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  DISTEIBUTIOISr 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISH 
  EGGS, 
  1914. 
  

  

  understanding 
  that 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  resulting 
  therefrom 
  arc 
  to 
  bo 
  

   distributed 
  in 
  ])ubHc 
  waters. 
  The 
  Bureau 
  does 
  not 
  furnish 
  eggs 
  for 
  

   stocking 
  hatcheries 
  whose 
  out})iit 
  is 
  regularly 
  offered 
  for 
  sale. 
  

  

  SIZE 
  OF 
  ALLOTMENTS. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  customary 
  to 
  assign 
  but 
  one 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  on 
  an 
  a])plication, 
  

   and 
  only 
  one 
  application 
  for 
  the 
  stocking 
  of 
  a 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  at 
  a 
  

   given 
  j)oint 
  is 
  considered. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  assigned 
  on 
  an 
  a})])li- 
  

   cation 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  water 
  area 
  described, 
  only 
  a 
  sufficient 
  number 
  

   being 
  allowed 
  to 
  serve 
  as 
  a 
  brood 
  stock, 
  with 
  the 
  understanding 
  that 
  

   the 
  waters 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  })laced 
  will 
  be 
  ])r()])erly 
  ])rotected 
  

   until 
  the 
  fish 
  have 
  had 
  time 
  to 
  mature 
  and 
  establish 
  themselves 
  

   through 
  natural 
  rej)roduction. 
  The 
  actual 
  number 
  assigned 
  is 
  also 
  

   dependent 
  upon 
  the 
  species, 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  fish, 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  

   available 
  for 
  distribution. 
  In 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  trouts 
  250 
  

   fish 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  or 
  50 
  fish 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  are 
  fully 
  equal 
  

   to 
  2,500 
  fry 
  for 
  stocking 
  purposes. 
  Pike 
  ])erch, 
  which, 
  owing 
  to 
  

   their 
  excessive 
  cannibalism, 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  reared 
  beyond 
  the 
  fry 
  stage, 
  

   may 
  be 
  su})])lied 
  in 
  lots 
  of 
  half 
  a 
  million, 
  where 
  the 
  same 
  water 
  area 
  

   would 
  receive 
  only 
  200 
  or 
  300 
  young 
  bass 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  5 
  inches 
  long. 
  

   The 
  larger 
  fish 
  have 
  a 
  much 
  better 
  chance 
  of 
  reaching 
  maturity 
  than 
  

   have 
  the 
  fry, 
  and 
  therefore 
  their 
  value 
  for 
  stocking 
  j)urposes 
  is 
  many 
  

   times 
  greater. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  Bureau's 
  inability 
  to 
  produce 
  the 
  black 
  basses, 
  

   cra})j)ies, 
  catfishes, 
  and 
  sunfishes 
  in 
  sufficient 
  numbers 
  to 
  meet 
  the 
  

   demands, 
  the 
  allotments 
  of 
  such 
  species 
  are 
  of 
  necessity 
  limited 
  to 
  

   the 
  smallest 
  number 
  required 
  to 
  form* 
  a 
  brood 
  stock 
  for 
  the 
  water 
  

  

  area 
  in 
  question. 
  

  

  SPECIES 
  CULTIVATED. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1914 
  the 
  l^ureau 
  handled 
  some 
  50 
  species 
  

   of 
  fish, 
  the 
  fresh-water 
  mussel, 
  and 
  the 
  lobster. 
  Of 
  these 
  the 
  following 
  

   were 
  produced 
  at 
  its 
  regular 
  ])ro})agating 
  stations: 
  

  

  The 
  catfishes 
  (Siluuiive): 
  

  

  Horned 
  pout, 
  bullhead, 
  yellow 
  cat 
  (Amciurus 
  nebulosus). 
  

  

  ]\Iiirbled 
  cat 
  (Ameiurus 
  nebulosus 
  marmoratus) 
  . 
  

   The 
  suckers 
  and 
  buffalo-fishes 
  (Catostomid^): 
  

  

  Small-mouth 
  buffalo-fish 
  {IdioMis 
  bubalus). 
  

  

  Common 
  buffalo-fish 
  [Idiobus 
  ci/princlla). 
  

  

  Black 
  buffalo-lisli 
  (Ictiobus 
  urns). 
  

  

  Yellow 
  sucker 
  {Caioslomus 
  connjiersojiii). 
  

   The 
  shads 
  and 
  herrings 
  (Clupeid.e): 
  

  

  Shad 
  (.1/osa 
  sapidissima). 
  

  

  Glut 
  herring, 
  blueback 
  {Pomolobus 
  iesiivalis). 
  

   The 
  salmons, 
  TROtrrs, 
  whitepishes, 
  etc. 
  (Salmonid.«): 
  

  

  Common 
  whitefish 
  (Coregonus 
  albus 
  and 
  C. 
  clupeaformis). 
  

  

  Lake 
  herring, 
  cisco 
  (Lcucichihys 
  artedi). 
  

  

  Chinook 
  salmon, 
  king 
  salmon, 
  quinnat 
  salmon 
  {Oucorhi/iichus 
  tschairi/tscha). 
  

  

  Silver 
  salmon, 
  coho 
  {Oncorhyiichus 
  lisidch). 
  

  

  