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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  NOKTHVILLE 
  STATION, 
  MICHIGAN 
  (F. 
  N. 
  ClARK, 
  SUPERINTENDENT). 
  

  

  As 
  iu 
  past 
  years, 
  tlie 
  fish 
  cultural 
  work 
  at 
  tbe 
  Michigan 
  stations 
  ^yas 
  

   directed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  K. 
  Clark, 
  the 
  Northville 
  Station 
  being 
  utilized 
  for 
  

   hatching 
  trout 
  eggs 
  aud 
  Alijena 
  for 
  whitefish. 
  In 
  August 
  the 
  superin- 
  

   tendent, 
  accomi)auied 
  by 
  the 
  foreman 
  at 
  Alj)ena, 
  visited 
  the 
  important 
  

   fisheries 
  on 
  Lakes 
  Huron 
  and 
  Michigan 
  and 
  arranged 
  for 
  collecting 
  

   lake 
  trout 
  aud 
  whitefish 
  eggs. 
  He 
  also 
  made 
  preparations 
  to 
  establish 
  

   a 
  field 
  station 
  for 
  collecting 
  brook 
  trout 
  on 
  Au 
  Sable 
  River 
  at 
  Stephan 
  

   Point, 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  Grajding. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  July 
  and 
  August 
  the 
  station 
  force 
  was 
  employed 
  

   as 
  usual 
  in 
  repairing 
  the 
  jiouds, 
  improving 
  the 
  grounds, 
  and 
  overhauling 
  

   and 
  repairing 
  the 
  hatching 
  apparatus. 
  The 
  spring 
  furnishing 
  the 
  main 
  

   portion 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  for 
  hatching 
  operations 
  has 
  been 
  failing 
  for 
  two 
  

   years, 
  and 
  owing 
  to 
  protracted 
  drought 
  the 
  water 
  was 
  lower 
  this 
  sum- 
  

   mer 
  than 
  ever 
  known 
  before. 
  As 
  a 
  result 
  of 
  this 
  the 
  losses 
  of 
  fisli 
  held 
  

   at 
  the 
  station 
  were 
  very 
  heavy, 
  the 
  wild 
  trout 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  Au 
  

   Sable 
  sutfering 
  most 
  severely. 
  

  

  Lake 
  trout. 
  — 
  The 
  first 
  consignment 
  of 
  lake-trout 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  

   from 
  Alpena 
  on 
  October 
  27 
  and 
  the 
  last 
  on 
  December 
  5, 
  the 
  total 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  amounting 
  to 
  11 
  ,122,000, 
  over 
  3,000,000 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  any 
  previous 
  

   year's 
  take. 
  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  limited 
  capacity 
  of 
  the 
  hatching-house 
  it 
  

   became 
  necessary 
  to 
  ship 
  5,750,000 
  of 
  them, 
  aud 
  they 
  were 
  consigned 
  as 
  

   follows 
  : 
  

  

  Consignee. 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Exhibit, 
  Atlanta, 
  Ga 
  

  

  U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Cape 
  Vincent, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

   TT. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Wasliington, 
  D. 
  C 
  . 
  

   U. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Put-in 
  i!ay, 
  Ohio 
  . 
  . 
  

   TJ. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  St. 
  Johnsbury, 
  Vt. 
  . 
  

  

  TJ. 
  S. 
  F. 
  C. 
  Station, 
  Bucksport, 
  Me 
  

  

  Wyoming 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  Laramie, 
  

   Wyo 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  35, 
  000 
  

   3, 
  600, 
  000 
  

  

  10, 
  000 
  

  

  1, 
  000, 
  000 
  

  

  100, 
  000 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

  

  200, 
  000 
  

  

  Consignee. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Ed.Jefferson,Mamraotb 
  Springs, 
  Ark. 
  1 
  5,000 
  

  

  Swiss 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  I 
  

  

  Berne, 
  Switzerland 
  50, 
  000 
  

  

  Henry 
  Studor, 
  White 
  Lake 
  Corners, 
  

  

  N. 
  Y 
  200,000 
  

  

  Nebraska 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  South 
  

  

  Bend, 
  Nebr 
  I 
  200,000 
  

  

  Vermont 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  I 
  300, 
  000 
  

  

  Of 
  these 
  eggs, 
  4,600,000 
  were 
  shipped 
  in 
  the 
  green 
  stage 
  and 
  1,150,000 
  

   after 
  the 
  eye-spots 
  appeared. 
  From 
  those 
  remaining 
  at 
  the 
  station, 
  

   1,295,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  April 
  

   and 
  May, 
  plants 
  amounting 
  to 
  400,000 
  being 
  made 
  in 
  Lake 
  Huron, 
  

   750,000 
  in 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  and 
  100,000 
  in 
  the 
  Straits 
  of 
  Mackinac. 
  The 
  

   remaining 
  45,000 
  were 
  distributed 
  to 
  private 
  individuals 
  for 
  stocking 
  

   inland 
  lakes. 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout. 
  — 
  Arrangements 
  having 
  been 
  made 
  with 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Stephan 
  

   for 
  the 
  lease 
  of 
  4 
  acres 
  of 
  land 
  on 
  a 
  brook 
  flowing 
  into 
  the 
  Au 
  Sable, 
  a 
  

   field 
  station 
  was 
  established 
  and 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  fish 
  commenced 
  on 
  

   August 
  26. 
  Operations 
  were 
  continued 
  until 
  November 
  10, 
  during 
  

   which 
  time 
  6,453 
  trout 
  were 
  caught 
  and 
  confined 
  in 
  a 
  pond 
  prepared 
  

   for 
  them. 
  During 
  the 
  early 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  season 
  the 
  collections 
  were 
  

   made 
  Avith 
  rod 
  and 
  line, 
  but 
  after 
  October 
  1 
  a 
  seine 
  was 
  used 
  with 
  

  

  