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  EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Cai'K 
  Vincent 
  Station, 
  New 
  York 
  (H. 
  D. 
  Dean, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  H. 
  ]). 
  Dean 
  was 
  appointed 
  siiperiutendent 
  of 
  this 
  station 
  on 
  July 
  1 
  

   and 
  shortly 
  afterwards 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  remodeling- 
  the 
  old 
  planing-niill 
  and 
  

   fitting 
  it 
  np 
  as 
  a 
  hatchery 
  was 
  commenced, 
  under 
  the 
  general 
  direction 
  

   of 
  I. 
  S. 
  K. 
  Reeves, 
  consulting 
  engineer 
  of 
  the 
  Commission, 
  and 
  G. 
  E. 
  

   David, 
  Avho 
  directed 
  the 
  installation 
  of 
  the 
  machinery 
  and 
  the 
  carpen- 
  

   ter's 
  work. 
  By 
  the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  October 
  the 
  hatchery, 
  though 
  not 
  

   entirely 
  completed, 
  was 
  in 
  readiness 
  to 
  receive 
  whiteflsh 
  and 
  lake-trout 
  

   eggs, 
  being 
  equipped 
  as 
  follows: 
  The 
  basement 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  was 
  

   fitted 
  with 
  30 
  troughs 
  for 
  hatching 
  brook 
  trout 
  and 
  salmon, 
  giving 
  a 
  

   capacity 
  for 
  about 
  4,000,000 
  eggs. 
  A 
  battery 
  of 
  GOO 
  jars 
  for 
  hatching 
  

   whiteflsh 
  and 
  pike-perch 
  eggs 
  was 
  erected 
  on 
  the 
  second 
  floor, 
  and 
  the 
  

   third 
  floor 
  was 
  fitted 
  uj) 
  as 
  offices 
  for 
  the 
  superintendent 
  and 
  bedrooms 
  

   for 
  the 
  employes. 
  

  

  The 
  question 
  of 
  procuring 
  an 
  adequate 
  supply 
  of 
  eggs 
  for 
  this 
  station 
  

   is 
  a 
  serious 
  problem, 
  as 
  the 
  laws 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  jjrohibit 
  

   fishing 
  with 
  nets 
  within 
  1 
  mile 
  of 
  the 
  shores, 
  which 
  practically 
  includes 
  

   all 
  of 
  the 
  si)awning-grouMds 
  except 
  Chaumont 
  Bay, 
  where 
  net 
  fishing 
  is 
  

   allowed 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  round, 
  but 
  where 
  few 
  spawning 
  whitefish 
  or 
  lake 
  

   trout 
  are 
  ever 
  found. 
  As 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  both 
  species 
  are 
  caught 
  in 
  

   Canadian 
  waters 
  during 
  the 
  close 
  season, 
  it 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  make 
  an 
  

   effort 
  to 
  cooperate 
  with 
  the 
  fishermen, 
  but 
  before 
  arrangements 
  could 
  

   be 
  completed 
  the 
  project 
  was 
  abandoned, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  intimated 
  that 
  the 
  

   Canadian 
  authorities 
  would 
  object. 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  then 
  made 
  

   with 
  the 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  Fish 
  Company 
  to 
  operate 
  two 
  pound 
  nets 
  by 
  

   permission 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  on 
  the 
  spawning-grounds 
  

   between 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  and 
  Stony 
  Point, 
  which 
  is 
  within 
  the 
  mile 
  

   limit. 
  It 
  was 
  proposed 
  to 
  catch 
  the 
  fish 
  in 
  October 
  and 
  November 
  and 
  

   hold 
  them 
  in 
  pounds 
  until 
  they 
  matured, 
  the 
  Commission 
  furnishing 
  the 
  

   apparatus 
  and 
  receiving 
  all 
  the 
  ripe 
  fish, 
  while 
  the 
  comijany 
  was 
  to 
  set 
  

   the 
  pounds 
  and 
  operate 
  them, 
  receiving 
  as 
  compensation 
  all 
  fish 
  caught 
  

   after 
  the 
  Commission 
  had 
  stripped 
  them. 
  Owing 
  to 
  delays 
  in 
  securing 
  

   the 
  necessary 
  apparatus, 
  however, 
  and 
  the 
  difficulty 
  in 
  obtaining 
  a 
  per- 
  

   mit 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  company's 
  steamer 
  in 
  American 
  waters, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  

   being 
  a 
  Canadian 
  bottom, 
  this 
  plan 
  also 
  had 
  to 
  be 
  abandoned. 
  

  

  Lal<e 
  trout. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  fall 
  the 
  superintendent 
  visited 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  on 
  the 
  American 
  and 
  

   Canadian 
  sides, 
  and 
  arranged 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  on 
  Charity 
  

   Shoals 
  and 
  Pigeon 
  Island, 
  but 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  very 
  rough 
  weather 
  i)re- 
  

   vailing 
  during 
  the 
  spawning 
  season, 
  which 
  lasts 
  but 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  in 
  

   this 
  vicinity, 
  only 
  54,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured. 
  These 
  were 
  taken 
  during 
  

   the 
  latter 
  part 
  of 
  October. 
  In 
  November 
  two 
  consignments, 
  aggregat- 
  

   ing 
  3,000,000, 
  were 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  Northville 
  station. 
  The 
  first 
  

   arrived 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  and 
  yielded 
  excellent 
  results, 
  but 
  the 
  last, 
  

   numbering 
  about 
  2,000,000, 
  received 
  November 
  20, 
  were 
  very 
  poor 
  and 
  

  

  