﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  51 
  

  

  The 
  more 
  favorable 
  weather 
  conditions 
  prevailing 
  in 
  other 
  portions 
  

   of 
  the 
  lake 
  resulted 
  in 
  large 
  catches 
  of 
  fish, 
  but 
  a 
  large 
  percentage 
  

   of 
  them 
  were 
  uin-ipe. 
  The 
  work 
  at 
  Port 
  Clinton 
  was 
  not 
  hampered 
  

   by 
  this 
  difficulty, 
  and 
  the 
  collections 
  there 
  were 
  more 
  than 
  twice 
  as 
  

   large 
  as 
  in 
  all 
  the 
  other 
  fields 
  combined. 
  The 
  aggregate 
  take 
  from 
  

   all 
  sources 
  was 
  592,000,000. 
  The 
  output 
  included 
  296,625,000 
  green 
  

   eggs, 
  47,100,000 
  eyed 
  eggs, 
  and 
  69,600,000 
  fry, 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  utilized 
  in 
  filling 
  applications 
  from 
  neighboring 
  States. 
  The 
  

   remainder 
  were 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  spawning 
  grounds 
  in 
  Lake 
  Erie, 
  

  

  The 
  hatchery 
  at 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  was, 
  as 
  usual, 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   fggs 
  of 
  the 
  commercial 
  fishes 
  shipped 
  from 
  other 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  stations. 
  

   The 
  output 
  resulting 
  from 
  such 
  shipments 
  comprised 
  27,000,000 
  

   whitefish, 
  3,572,000 
  lake 
  trout, 
  and 
  9,700,000 
  pike-perch 
  fry, 
  which 
  

   were 
  liberated 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  waters. 
  Attempts 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  

   season 
  to 
  secure 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  various 
  commercial 
  fisheries 
  on 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  resulted 
  in 
  failure 
  so 
  far 
  as 
  whitefish 
  and 
  lake 
  herring 
  were 
  

   concerned, 
  but 
  128,000 
  lake-trout 
  eggs 
  of 
  fair 
  quality 
  were 
  collected 
  

   and 
  hatched. 
  The 
  small 
  substation 
  recently 
  established 
  for 
  the 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  pike-perch 
  eggs 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  operated 
  owing 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  funds. 
  

  

  The 
  Cape 
  Vincent 
  station, 
  owing 
  to 
  its 
  unsuitable 
  location 
  with 
  

   reference 
  to 
  the 
  sources 
  of 
  egg 
  supply, 
  has 
  practically 
  been 
  a 
  failure. 
  

   Since 
  its 
  establishment 
  in 
  1896 
  the 
  station 
  has 
  simply 
  served 
  as 
  a 
  re- 
  

   ceiving 
  depot 
  for 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  from 
  other 
  stations. 
  

   Under 
  instructions 
  from 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  investigations 
  are 
  being 
  made 
  

   to 
  ascertain 
  if 
  a 
  desirable 
  site 
  can 
  be 
  secured 
  on 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Lake 
  

   Ontario 
  where 
  successful 
  operations 
  can 
  be 
  conducted 
  with 
  the 
  com- 
  

   mercial 
  fishes 
  of 
  that 
  region 
  and 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  which 
  the 
  propa- 
  

   gation 
  of 
  pond 
  species 
  also 
  can 
  be 
  undertaken. 
  This 
  will 
  necessitate 
  

   the 
  acquirement 
  of 
  from 
  15 
  to 
  20 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  supplied 
  with 
  a 
  

   gravity 
  flow 
  of 
  water. 
  In 
  1908 
  an 
  appropriation 
  of 
  $7,000 
  was 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  for 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  land 
  and 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  superintendent's 
  

   residence, 
  ponds, 
  etc., 
  at 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  but 
  this 
  money 
  has 
  never 
  been 
  

   used, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  intention 
  to 
  ask 
  Congress 
  for 
  authority 
  to 
  dis- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  property 
  when 
  a 
  more 
  desirable 
  site 
  can 
  be 
  found 
  

   the 
  return 
  of 
  the 
  special 
  appropriation 
  to 
  the 
  Treasury 
  is 
  recom- 
  

   mended. 
  

  

  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  MIGRATORY 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  ATLANTIC 
  STREAMS. 
  

  

  The 
  anadromous 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  seaboard 
  are 
  handled 
  at 
  

   two 
  stations 
  in 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  Basin 
  and 
  two 
  in 
  the 
  Albemarle 
  region, 
  

   and 
  the 
  principal 
  species 
  handled 
  are 
  shad, 
  striped 
  bass, 
  white 
  perch, 
  

   and 
  yellow 
  perch. 
  

  

  The 
  run 
  of 
  shad 
  in 
  Chesapeake 
  Bay 
  and 
  tributary 
  streams 
  in 
  the 
  

   spring 
  of 
  1914 
  was 
  smaller 
  than 
  in 
  any 
  previous 
  season 
  within 
  the 
  

   35 
  years 
  covering 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  operations 
  with 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  the 
  

   fish-cultm"al 
  results 
  were 
  correspondingly 
  meager. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River 
  preparations 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  cover 
  every 
  

   field 
  within 
  range 
  of 
  the 
  Battery 
  station 
  where 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  possi- 
  

   bility 
  of 
  securing 
  shad 
  eggs 
  by 
  establishing 
  lay-boat 
  patrols 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  gill-net 
  operations 
  and 
  detailing 
  experienced 
  spawn 
  

   takers 
  on 
  the 
  seining 
  shores. 
  The 
  season 
  was 
  a 
  failure, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  

   output 
  of 
  shad 
  fry 
  was 
  less 
  than 
  2,000,000, 
  whereas 
  the 
  efforts 
  put 
  

   forth 
  and 
  the 
  money 
  expended 
  should 
  have 
  yielded 
  not 
  less 
  than 
  

   100,000,000. 
  

  

  