﻿DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISH 
  EGGS, 
  1914. 
  7 
  

  

  to 
  refuse 
  all 
  requests 
  for 
  predaceous 
  fishes 
  for 
  stocking 
  waters 
  in 
  

   California, 
  Oregon, 
  Washington, 
  Idaho, 
  Nevada, 
  and 
  the 
  western 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  Montana 
  and 
  Wyoming, 
  which 
  proscribed 
  section 
  embraces 
  

   the 
  most 
  valuable 
  salmon 
  and 
  trout 
  fisheries 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  are 
  carried 
  to 
  their 
  destinations 
  in 
  radroad 
  cars 
  equij)ped 
  

   for 
  the 
  purpose 
  or 
  by 
  messengers 
  who 
  accompany 
  the 
  shipments 
  in 
  

   baggage 
  cars, 
  and 
  are 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  applicant 
  free 
  of 
  charge 
  at 
  

   the 
  railroad 
  station 
  nearest 
  the 
  ])oint 
  of 
  deposit. 
  The 
  ap])licant 
  is 
  

   advised 
  by 
  telegraph 
  when 
  the 
  shipment 
  will 
  arrive, 
  antl 
  is 
  expected 
  

   to 
  make 
  due 
  provision 
  for 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  until 
  planted. 
  Definite 
  

   instructions 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  are 
  furnished 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  shipment. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  ended 
  June 
  30, 
  1914, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  received 
  

   10,502 
  applications 
  from 
  individuals 
  and 
  associations, 
  for 
  fish 
  to 
  

   stock 
  both 
  public 
  and 
  private 
  waters. 
  Requests 
  for 
  blanks 
  upon 
  

   which 
  to 
  submit 
  applications 
  for 
  fish 
  shoultl 
  be 
  addressed 
  to 
  the 
  

   Commissioner 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  the 
  practice 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  to 
  fill 
  all 
  applications 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  

   in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  received, 
  and 
  to 
  arrange 
  for 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  the 
  

   fish 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable 
  thereafter. 
  

  

  SIZE 
  OF 
  FISH 
  WHEN 
  DISTRIBUTED. 
  

  

  Fish 
  are 
  distributed 
  at 
  various 
  stages 
  of 
  development, 
  depending 
  

   upon 
  the 
  species, 
  the 
  numbers 
  available, 
  and 
  the 
  facilities 
  for 
  rearing. 
  

   Shad, 
  whitefish, 
  lake 
  trout, 
  pike 
  perch, 
  cod, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  which 
  

   are 
  hatched 
  in 
  lots 
  of 
  many 
  millions 
  are 
  necessarily 
  planted 
  shortly 
  

   after 
  hatching. 
  The 
  various 
  trouts, 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  

   landlocked 
  salmon 
  are 
  reared 
  in 
  such 
  numbers 
  as 
  facilities 
  permit 
  to 
  

   fingerlings 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  length; 
  the 
  remainder 
  are 
  distributed 
  

   as 
  fry.® 
  

  

  The 
  black 
  basses, 
  crappies, 
  and 
  other 
  sunfishes 
  are 
  distributed 
  at 
  

   various 
  ages 
  — 
  some 
  within 
  three 
  weeks 
  after 
  they 
  are 
  hatched 
  and 
  

   some 
  when 
  several 
  months 
  old. 
  Near 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  distribution 
  

   season 
  the 
  basses 
  have 
  usually 
  attained 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  from 
  4 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  

   and 
  the 
  sunfishes 
  are 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  bass, 
  catfish, 
  and 
  

   other 
  species 
  collected 
  from 
  overflowed 
  lands 
  vary 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  

   in 
  length 
  when 
  taken 
  and 
  distributed. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  are 
  supplied 
  mainly 
  to 
  State 
  hatcheries, 
  but 
  are 
  occasionally 
  

   furnished 
  to 
  private 
  applicants 
  having 
  hatching 
  facilities, 
  with 
  the 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  varying 
  usage 
  in 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  young 
  fish 
  as 
  to 
  size 
  has 
  caused 
  such 
  confusion 
  and 
  difficulty 
  

   that 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  adopted 
  uniform 
  definitions, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Fry= 
  fish 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  yolk 
  sac 
  is 
  absorbed 
  and 
  feeding 
  begins. 
  

  

  Advanced 
  fry= 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  period 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  reached 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  Fingerlings= 
  fish 
  between 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  1 
  inch 
  and 
  the 
  yearling 
  stage, 
  the 
  various 
  sizes 
  to 
  be 
  designated 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  No. 
  1, 
  a 
  fish 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  2 
  inches; 
  no. 
  2, 
  a 
  fish 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  3 
  inches; 
  

   no. 
  3, 
  a 
  fish 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  4 
  inches, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Yearlings^fish 
  that 
  are 
  1 
  year 
  old, 
  but 
  less 
  than 
  2 
  years 
  old 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  hatching; 
  these 
  may 
  bo 
  

   designated 
  no. 
  1, 
  no. 
  2, 
  no. 
  3, 
  etc., 
  after 
  the 
  plan 
  prescribed 
  for 
  fingerlings. 
  

  

  