﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  39 
  

  

  Distributions 
  of 
  fishes 
  suitable 
  for 
  stocking 
  public 
  waters 
  or 
  restock- 
  

   ing 
  depleted 
  ones 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  practically 
  every 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  Union 
  

   and 
  Alaska, 
  while 
  thousands 
  of 
  small 
  streams, 
  lakes, 
  and 
  ponds 
  — 
  the 
  

   majority 
  of 
  them 
  located 
  on 
  farms 
  — 
  were 
  stocked 
  with 
  black 
  basses, 
  

   crappies, 
  sunfishes, 
  catfishes, 
  and 
  other 
  desirable 
  species. 
  The 
  dis- 
  

   tribution 
  of 
  this 
  output 
  necessitated 
  611,691 
  miles 
  of 
  railroad 
  travel, 
  

   131,156 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  performed 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  cars 
  and 
  the 
  remain- 
  

   der 
  (480,535 
  miles) 
  by 
  detached 
  messengers. 
  All 
  transportation 
  

   was 
  paid 
  for, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  96,463 
  miles. 
  

  

  While 
  the 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  of 
  some 
  valuable 
  food 
  fishes 
  was 
  on 
  

   a 
  smaller 
  scale 
  than 
  usual, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  climatic 
  conditions 
  

   prevailing 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  and 
  to 
  other 
  factors 
  over 
  which 
  

   the 
  Bureau 
  had 
  no 
  control, 
  large 
  gains 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  other 
  fields 
  

   where 
  natural 
  conditions 
  were 
  more 
  favorable. 
  Among 
  the 
  species 
  

   propagated 
  in 
  larger 
  numbers 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  year 
  were 
  the 
  

   chinook, 
  silver, 
  humpback, 
  dog, 
  and 
  landlocked 
  salmons, 
  lake 
  trout, 
  

   pike 
  perch, 
  striped 
  bass, 
  sinifishes, 
  smelt, 
  cod, 
  and 
  flounder. 
  

  

  The 
  popularity 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  work 
  in 
  stocking 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  

   waters, 
  and 
  the 
  benefits 
  accruing 
  therefrom, 
  are 
  indicated 
  by 
  the 
  

   widespread 
  interest 
  displayed 
  by 
  people 
  living 
  in 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  

   country. 
  The 
  applications 
  for 
  food 
  and 
  game 
  fishes 
  received 
  during 
  

   the 
  year 
  numbered 
  more 
  than 
  10,500, 
  fully 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  them 
  being 
  

   for 
  the 
  black 
  basses, 
  crappies, 
  sunfishes, 
  and 
  other 
  pond 
  fishes, 
  for 
  

   stocking 
  natural 
  interior 
  waters 
  of 
  small 
  area 
  and 
  artificially 
  con- 
  

   structed 
  ponds 
  on 
  farms. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  annual 
  growth 
  and 
  expansion 
  of 
  the 
  Buieau's 
  

   activities, 
  its 
  present 
  facilities 
  are 
  heavily 
  taxed 
  in 
  the 
  attempt 
  to 
  

   fill 
  the 
  constantly 
  growing 
  demand 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  

   fishes 
  for 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  waters. 
  Large 
  as 
  are 
  the 
  annual 
  dis- 
  

   tributions, 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  none 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  exceeds 
  the 
  actual 
  needs 
  

   and 
  in 
  some 
  instances 
  falls 
  short 
  of 
  the 
  lequiiements. 
  This 
  is 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  true 
  of 
  the 
  warm-water 
  fishes 
  adapted 
  to 
  cultivation 
  in 
  

   ponds. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  impracticability 
  of 
  propagating 
  such 
  species 
  

   by 
  the 
  artificial 
  manipulation 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  

   methods 
  pursued 
  in 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  culture, 
  the 
  annual 
  supplies 
  

   are 
  so 
  Hmited 
  that 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  great 
  difficulty 
  with 
  its 
  present 
  

   facilities 
  in 
  meeting 
  the 
  growing 
  demands. 
  

  

  Notwithstanding 
  the 
  great 
  development 
  of 
  fish 
  hatcliing 
  in 
  the 
  

   United 
  States, 
  the 
  possibilities 
  for 
  eft'ective 
  work 
  in 
  various 
  sections 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  remain 
  practically 
  unlimited; 
  and 
  with 
  adequate 
  

   financial 
  support 
  the 
  Bureau 
  can 
  make 
  vast 
  unproductive 
  areas 
  in 
  

   the 
  South 
  antl 
  West, 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  and 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  regions, 
  

   on 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  and 
  in 
  Alaska 
  yield 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  food 
  and 
  

   game 
  fishes 
  for 
  stocking 
  pubUc 
  waters. 
  

  

  HATCHERIES 
  OPERATED. 
  

  

  Fish-cultural 
  work 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  36 
  permanent 
  hatch- 
  

   eries 
  and 
  94 
  subhatcheries 
  and 
  egg-coUecting 
  stations, 
  located 
  in 
  34 
  

   States 
  and 
  Territories. 
  Two 
  new 
  stations 
  were 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  service 
  

   by 
  the 
  partial 
  completion 
  of 
  those 
  at 
  Louisville, 
  Ky., 
  and 
  Orange- 
  

   burg, 
  S. 
  C, 
  where 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  scale 
  were 
  

   inaugurated 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  