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  EEPOKT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  AND 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  FOOD 
  FISHES. 
  

   GENERAL 
  EXTENT 
  OF 
  THE 
  WORK. 
  

  

  The 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  

   1914 
  were 
  attended 
  by 
  a 
  high 
  degree 
  of 
  success, 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  

   exceeded 
  that 
  of 
  any 
  previous 
  year. 
  This 
  was 
  accomplished 
  without 
  

   increase 
  in 
  funds 
  over 
  those 
  available 
  in 
  1913. 
  The 
  work 
  was 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  conducted 
  along 
  established 
  lines, 
  with 
  special 
  attention 
  

   to 
  increased 
  efficiency; 
  and 
  the 
  noteworthy 
  results 
  attained 
  have 
  come 
  

   chiefly 
  through 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  present 
  resources 
  and 
  the 
  extension 
  

   of 
  the 
  operations 
  into 
  territory 
  contiguous 
  to 
  existing 
  fields 
  of 
  activity. 
  

  

  The 
  egg 
  taking 
  and 
  hatching 
  operations 
  were 
  conducted 
  in 
  34 
  

   States 
  and 
  Alaska, 
  and 
  upward 
  of 
  40 
  food 
  and 
  game 
  fishes 
  and 
  the 
  

   lobster 
  were 
  propagated. 
  The 
  output 
  aggregated 
  4,047,643,417 
  fish 
  

   and 
  eggs. 
  Of 
  this 
  number, 
  485,000,000 
  represented 
  the 
  migratory 
  

   food 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast 
  streams, 
  1,020,000,000 
  the 
  commercial 
  

   fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  2,276,000,000 
  the 
  food 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  north 
  

   Atlantic 
  coast, 
  223,000,000 
  the 
  salmons 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  seaboard, 
  and 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  minor 
  interior 
  waters. 
  About 
  98 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  represents 
  the 
  commercial 
  food 
  fishes, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  

   large 
  percentage 
  of 
  these 
  were 
  hatched 
  from 
  eggs 
  which, 
  under 
  natural 
  

   conditions, 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  lost. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  summarizes 
  

   the 
  distribution 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  for 
  the 
  year: 
  

  

  Summary 
  or 
  Distributions, 
  1914. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Eggs. 
  

  

  Fry. 
  

  

  Fingerlings, 
  

   yearlings, 
  

   and 
  adults. 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Catflshes 
  

  

  Carp 
  

  

  Sucker 
  

  

  Buffaloflsh 
  

  

  Shad 
  

  

  Alewife 
  

  

  Whiteflsh 
  

  

  Lake 
  herring 
  

  

  Silver 
  salmon 
  

  

  Chinook 
  salmon 
  

  

  Blueback 
  salmon 
  

  

  Humpback 
  salmon 
  

  

  Dog 
  salmon 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  trout 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Scotch 
  sea 
  trout 
  

  

  Blackspotted 
  trout 
  

  

  Lock 
  Leven 
  trout 
  

  

  Lake 
  trout 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Smelt 
  

  

  Grayling 
  

  

  Grapples 
  

  

  Rock 
  bass 
  

  

  Warmouth 
  bass 
  

  

  Small-mouth 
  black 
  bass. 
  

   Large-mouth 
  black 
  bass. 
  

  

  Sunfishes 
  

  

  Pike 
  and 
  pickerel 
  

  

  Pike 
  perch 
  

  

  Yellow 
  perch 
  

  

  Striped 
  bass 
  

  

  White 
  perch 
  

  

  White 
  Vjass 
  

  

  Mackerel 
  

  

  God 
  

  

  Pollock 
  

  

  Haddock 
  

  

  Flounder 
  

  

  Lobster 
  

  

  95, 
  840 
  

   26,451,545 
  

   6, 
  020, 
  000 
  

  

  579,000 
  

   1,091, 
  950 
  

  

  276, 
  000 
  

   '3,'3si'246" 
  

  

  11,283,000 
  

  

  2,055,000 
  

  

  9, 
  400, 
  000 
  

  

  150, 
  000 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  331,950,000 
  

   9, 
  500, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  400, 
  000 
  

  

  150, 
  000 
  

  

  61, 
  827, 
  660 
  

  

  184,000 
  

  

  327, 
  435, 
  000 
  

  

  900, 
  000 
  

  

  24, 
  619, 
  456 
  

  

  48, 
  895, 
  607 
  

  

  53, 
  071, 
  574 
  

  

  44, 
  817, 
  644 
  

  

  8, 
  672, 
  735 
  

  

  4,022,438 
  

  

  181,890 
  

  

  2,573,295 
  

  

  329,736 
  

  

  967,530 
  

  

  33,114,171 
  

  

  4, 
  128, 
  290 
  

  

  5, 
  775, 
  000 
  

  

  343,000 
  

  

  91,000 
  

  

  185,914,000 
  

  

  179,924,389 
  

  

  11,689,000 
  

  

  218, 
  600, 
  000 
  

  

  2, 
  510, 
  000 
  

   252,951,000 
  

   561,408,422 
  

   108, 
  584, 
  000 
  

   1,171,321,000 
  

   179,990,000 
  

  

  554,310 
  

  

  231,146 
  

  

  1,200 
  

  

  147, 
  195 
  

  

  27, 
  258 
  

  

  5, 
  682, 
  796 
  

  

  120, 
  000 
  

  

  34, 
  355 
  

  

  313,620 
  

  

  1,656,229 
  

  

  16,993 
  

  

  356,332 
  

  

  20,?96 
  

  

  2, 
  442, 
  100 
  

  

  46, 
  500 
  

  

  2, 
  719, 
  473 
  

  

  5,891,033 
  

  

  9,400 
  

  

  549,920 
  

  

  78, 
  045 
  

  

  1,085 
  

  

  96, 
  745 
  

  

  822, 
  650 
  

  

  690, 
  757 
  

  

  5,675 
  

  

  12, 
  775 
  

  

  2,000 
  

   4,450 
  

  

  3,567 
  

  

  61, 
  

  

  454 
  

  

  27 
  

  

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   1,171, 
  

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   200 
  

   195 
  

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   554 
  

   948 
  

   574 
  

   999 
  

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   567 
  

  

  530,213,575 
  3,494,991,837 
  

  

  22,438,005 
  

  

  4,047,643,417 
  

  

  