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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  darker 
  and 
  having 
  long, 
  slender 
  bodies 
  interspersed 
  with 
  black 
  spots, 
  

   whereas 
  tlie 
  wild 
  fish 
  in 
  Green 
  Lake 
  are 
  almost 
  similar 
  in 
  color 
  to 
  the 
  

   sea 
  salmon. 
  

  

  On 
  December 
  1 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  on 
  hand 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

   Landlocked 
  salmon, 
  90,4005 
  brook 
  trout, 
  407,700; 
  Von 
  Behr 
  trout, 
  

   149,000 
  5 
  golden 
  trout, 
  34,000. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  fall 
  shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  made 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Applicant. 
  

  

  M.aine 
  Fish 
  Cominission, 
  Enfield, 
  Me 
  

  

  Vermont 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Roxbury, 
  Vt. 
  

  

  Central 
  Station. 
  Washington, 
  U. 
  C 
  

  

  C. 
  W. 
  Willard, 
  Westerly, 
  R. 
  I 
  

  

  ,Tno. 
  W. 
  Forbes, 
  B.^df'ord, 
  Ohio 
  

  

  E. 
  C. 
  Kent, 
  Tuxedo 
  Park, 
  N. 
  T 
  

  

  Edward 
  Lay 
  ton, 
  Brauchville, 
  N. 
  J 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Von 
  Behr 
  trout 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  do 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  .salmon 
  , 
  

   do 
  

  

  Number 
  

   furnished. 
  

  

  40, 
  000 
  

  

  10,000 
  

  

  10, 
  000 
  

   10, 
  000 
  

   15, 
  000 
  

   2,000 
  

   2,000 
  

  

  89, 
  000 
  

  

  Large 
  losses 
  of 
  fry 
  occurred 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  May, 
  when 
  the 
  air 
  

   temperature 
  reached 
  a 
  height 
  unprecedented 
  at 
  that 
  season 
  for 
  many 
  

   years. 
  On 
  May 
  10 
  the 
  temperature 
  in 
  the 
  hatchery 
  from 
  10 
  a. 
  m. 
  to 
  5 
  

   p. 
  m. 
  ranged 
  from 
  90C' 
  to 
  92°, 
  and 
  the 
  water 
  temi^eiature 
  rose 
  from 
  54° 
  

   to 
  624°. 
  The 
  principal 
  losses 
  occurred 
  among 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  

   being 
  especially 
  heavy 
  among 
  those 
  which 
  had 
  not 
  absorbed 
  the 
  sac. 
  

   The 
  brook-trout 
  eggs 
  commenced 
  hatching 
  on 
  March 
  15 
  and 
  finished 
  

   on 
  April 
  1. 
  The 
  balance 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  during 
  April, 
  the 
  last 
  of 
  

   the 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  and 
  Yon 
  Belirs 
  hatching 
  on 
  the 
  29th. 
  

  

  The 
  losses 
  of 
  brook-trout 
  eggs 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  were 
  very 
  heavy, 
  

   due, 
  probably, 
  to 
  imperfect 
  fertilization 
  and 
  to 
  injuries 
  received 
  in 
  

   transportation 
  to 
  the 
  hatchery. 
  In 
  May, 
  when 
  the 
  fry 
  were 
  all 
  trans- 
  

   ferred 
  to 
  the 
  troughs 
  outside 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  there 
  remained 
  on 
  hand 
  

   85,307 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  114,174 
  brook 
  trout, 
  37,732 
  Von 
  Behr, 
  and 
  

   29,983 
  golden 
  trout. 
  

  

  In 
  May 
  the 
  architect 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  visited 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  

   after 
  consultation 
  with 
  the 
  superintendent 
  prepared 
  the 
  necessary 
  

   plans 
  for 
  improving 
  and 
  increasing 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  for 
  the 
  hatchery; 
  

   he 
  also 
  arranged 
  for 
  the 
  acquirement 
  of 
  additional 
  spring 
  water, 
  for 
  the 
  

   construction 
  of 
  new 
  ponds, 
  and 
  for 
  repairs 
  to 
  Mountainy 
  Pond 
  Dam. 
  

   These 
  recommendations 
  having 
  been 
  approved, 
  it 
  became 
  necessary 
  to 
  

   cut 
  off 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  ponds 
  and 
  to 
  distribute 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  on 
  hand 
  before 
  undertaking 
  the 
  improvements. 
  During 
  

   the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  07,817 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  41,215 
  brook 
  trout, 
  

   19,305 
  Von 
  Behr 
  trout, 
  and 
  21,710 
  golden 
  trout 
  were 
  distributed 
  to 
  

   applicants 
  in 
  Maine, 
  Vermont, 
  New 
  Hampshire, 
  and 
  Massachusetts. 
  

   The 
  improvements 
  were 
  then 
  commenced 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  

   superintendent. 
  

  

  