﻿REPOET 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONEE 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
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  will 
  naturally 
  spread 
  both 
  north 
  and 
  south, 
  and 
  finally 
  cover 
  an 
  

   extensive 
  coast 
  line. 
  

  

  In 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  to 
  add 
  to 
  the 
  fishery 
  resources 
  of 
  

   the 
  eastern 
  seaboard 
  by 
  acclimatization 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  important 
  

   food 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  coast, 
  13,240,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  humpback 
  

   salmon 
  were 
  transferred 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  Wash., 
  in 
  October, 
  

   1913, 
  for 
  development 
  at 
  the 
  Craig 
  Brook 
  and 
  Green 
  Lake, 
  Me., 
  

   stations, 
  where 
  special 
  facilities 
  had 
  been 
  provided 
  for 
  handling 
  them. 
  

   An 
  abnormal 
  loss 
  of 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  occurring 
  at 
  the 
  former 
  station 
  was 
  

   accounted 
  for 
  by 
  the 
  crowded 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  hatching 
  troughs; 
  but 
  

   taking 
  mto 
  consideration 
  the 
  large 
  number's 
  of 
  eggs 
  handled 
  and 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  transported 
  more 
  than 
  3,000 
  miles 
  to 
  be 
  hatched, 
  

   the 
  results 
  of 
  the 
  experin 
  ent 
  are 
  regarded 
  as 
  highly 
  successful. 
  

   The 
  young 
  planted 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  as 
  fry 
  and 
  fingorlings 
  num- 
  

   bered 
  7,199,000, 
  and, 
  in 
  addition, 
  367,900 
  fuigerlings 
  remained 
  on 
  

   hand 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  and 
  were 
  subsequently 
  distributed. 
  

   Among 
  the 
  rivers 
  thus 
  stocked 
  are 
  the 
  Penobscot, 
  Androscoggin, 
  

   Damariscotta, 
  Demiys, 
  Pleasant, 
  Union, 
  Medomak, 
  Georges, 
  and 
  

   St. 
  Croix. 
  

  

  That 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  efforts 
  to 
  establish 
  the 
  excellent 
  steelhead 
  trout 
  

   in 
  New 
  England 
  waters 
  have 
  met 
  with 
  success 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  

   increased 
  numbers 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams 
  of 
  Vermont. 
  

   The 
  species 
  has 
  become 
  so 
  well 
  established 
  in 
  Caspian 
  Lake 
  that 
  the 
  

   State 
  fish 
  commissioner 
  contemplates 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  a 
  station 
  

   on 
  the 
  lake 
  for 
  its 
  artificial 
  propagation. 
  Large 
  catches 
  of 
  steelhead 
  

   have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  Willoughby 
  Lake 
  and 
  tributary 
  streams 
  in 
  \ 
  er- 
  

   mont, 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  weighmg 
  up 
  to 
  6 
  pounds 
  having 
  been 
  

   taken 
  from 
  these 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1914. 
  The 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   the 
  lake 
  trout 
  in 
  Vermont 
  lakes 
  is 
  an 
  interesting 
  outcome 
  of 
  acclimati- 
  

   zation 
  experiments. 
  Whitefish 
  from 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes 
  also 
  have 
  

   become 
  established 
  in 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  lakes 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  and 
  are 
  

   yearly 
  increasing 
  in 
  numbers. 
  

  

  FISH 
  PONDS 
  ON 
  FARMS. 
  

  

  With 
  the 
  increased 
  cost 
  of 
  living 
  and 
  the 
  growing 
  appreciation 
  of 
  

   the 
  food 
  value 
  of 
  fish, 
  there 
  is 
  developing 
  a 
  widespread 
  interest 
  in 
  

   pond 
  culture, 
  both 
  in 
  artificially 
  constructed 
  ponds 
  and 
  in 
  natural 
  

   mland 
  waters 
  of 
  limited 
  area. 
  This 
  kind 
  of 
  fish 
  culture 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  

   to 
  produce 
  a 
  ready 
  and 
  economical 
  food 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  home 
  and 
  to 
  

   yield 
  also 
  a 
  revenue 
  in 
  conjunction 
  with 
  farmmg. 
  Tliat 
  such 
  interest 
  

   is 
  attaining 
  considerable 
  proportions 
  is 
  evidenced 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   fully 
  75 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  10,5()2 
  applications 
  for 
  fish 
  received 
  by 
  the 
  

   Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1914 
  were 
  for 
  species 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  for 
  stocking 
  ponds 
  and 
  other 
  small 
  inland 
  waters. 
  

  

  Much 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  by 
  the 
  Government 
  for 
  tlie 
  preservation 
  of 
  the 
  

   country's 
  forests; 
  large 
  tracts 
  of 
  waste 
  land 
  have 
  been 
  reclaimed 
  and 
  

   made 
  productive 
  through 
  the 
  establishment 
  of 
  immense 
  irrigation 
  

   plants; 
  water 
  courses 
  have 
  been 
  dammed 
  for 
  the 
  generation 
  of 
  power; 
  

   and 
  gigantic 
  strides 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  in 
  agriculture 
  and 
  stock 
  raising 
  

   through 
  the 
  application 
  of 
  scientific 
  methods. 
  In 
  the 
  advancement 
  

   of 
  these 
  projects, 
  which 
  have 
  such 
  an 
  important 
  bearing 
  on 
  the 
  

   economic 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  comitry, 
  the 
  conservation 
  of 
  tlie 
  fishery 
  resources 
  

   of 
  the 
  interior 
  have 
  been 
  largely 
  overlooked. 
  Yet 
  the 
  farm 
  lands 
  of 
  

  

  