﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  33 
  

  

  only 
  about 
  30 
  per 
  ceut 
  of 
  them 
  liatched. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  

   fact 
  that 
  the 
  eggs 
  had 
  been 
  held 
  longer 
  thau 
  usual 
  on 
  the 
  shipping 
  trays, 
  

   and 
  also 
  because 
  they 
  were 
  shipped 
  before 
  the 
  eye-spots 
  appeared. 
  

   The 
  total 
  output 
  of 
  lake 
  trout 
  fry 
  during 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  1,050,000. 
  Of 
  

   these, 
  53,000 
  were 
  furnished 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  and 
  the 
  balance 
  

   were 
  planted 
  in 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  and 
  its 
  tributaries. 
  

  

  Whitefish. 
  — 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  eggs 
  at 
  Ohaumont 
  

   Bay, 
  but 
  the 
  catch 
  of 
  fish 
  at 
  that 
  point 
  was 
  so 
  small 
  that 
  less 
  than 
  

   1,000,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured. 
  During 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  iSTovember 
  2i),.500,000 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  the 
  Put-in 
  Bay 
  Station; 
  they 
  arrived 
  in 
  c\<'ellent 
  

   condition, 
  especially 
  one 
  lot 
  of 
  5,000,000, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  shipped 
  from 
  

   Toledo 
  by 
  messenger. 
  The 
  loss 
  on 
  these 
  shipments 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  

   amounted 
  to 
  25 
  per 
  cent, 
  and 
  in 
  April 
  the 
  20,000,000 
  fry 
  resulting 
  from 
  

   them 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  River 
  and 
  Lake 
  Ontario 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Grenadier 
  Island 
  and 
  Tibbits 
  Point. 
  

  

  Kainboni 
  trout. 
  — 
  The 
  rainbow-trout 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Wytheville 
  

   arrived 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  apparently, 
  but 
  they 
  soon 
  commenced 
  dying 
  

   and 
  only 
  0,G00 
  fry 
  were 
  produced 
  from 
  them 
  for 
  distribution. 
  It 
  is 
  

   probable 
  that 
  the 
  change 
  in 
  temperature 
  proved 
  injurious 
  to 
  them, 
  

   as 
  the 
  water 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  taken 
  averaged 
  54°, 
  whereas 
  the 
  

   temperature 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  was 
  scarcely 
  above 
  the 
  freezing-]>oint 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  winter. 
  

  

  Brool- 
  trout. 
  — 
  From 
  the 
  25,000 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Northville, 
  22,100 
  

   fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  to 
  applicants 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon. 
  — 
  The 
  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  eggs 
  received 
  from 
  Craig 
  

   Brook 
  Station 
  on 
  January 
  30 
  were 
  hatched 
  with 
  slight 
  loss, 
  but 
  owing 
  

   to 
  an 
  accident, 
  whereby 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  turned 
  off 
  the 
  troughs 
  for 
  12 
  

   hours, 
  they 
  were 
  all 
  lost 
  on 
  May 
  2-1. 
  During 
  the 
  winter 
  considerable 
  

   difficulty 
  was 
  experienced 
  with 
  roily 
  water, 
  and 
  at 
  times 
  slush 
  ice 
  was 
  

   forced 
  around 
  the 
  suction 
  pipe 
  so 
  that 
  no 
  water 
  could 
  be 
  pumped. 
  It 
  

   is 
  recommended 
  that 
  this 
  pipe 
  be 
  protected 
  by 
  crib-work 
  before 
  next 
  

   season 
  opens. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  difficulties 
  encountered 
  in 
  procuring 
  an 
  

   adequate 
  supply 
  of 
  suitable 
  water, 
  it 
  is 
  urged 
  tliat 
  arrangements 
  be 
  

   made 
  with 
  the 
  Cape 
  Vincent 
  Waterworks 
  Company 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  station 
  

   from 
  the 
  city 
  works. 
  

  

  Steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  (Lieut. 
  Fuanklin 
  Swift 
  in 
  ciiaik^.k). 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  HaivJc 
  left 
  Washington 
  on 
  April 
  28, 
  arriving 
  at 
  

   Gloucester, 
  N. 
  J., 
  on 
  the 
  30th, 
  where 
  a 
  steam 
  launch, 
  spawning 
  boats, 
  

   and 
  hatching 
  apparatus, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  shipped 
  from 
  Woods 
  Hole, 
  

   ]\rass., 
  were 
  taken 
  on. 
  Permission 
  having 
  been 
  obtained 
  from 
  Capt. 
  

   N. 
  li. 
  Farquhar, 
  U. 
  S. 
  N., 
  the 
  vessel 
  then 
  proceeded 
  to 
  League 
  Island 
  

   navy-yard 
  and 
  moored 
  alongside 
  the 
  wharf 
  in 
  an 
  advantageous 
  posi- 
  

   tion 
  for 
  receiving 
  a 
  good 
  supply 
  of 
  water 
  for 
  hatching 
  purposes. 
  This 
  

   point 
  was 
  selected 
  as 
  headquarters, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  

   there 
  was 
  as 
  good 
  if 
  not 
  better 
  than 
  that 
  at 
  Gloucester, 
  where 
  oper- 
  

   ations 
  had 
  previously 
  been 
  conducted, 
  and 
  because 
  it 
  was 
  nearer 
  to 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  9C 
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