PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES. 5 



The flounders (Pleuronectid^e): 



♦Winter flounder, American flatfish (Pseudopleuronectes americanus). 

 Crustaceans : 



♦American lobster (Homarus americanus). 



THE OUTPUT. 



The output for the year 1905 was over 250,000,000 more than for 

 any previous year in the history of the Bureau. This increase rep- 

 resents in particular a greater production of Pacific salmons, lake 

 trout, pike perch, yellow perch, large-mouth black bass, lake herring, 

 and lobster, and in addition the propagation of the bluefin white- 

 fish for the first time. Cod, whitefish, and all other species culti- 

 vated, except the shad, furnished an average yield. The shad out- 

 put was unusually small, owing, apparently, to the fact that an 

 unusual proportion of the marketed fish were caught in salt or brack- 

 ish water, but few being left to reach the spawning grounds, where 

 the eggs are obtained for the hatcheries. 



A summary of the output for the year 1905 is shown in the follow- 

 ing table: 



Summary of Distribution of Fish and Eggs During the Fiscal Year 1905. 



Species. 



Catfish 



Buffalofish 



Shad 



Whitefish 



Bluefin whitefish 



Lake herring 



Chinook salmon 



Silver salmon 



Blueback salmon 



Steelhead trout 



Rainbow trout 



Atlantic salmon 



Landlocked salmon 



Blackspotted trout 



Scotch sea trout 



Loch Leven trout 



Lake trout 



Brook trout 



Golden trout 



Grayling. 



Pike and pickerel 



Crappie and strawberry bass. 



Rock bass 



Warmouth bass 



Small-mouth black bass 



Large-mouth black bass 



Sunfish or bream 



Pike perch 



Yellow perch 



Striped bass 



White perch 



Tautog 



Cod 



Pollock 



Flatfish 



Lobster 



Total. 



Eggs. 



378,000 

 60,963,000 



380, 000 

 87,040,000 

 96,055,775 



107,000 



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 



410,480,175 



Fry. 



32,859,000 



268,405,000 



1,000,000 



35,000,000 



21,620,288 



10,633,900 



7,819,281 



635, 905 



442, 160 



727, 462 



275,004 



41,205 



27,000 



35,993,266 



8,933,881 



157,490 



450,000 



246,148,775 

 139, 452, 521 



2,463,000 

 23,700,000 



2,983,000 

 169,577,000 



8,456,000 

 203,356,000 

 116,214,000 



Fingerlings, 

 yearlings, 

 and adults. 



1,337,371,138 



427,425 

 214,000 



5,125 



10,000 



51,638 



345,204 



289, 188 



130,477 



6,388,031 



3,479 



2,062 



II. 169 



1,083,454 



269 



20 



62,200 



859, 592 



58,099 



2,200 



191,665 



713,111 



447,908 



395 



326,715 



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 



1,073,304 



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 



