REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 11 



Allotments of eggs and fish to state fish commissions in 1905 — Continued. 



In the work on the Great Lakes large numbers of whitefish, lake 

 trout, and pike perch eggs have been assigned to the Penns} T lvania, 

 Ohio, and Michigan fish commissions, the resulting fry being very 

 largely deposited in the Great Lakes. Pennsylvania and Ohio bear a 

 part of the expense of collecting whitefish and pike perch eggs in 

 Lake Erie. The yield of salmon eggs in California has been so large 

 that the Bureau's hatcheries could not accommodate them, and, as 

 heretofore, a very considerable part of the take has been transferred 

 to the hatchery of the state fish commission. 



The Bureau has operated the hatchery of the Oregon fish commission 

 on the upper Clackamas River; the hatcheries of the Michigan fish 

 commission at Detroit and Sault Ste. Marie, the latter in conjunc- 

 tion with the state commission; and the hatchery of the Pennsylvania 

 tish commission at Torresdale, on the Delaware River. 



The Massachusetts fish commission tendered the use of its launch for 

 making collections of egg- bearing lobsters from outlying points between 

 Boston and Beverly; the Maine fish commission extended a similar 

 courtesy; and the New Jersey tish commission placed at the Bureau's 

 disposal a launch for use in the shad-hatching work on the Delaware 

 River. 



On April 8, 1905, an important conference was held at Chicago 

 between representatives of the various states bordering on the Great 

 Lakes, for the purpose of promoting the interests of the fisheries in 

 those waters. The meeting was largely attended by fish commission- 

 ers, members of the fishery committees of state legislatures, fish war- 

 dens, superintendents of hatcheries, and others. The Bureau was 



