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  REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Allotments 
  op 
  Fish 
  and 
  Eggs 
  to 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commissions 
  for 
  the 
  Fiscal 
  

   Year 
  1914 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  In 
  order 
  to 
  nunimize 
  the 
  possibility 
  of 
  injury 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  

   introduction 
  of 
  nonindigenous 
  fishes 
  into 
  State 
  waters, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  

   adhered 
  to 
  its 
  policy 
  of 
  deferring 
  to 
  the 
  judgment 
  of 
  the 
  proper 
  State 
  

   officials 
  regarding 
  all 
  applications 
  for 
  fish 
  not 
  native 
  to 
  a 
  given 
  State, 
  

   and 
  has 
  definitely 
  decided 
  to 
  discontinue 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  predaceous 
  

   fishes, 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  black 
  basses, 
  crappies, 
  sunfishes, 
  perches, 
  pikes, 
  

   and 
  allied 
  species, 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  lakes 
  or 
  streams 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast 
  

   which 
  are 
  inhabited 
  by 
  salmon 
  or 
  trout 
  or 
  connected 
  with 
  trout 
  and 
  

   salmon 
  waters. 
  This 
  policy, 
  which 
  commends 
  itself 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  

   the 
  welfare 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  at 
  heart, 
  has 
  received 
  the 
  formal 
  approval 
  

   of 
  fishery 
  authorities 
  and 
  the 
  congressional 
  delegations 
  of 
  those 
  States. 
  

   Acting 
  in 
  pursuance 
  thereof, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  wall 
  henceforth 
  refuse 
  to 
  

   entertain 
  applications 
  for 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  fishes 
  mentioned 
  for 
  stockiilg 
  

   waters 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  States. 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  SALMONS. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  extensive 
  fish-cultural 
  work 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau 
  is 
  

   addressed 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  salmons. 
  In 
  1914 
  hatching 
  operations 
  were 
  

   conducted 
  at 
  14 
  points 
  and 
  egg-collecting 
  at 
  14 
  other 
  points. 
  The 
  

   general 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  gratifying, 
  and 
  the 
  output 
  materially 
  

   exceeded 
  that 
  of 
  1913. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  Quiniault 
  region, 
  Washington, 
  where 
  

   investigations 
  are 
  in 
  progress 
  looking 
  toward 
  the 
  inauguration 
  of 
  

   fish-cultural 
  work 
  in 
  that 
  field, 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  salmon 
  

   streams 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  Oregon 
  are 
  covered 
  by 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  

   operations, 
  and 
  with 
  increased 
  facilities 
  for 
  handling 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  

   young, 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  permanent 
  traps 
  and 
  barriers 
  to 
  intercept 
  

   the 
  run 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  supply, 
  which 
  are 
  

   now 
  being 
  provided 
  for 
  at 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  stations, 
  the 
  output 
  another 
  

   year 
  should 
  be 
  materially 
  increased. 
  

  

  