﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  19 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  shipped 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  ending 
  June 
  SO, 
  1896. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  brood 
  salmon 
  for 
  the 
  fall 
  of 
  1896 
  was 
  made 
  on 
  the 
  

   same 
  basis 
  as 
  in 
  1895. 
  Profitiug 
  by 
  the 
  experience 
  of 
  the 
  previons 
  

   season, 
  a 
  large 
  stock 
  of 
  ice 
  was 
  also 
  provided 
  for 
  use, 
  and 
  the 
  cars 
  

   were 
  litted 
  with 
  cooliug 
  compartments 
  and 
  cloth 
  partitions. 
  The 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  commenced 
  on 
  May 
  21 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  ITtli 
  of 
  June 
  078 
  salmon 
  had 
  

   been 
  purchased, 
  G77 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  released 
  alive 
  in 
  the 
  inclosure. 
  

   The 
  loss 
  on 
  these 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  was 
  87, 
  or 
  less 
  than 
  13 
  per 
  cent, 
  

   and 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  majority 
  of 
  deaths 
  in 
  the 
  inclosure 
  usually 
  occur 
  in 
  

   June 
  there 
  is 
  every 
  reason 
  to 
  expect 
  that 
  the 
  additional 
  loss 
  before 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  will 
  be 
  very 
  small. 
  

  

  Domesticated 
  salmon. 
  — 
  Of 
  the 
  descendants 
  of 
  salmon 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  

   retained 
  in 
  the 
  ponds 
  from 
  infancy, 
  and 
  have 
  therefore 
  never 
  visited 
  

   the 
  sea, 
  there 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  small 
  lot 
  of 
  55 
  on 
  hand, 
  reduced 
  from 
  775 
  at 
  the 
  

   beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  mink. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  hatched 
  

   in 
  189li 
  and 
  1893 
  and 
  produced 
  eggs 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  November 
  of 
  1890. 
  

   They 
  were 
  of 
  poor 
  quality, 
  however, 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  survived 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  January. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  recently 
  removed 
  to 
  a 
  larger 
  i)ond, 
  

   where 
  it 
  is 
  expected 
  they 
  will 
  be 
  freer 
  from 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  enemies. 
  

   There 
  are 
  also 
  on 
  hand 
  two 
  small 
  lots 
  of 
  salmon 
  hatched 
  in 
  1893 
  and 
  

   1894, 
  and 
  these 
  will 
  serve 
  to 
  continue 
  the 
  interesting 
  experiment 
  of 
  

   artificially 
  landlocking 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon. 
  — 
  Owing 
  to 
  lack 
  of 
  funds 
  no 
  efforts 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  

   collect 
  eggs 
  of 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  this 
  season, 
  except 
  from 
  a 
  few 
  s])awn- 
  

   ing 
  fish 
  which 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  from 
  Toddy 
  Pond 
  by 
  interested 
  

   citizens. 
  These 
  yielded 
  19,000 
  eggs, 
  from 
  which 
  14,070 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched. 
  

   Both 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry 
  appeared 
  to 
  be 
  healthy, 
  but 
  an 
  unusually 
  large 
  

   percentage 
  of 
  them 
  have 
  died, 
  and 
  only 
  12,590 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  remain 
  at 
  the 
  

   close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  Of 
  the 
  5 
  landlocked 
  salmon 
  left 
  on 
  hand 
  at 
  the 
  

   opening 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  from 
  the 
  hatch 
  of 
  1888 
  and 
  1889, 
  only 
  one 
  survives. 
  

   These 
  fish 
  were 
  apparently 
  healthy, 
  but 
  no 
  spawn 
  was 
  ever 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  them. 
  

  

  Scotch 
  sea 
  trout. 
  — 
  Eggs 
  were 
  collected 
  during 
  the 
  fall 
  from 
  the 
  22 
  

   brood 
  fish 
  remciining 
  from 
  the 
  hatch 
  of 
  1891, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  of 
  inferior 
  

   quality, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  good 
  ones, 
  amounting 
  to 
  5,100, 
  were 
  fiu-nishcd 
  to 
  

   the 
  New 
  York 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  February. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  22 
  fish 
  

   mentioned 
  there 
  are 
  now 
  on 
  hand 
  1,337 
  of 
  the 
  hatch 
  of 
  1894, 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout. 
  — 
  No 
  attempt 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  

   except 
  from 
  the 
  few 
  fish 
  held 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  and 
  but 
  6,3C4 
  fry 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  from 
  these. 
  They 
  proved 
  of 
  very 
  poor 
  quality, 
  however, 
  and 
  

   only 
  2,008 
  survived 
  to 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  

  

  