﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  49 
  

  

  purpose 
  will 
  be 
  repaired 
  and 
  utilized 
  in 
  future 
  for 
  rearing 
  the 
  basses. 
  

   Most 
  of 
  the 
  youug- 
  goldfish 
  and 
  tench 
  and 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  carp 
  on 
  

   hand 
  at 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  transferred 
  to 
  Atlanta 
  for 
  

   exposition 
  purposes. 
  The 
  adult 
  goldfish 
  were 
  liberated 
  in 
  Tate 
  Run, 
  

   and 
  the 
  brood 
  carp 
  and 
  tench 
  were 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  the 
  commissioners 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Virginia 
  expended, 
  

   under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  superintendent, 
  $250 
  of 
  the 
  rent 
  paid 
  by 
  the 
  

   Government 
  for 
  this 
  station 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  most 
  necessary 
  repairs. 
  

  

  Put-in 
  Bay 
  Station, 
  Ohio 
  (J. 
  J. 
  Stranahan, 
  Superintendent). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  hatching 
  batteries 
  similar 
  to 
  those 
  in 
  use 
  at 
  the 
  

   Duluth 
  and 
  Detroit 
  stations 
  were 
  installed, 
  therel)y 
  increasing 
  the 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  the 
  hatchery 
  from 
  700 
  to 
  1,000 
  jars. 
  By 
  this 
  system 
  of 
  bat- 
  

   teries 
  the 
  water 
  is 
  used 
  over 
  eight 
  times, 
  which 
  results 
  in 
  the 
  saving 
  of 
  

   about 
  one-half 
  in 
  the 
  amount 
  of 
  coal 
  consumed, 
  as 
  it 
  requires 
  only 
  300 
  

   gallons 
  of 
  water 
  per 
  minute 
  for 
  1,000 
  jars, 
  whereas 
  under 
  the 
  old 
  system 
  

   800 
  gallons 
  per 
  minute 
  were 
  required 
  for 
  700 
  jars. 
  

  

  Whitejish. 
  — 
  The 
  usual 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  

   Octeber 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  from 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  pound 
  and 
  gill 
  net 
  

   fishermen 
  at 
  the 
  western 
  end 
  of 
  Lake 
  Erie. 
  The 
  first 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  

   on 
  November 
  4, 
  one 
  day 
  earlier 
  than 
  ever 
  before 
  at 
  this 
  station, 
  and 
  by 
  

   the 
  25th 
  of 
  November 
  188,103,000 
  had 
  been 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  ibllowiug 
  

   points: 
  Port 
  Clinton, 
  Ohio, 
  92,403,000; 
  Toledo, 
  Ohio, 
  25,020,000; 
  Put- 
  

   in 
  Bay 
  Island, 
  15,615,000; 
  North 
  Bass 
  Island, 
  27,540,000; 
  Middle 
  Bass 
  

   Island, 
  13,284,000; 
  Kelley 
  Island, 
  9,441,000; 
  Catawba 
  Island, 
  4,104,000; 
  

   West 
  Sister 
  Island, 
  333,000; 
  other 
  sources, 
  414,000. 
  

  

  The 
  usual 
  system 
  was 
  employed 
  in 
  making 
  the 
  collections. 
  The 
  

   spawn-takers 
  stationed 
  at 
  the 
  different 
  points 
  visited 
  the 
  pound 
  and 
  

   gill 
  nets 
  of 
  the 
  fishermen 
  every 
  day 
  when 
  fished 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  obtained 
  

   were 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  in 
  wooden 
  kegs 
  or 
  transportation 
  cans 
  by 
  

   the 
  steamer 
  Shearwater. 
  Eggs 
  collected 
  at 
  Toledo 
  and 
  other 
  distant 
  

   points 
  were 
  packed 
  on 
  canton-flannel 
  trays, 
  inclosed 
  in 
  wooden 
  boxes, 
  

   and 
  shipped 
  to 
  Port 
  Clinton 
  by 
  rail, 
  thence 
  by 
  the 
  Shearicater 
  to 
  the 
  

   station. 
  These 
  boxes 
  are 
  provided 
  with 
  hinged 
  doors, 
  and 
  each 
  of 
  

   them 
  is 
  capable 
  of 
  carrying 
  about 
  750,000 
  eggs. 
  

  

  The 
  take 
  this 
  season 
  was 
  not 
  only 
  the 
  largest 
  ever 
  secured, 
  but 
  the 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  of 
  excellent 
  quality. 
  This 
  was 
  partly 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  fine 
  weather 
  

   prevailing 
  during 
  November, 
  but 
  the 
  good 
  results 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  mainly 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  trained 
  spawn-takers 
  were 
  hired, 
  whereas 
  

   in 
  j)ast 
  years 
  the 
  fishermen 
  collected 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs. 
  

  

  Shipments 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  made 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  November 
  and 
  

   December 
  as 
  follows: 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  26,540,000; 
  Duluth, 
  Minn., 
  

   10,000,000; 
  Alpena, 
  Mich., 
  5,000,000. 
  . 
  

  

  Car 
  No. 
  3 
  also 
  transported 
  3,000,000 
  to 
  Bear 
  Lake, 
  Idaho, 
  where 
  

   2,940,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  from 
  them 
  and 
  liberated 
  in 
  the 
  lake. 
  

   F. 
  R. 
  96 
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