﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  17 
  

  

  Craig 
  Brook 
  Station, 
  Maine 
  (C. 
  G. 
  Atkins, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  During 
  tbe 
  year 
  ten 
  species 
  of 
  fish 
  were 
  handled 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  

   stock 
  on 
  hand 
  July 
  1, 
  1895, 
  was 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  The 
  

  

  These 
  fish 
  were 
  cared 
  for 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  in 
  the 
  usual 
  manner, 
  in 
  

   troughs 
  and 
  ponds, 
  being 
  fed 
  on 
  chopped 
  beef, 
  butchers' 
  oflal, 
  and 
  

   maggots. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  adjacent 
  

   waters 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Penobscot, 
  and 
  the 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  brook 
  

   and 
  rainbow 
  trout 
  were 
  shipped 
  to 
  Green 
  Lake 
  for 
  distribution 
  from 
  

   that 
  jioint 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  Maine 
  and 
  neighboring 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  distribution 
  of 
  yearling 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  consisted 
  of 
  

   151,670 
  Atlantic 
  salmon, 
  12,225 
  landlocked 
  salmon, 
  27,763 
  brook 
  trout, 
  

   10,000 
  rainbow 
  trout, 
  and 
  1,376 
  Scotch 
  sea 
  trout. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  

   distributed 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  were 
  reared, 
  also 
  the 
  percentage 
  of 
  fish 
  distributed 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs, 
  the 
  fry 
  hatched, 
  and 
  number 
  on 
  

   hand 
  June 
  1, 
  when 
  they 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  rearing-ponds: 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon... 
  

   Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Scotch 
  sea 
  trout... 
  

  

  Kainbow 
  trout 
  

  

  Swiss 
  lake 
  trout. 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Number 
  

   ofegg.s. 
  

  

  206, 
  350 
  

   14,807 
  

   61,341 
  

  

  9,309 
  

   20,961 
  

  

  2,234 
  

  

  315, 
  062 
  

  

  Number 
  

  

  of 
  fry 
  

   hatched. 
  

  

  206, 
  109 
  

  

  14, 
  070 
  

  

  61, 
  145 
  

  

  8,150 
  

  

  20, 
  260 
  

  

  541 
  

  

  On 
  band 
  

  

  .June 
  1, 
  

  

  1895. 
  

  

  199,779 
  

  

  13,187 
  

  

  45, 
  959 
  

  

  6,297 
  

  

  12,290 
  

  

  57 
  

  

  310,875 
  j 
  277,569 
  

  

  Remaining 
  at 
  fall 
  

   count. 
  

  

  Number. 
  Per 
  cent. 
  

  

  151,761 
  

   12, 
  228 
  

   27, 
  777 
  

   3,384 
  

   10, 
  590 
  

   39 
  

  

  205, 
  779 
  

  

  78 
  

  

  As 
  in 
  previous 
  years, 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  Commission 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  

   Maine 
  operated 
  conjointly 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  and 
  maintenance 
  of 
  brood 
  

   salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  incubation 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  

   shipment 
  of 
  such 
  eggs 
  as 
  were 
  removed 
  to 
  other 
  stations 
  for 
  hatching, 
  

   and 
  also 
  of 
  those 
  falling 
  to 
  the 
  share 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  salmon 
  were 
  

   confined 
  in 
  an 
  inclosure 
  at 
  Dead 
  Brook, 
  less 
  than 
  2 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  sta- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  there 
  the 
  spawning 
  oi)erations 
  took 
  place, 
  the 
  impregnated 
  

   eggs 
  being 
  removed 
  immediately 
  to 
  Craig 
  Brook 
  hatchery. 
  The 
  collec- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  salmon 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  of 
  1895 
  was 
  made 
  during 
  May 
  and 
  .Tune 
  

   of 
  the 
  previous 
  fiscal 
  year. 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  as 
  usual 
  for 
  a 
  

   number 
  of 
  weirs 
  about 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Penobscot 
  to 
  furnish 
  live 
  fish. 
  

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