﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES 
  27 
  

  

  Woods 
  Hole 
  Station, 
  Massachusetts 
  (Johx 
  Maxwell 
  and 
  Alex. 
  Jones, 
  

  

  supebintendents). 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  was 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  John 
  Maxwell 
  until 
  June 
  8, 
  

   when 
  he 
  was 
  relieved 
  by 
  Alex. 
  Jones, 
  fish 
  culturist, 
  who 
  acted 
  as 
  super- 
  

   intendent 
  to 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year. 
  During 
  the 
  summer 
  the 
  usual 
  

   repairs 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  launches, 
  machinery, 
  hatching 
  apparatus, 
  

   etc., 
  and 
  the 
  pier 
  wall 
  and 
  wharves 
  were 
  repaired 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  tlie 
  Engineer 
  Corps, 
  United 
  States 
  Army, 
  a 
  specific 
  appropriation 
  of 
  

   $,~),()(M) 
  haviug 
  been 
  made 
  by 
  Congress 
  for 
  this 
  purpose. 
  The 
  basin 
  used 
  

   for 
  housing 
  the 
  breeding 
  codfish 
  in 
  winter 
  was 
  repaired 
  and 
  improved 
  

   so 
  as 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  cars 
  from 
  being 
  damaged 
  by 
  severe 
  storms 
  during 
  

   the 
  winter. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  statement 
  shows 
  the 
  kinds 
  of 
  fish 
  propagated, 
  number 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  collected, 
  and 
  fry 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed: 
  

  

  Efforts 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  to 
  increase 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   duction 
  of 
  cod; 
  and 
  with 
  this 
  object 
  in 
  view 
  a 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  brood 
  

   fish 
  than 
  usual 
  were 
  obtained 
  and 
  i)laced 
  in 
  live-cars. 
  Of 
  the 
  total 
  

   number 
  delivered 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  1,350 
  were 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  schooner 
  

   Orampus, 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Captain 
  Hahn; 
  the 
  balance, 
  2,486, 
  were 
  

   purchased 
  from 
  fishermen. 
  The 
  egg-collecting 
  season 
  commenced 
  

   November 
  15 
  and 
  continued 
  until 
  Eebruary 
  10, 
  415 
  brood 
  fish 
  yiehling 
  

   the 
  entire 
  supply. 
  More 
  females 
  were 
  secured, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  tliem 
  

   proved 
  to 
  be 
  barren. 
  The 
  average 
  yield 
  per 
  fish 
  was 
  170,000, 
  the 
  largest 
  

   in 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  secured 
  was 
  dis- 
  

   appointing 
  in 
  view 
  of 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  brood 
  fish 
  carried 
  

   was 
  larger 
  than 
  in 
  past 
  years, 
  but 
  the 
  small 
  take 
  was 
  partly 
  offset 
  

   by 
  the 
  excellent 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  and 
  fry, 
  and 
  by 
  the 
  unusual 
  ]ier- 
  

   centage 
  of 
  fry 
  hatched. 
  The 
  apparatus 
  used 
  was 
  the 
  McDonald 
  tidal 
  

   box, 
  as 
  observations 
  covering 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  showed 
  its 
  effective- 
  

   ness 
  over 
  the 
  Chester 
  jar. 
  The 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  

   vicinity. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  brood 
  fish 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  confinement 
  an 
  unusually 
  

   large 
  number 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  lost 
  from 
  disease. 
  The 
  weather 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  

   they 
  were 
  collected 
  was 
  rough 
  and 
  blustery, 
  consequentlj' 
  those 
  in 
  the 
  

   wells 
  of 
  the 
  smacks 
  necessarily 
  experienced 
  severe 
  concussion 
  by 
  being 
  

   forced 
  against 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  well. 
  Beyond 
  the 
  removal 
  of 
  the 
  nuicous 
  

   covering, 
  the 
  bad 
  results 
  were 
  not 
  apparent 
  immediately 
  upon 
  their 
  

   delivery 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  but 
  subse(iuent 
  losses 
  showed 
  tlic 
  effects 
  of 
  such 
  

   handling. 
  The 
  fish 
  appeared 
  to 
  do 
  well 
  for 
  a 
  time, 
  but 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  

  

  