﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  39 
  

  

  exceed 
  800,000. 
  The 
  weather 
  as 
  a 
  rale 
  was 
  uufavorable, 
  easterly 
  

   winds 
  prevailiug 
  most 
  of 
  tlie 
  time, 
  and, 
  although 
  no 
  freshets 
  occurred 
  

   during 
  the 
  season, 
  frequent 
  and 
  violent 
  thunderstorms 
  at 
  sunset 
  often 
  

   prevented 
  the 
  gillers 
  from 
  fishing. 
  On 
  May 
  31 
  all 
  but 
  six 
  of 
  the 
  

   spawn-takers 
  were 
  discharged. 
  These 
  were 
  retained 
  until 
  June 
  (J 
  for 
  

   the 
  purpose 
  of 
  deciding 
  whether 
  it 
  was 
  advisable 
  to 
  keep 
  the 
  station 
  

   open 
  after 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  May. 
  For 
  many 
  years 
  past, 
  after 
  the 
  station 
  had 
  

   been 
  closed, 
  rumors 
  became 
  current 
  regarding 
  the 
  large 
  quantities 
  of 
  

   shad 
  eggs 
  which 
  might 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  had 
  the 
  station 
  been 
  in 
  

   operation. 
  The 
  experience 
  gained 
  this 
  year, 
  however, 
  showed 
  that 
  

   few 
  gillers 
  lish 
  after 
  that 
  time 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  eggs 
  is 
  not 
  suf- 
  

   ficiently 
  large 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  keeping 
  the 
  station 
  open. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  season 
  an 
  effort 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  obtain 
  strii)ed-bass 
  eggs, 
  

   but 
  without 
  success. 
  Few 
  striped 
  bass 
  were 
  caught 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  

   during 
  the 
  spring, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  doubtful 
  if 
  any 
  eggs 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  

   secnired 
  from 
  those 
  taken 
  in 
  trammel 
  nets, 
  as 
  the 
  nets 
  are 
  anchored 
  out 
  

   during 
  the 
  night 
  and 
  when 
  taken 
  up 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  are 
  

   dead. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  run 
  of 
  herring 
  in 
  April 
  10 
  cases, 
  containing 
  twenty-four 
  

   2-pound 
  cans 
  each 
  of 
  roe, 
  were 
  put 
  up 
  and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Craig 
  Brook 
  and 
  

   Wytheville 
  stations, 
  to 
  be 
  used 
  as 
  trout 
  food. 
  

  

  Centkal 
  Station, 
  Washington, 
  D. 
  C. 
  (8. 
  G. 
  Worth, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  The 
  fish-cultural 
  operations 
  included, 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  the 
  distri- 
  

   bution 
  of 
  the 
  year's 
  production 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  ponds 
  in 
  Washington 
  and 
  

   the 
  hatching 
  of 
  shad 
  eggs 
  collected 
  on 
  the 
  Potomac 
  Eiver. 
  In 
  addi- 
  

   tion 
  to 
  this, 
  812,000 
  yellow-perch 
  fry 
  were 
  produced 
  and 
  distributed, 
  

   and 
  three 
  consignments 
  of 
  trout 
  eggs 
  (lake, 
  rainbow, 
  and 
  Von 
  Behr), 
  

   transferred 
  from 
  Northville, 
  AVy 
  theville, 
  and 
  Green 
  Lake 
  stations, 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  and 
  planted. 
  The 
  following 
  table 
  shows 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  

   hatched 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  fish 
  distributed: 
  

  

  Yellow 
  2)creh. 
  — 
  In 
  March 
  GOO 
  adult 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  collected 
  in 
  the 
  Poto- 
  

   mac 
  River 
  by 
  Mr. 
  L. 
  G. 
  Harron, 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  a(j[uarium 
  and 
  held 
  

   until 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April, 
  when 
  they 
  yielded 
  812,000 
  eggs, 
  which 
  were 
  

   hatched 
  in 
  the 
  McDonald 
  jars 
  without 
  loss. 
  The 
  results 
  attained 
  were 
  

   disappointing, 
  as 
  the 
  tish 
  handled 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  1889 
  i)roduced 
  a 
  

   much 
  larger 
  number 
  of 
  eggs. 
  This 
  was 
  probably 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  

   this 
  season's 
  fish 
  were 
  smaller 
  than 
  those. 
  

  

  Shad. 
  — 
  Consignments 
  of 
  shad 
  eggs 
  from 
  Piyan 
  Point 
  were 
  received 
  

   daily 
  from 
  April 
  22 
  to 
  June 
  17, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  May 
  17 
  and 
  30 
  

  

  