those fish which were found by actual handling 



