﻿EEPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  37 
  

  

  eggs 
  had 
  beeu 
  collected 
  at 
  Orr 
  Island. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  maclverel 
  

   season 
  the 
  vessel 
  left 
  Casco 
  Bay 
  aud 
  established 
  headquarters 
  at 
  

   Boothbay, 
  the 
  Grampus 
  being 
  stationed 
  at 
  Eockland, 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  

   the 
  large 
  lobster 
  pounds. 
  By 
  this 
  arrangement 
  it 
  was 
  expected 
  to 
  

   cover 
  the 
  entire 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine. 
  The 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  pounds 
  in 
  the 
  

   vicinity 
  of 
  Yiual 
  Haven, 
  Westport, 
  aud 
  Boothbay, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  dealers 
  

   in 
  Portland, 
  agreed 
  to 
  notify 
  Lieutenant 
  Swift 
  Avhenever 
  they 
  received 
  

   seed 
  lobsters, 
  and 
  i)ermission 
  was 
  obtained 
  to 
  oveiliaul 
  the 
  lobsters 
  

   already 
  impounded. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  were 
  examined 
  daily, 
  but 
  only 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  thousand 
  were 
  found 
  with 
  ripe 
  eggs, 
  and 
  it 
  appeared 
  

   that 
  operations 
  were 
  commenced 
  too 
  late 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  

   of 
  the 
  lobster 
  on 
  the 
  Maine 
  coast 
  occurs 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  

   Massachusetts 
  coast. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  were 
  brought 
  from 
  Nova 
  Scotia 
  

   to 
  the 
  various 
  pounds, 
  but 
  no 
  ripe 
  ones 
  were 
  secured, 
  though 
  many 
  of 
  

   them 
  had 
  young 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Operations 
  were 
  continued 
  till 
  August 
  3, 
  the 
  season's 
  work 
  resulting 
  

   in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  054,655 
  eggs, 
  from 
  which 
  322,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched. 
  

   These 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  the 
  vessel 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  

   hatched. 
  Though 
  the 
  results 
  were 
  poor, 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  work 
  

   can 
  be 
  made 
  successful 
  next 
  year 
  by 
  establishing 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  

   the 
  vessel 
  at 
  either 
  Boothbay 
  or 
  Orr 
  Island. 
  The 
  lobster 
  men 
  have 
  

   been 
  initiated 
  aud 
  thoroughly 
  understand 
  the 
  work, 
  and 
  are 
  willing 
  to 
  

   cooperate 
  with 
  and 
  assist 
  the 
  Commission 
  in 
  its 
  future 
  efforts. 
  It 
  is 
  

   recommended 
  that 
  arrangements 
  be 
  made 
  next 
  year 
  as 
  early 
  as 
  March 
  

   or 
  April, 
  and 
  that 
  men 
  be 
  employed 
  to 
  commence 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  seed 
  

   lobsters 
  and 
  hold 
  them 
  in 
  suitable 
  iwunds 
  along 
  the 
  coast. 
  Large 
  

   numbers 
  could 
  undoubtedly 
  be 
  obtained 
  from 
  the 
  large 
  pound-owners, 
  

   who 
  sometimes 
  have 
  from 
  00,000, 
  to 
  150,000 
  on 
  hand. 
  

  

  On 
  August 
  3 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hmvhr&tnvvmA 
  to 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  and 
  the 
  Grampus 
  

   to 
  Gloucester. 
  

  

  Battery 
  Station, 
  Maryland 
  (\V. 
  P. 
  Sauerhoff 
  in 
  charge). 
  

  

  The 
  station 
  was 
  closed 
  and 
  under 
  the 
  charge 
  of 
  the 
  custodian, 
  Mr. 
  

   Charles 
  Healey, 
  from 
  July 
  11 
  to 
  March 
  23, 
  when 
  J. 
  J. 
  Glennan 
  reported 
  

   and 
  commenced 
  repairing 
  and 
  fiittiug 
  up 
  the 
  launches 
  and 
  machinery. 
  

   On 
  March 
  31 
  W. 
  P. 
  Sauerholf 
  arrived 
  and 
  began 
  fitting 
  up 
  the 
  hatchery 
  

   and 
  getting 
  the 
  necessary 
  collecting 
  and 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  in 
  order 
  

   for 
  the 
  season's 
  work. 
  By 
  April 
  17 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  thoroughly 
  ecpiipped 
  

   and 
  operations 
  were 
  commenced 
  with 
  a 
  force 
  of 
  30 
  men. 
  The 
  collection 
  

   of 
  eggs 
  was 
  continued 
  to 
  June 
  4, 
  the 
  total 
  receipts 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  being 
  

   45,8!)3,000. 
  From 
  these, 
  30,117,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  planted 
  and 
  

   1,105,000 
  eyed 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped. 
  Arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  to 
  collect 
  

   eggs 
  at 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  floats 
  and 
  shores, 
  but, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  seine 
  

   at 
  Carpenter 
  Point, 
  none 
  were 
  received 
  from 
  that 
  source, 
  although 
  

   spawn-takers 
  attended 
  the 
  haulings 
  regularly 
  from 
  the 
  beginnin" 
  of 
  the 
  

   season 
  to 
  the 
  10th 
  of 
  May. 
  The 
  gillers 
  took 
  more 
  interest 
  than 
  evei 
  

  

  