5 REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 



SUMMARY OF THE DISTRIBUTIONS. 



The output of the hatcheries in 1905 was larger than in any previous 

 year, aggregating 1,751), 475, 000, of which upward of 110,180,000 rep- 

 resented fertilized eggs, 1,337,371,000 fry, and 11,623,700 hngerlings, 

 yearlings, and adults. As will be seen from the following table, the 

 output of each of two species exceeded 300,000,000, and that of each 

 of six others was more than 100,000,000. 



Distribution of fish and eggs during the fiscal year 1905. 



Species. 



Eggs. 



Catfish 



Buffalo-fish ! 



Shad ! 378, 0U0 



Whitefish ' GO, 963, 000 



Bluefin whitefish 380, 000 



Lake herring i 87, 040, 000 



Chinook salmon ! %, 055, 775 



Silver salmon 107, 000 



Blueback salmon 



Steelhead trout 



Rainbow trout 



Atlantic salmon 



Landlocked salmon 



Black-spotted trout 



Scotch sea trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Golden trout 



Grayling 



Pike 



Crappie and strawberry bass. 



Rock bass 



Warmouth bass 



Small-mouth black bass 



Large-mouth black bass 



Bream or sunfish 



Pike perch 



Yellow perch 



Striped bass 



White perch 



Tautog 



Cod 



Pollock 



Flatfish 



Lobster 



139, 400 

 286, 000 

 8,000 

 192, 000 

 305, 000 



5, 320, 000 

 456, 000 



400, 000 



152, 750, 000 

 5, 000, 000 



700, 000 



Fry. 



32, 859, 



268, 405, 



1,000, 



35, 000, 



21,620, 



10, 633, 



7, 819, 



635, 



442, 



727, 



275, 



41, 



27, 



35, 993, 



8, 933, 



157, 



450, 



246, 148, 

 139,452, 



2, 463, 

 23, 700, 



2, 983, 

 169, 577, 



8, 456, 

 203, 356, 

 116,214, 



Fingerlings, 

 yearlings, 

 and adults. 



427, 425 

 214, 000 



5, 125 



10, 000 



51, 638 



345, 204 



2,s9, L88 



130, 477 



6, 388, 031 



3, 479 



2,062 



11, 469 



1, 083, 454 



269 



20 



62, 200 



859, 592 



58, 099 



2, 200 



191, 665 



713,111 



447, 908 



395 



326, 715 



410,4S0,175| 1,337,371,138; 11,623,726 



Total. 



427,425 



214, 000 



33,237,000 



329, 368, 000 



1,380,000 



122, 040, 000 



117,681,188 



10, 740, 900 



7, 829, 281 



826, 943 



1, 073, 364 



1,024,650 



597, 481 



6, 734, 236 



3,479 



29, 062 



41,324,735 



10, 473, 335 



157, 759 



850, 020 



62, 200 



859, 592 



58, 099 



2,200 



191,665 



713,111 



447,908 



398, 899, 170 



144, 779, 236 



2,463,000 



24, 400, 000 



2, 983, 000 



169, 577, 000 



8, 456, 000 



203,356,000 



116,214,000 



1,759,475,039 



TRANSPORTATION OF THE HATCHERY OUTPUT. 



In distributing the product of the hatcheries to all parts of the 

 country six special cars are employed. These cars are provided with 

 small permanent crews, are equipped with all necessary apparatus for 

 the safe carriage of young and adult fishes, and are attached to pas- 

 senger trains. Many of the railroads, appreciating the benefits aris- 

 ing from the stocking of waters along their lines, render this service 

 gratis; others collect regular fares for cars and men. When plants of 

 fish are made off the main lines they are carried in baggage cars in 

 charge of detached messengers of the car service. During the fiscal 

 year 1905 the cars of the Bureau were drawn 82,791 miles and the 



