﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  55 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  transported 
  as 
  usual 
  on 
  cantonHannel 
  trays 
  packed 
  in 
  

   boxes, 
  and 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  them 
  arrived 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition. 
  The 
  

   season 
  closed 
  on 
  December 
  5 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  collection 
  of 
  11,122,000 
  from 
  

   the 
  following 
  i)oints 
  : 
  Caribou 
  Islands, 
  Lake 
  Superior, 
  450,000; 
  iManis 
  

   tique. 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  1,500,000; 
  Beaver 
  Islands, 
  Lake 
  jMichigan, 
  

   4,631,000; 
  Charlevoix, 
  Lake 
  Michigan, 
  2,552,000; 
  Detour, 
  Lake 
  Huron, 
  

   468,000; 
  Alpena, 
  Lake 
  Huron, 
  1,518,000. 
  

  

  Whitejish. 
  — 
  The 
  collection 
  of 
  whitefish 
  eggs 
  commenced 
  November 
  2 
  

   and 
  continued 
  until 
  December 
  17, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  44,420,000 
  were 
  

   secured 
  from 
  the 
  following 
  points: 
  

  

  Lake 
  Huron: 
  Alpena, 
  Mich., 
  15,070,000; 
  Hammond 
  Bay, 
  5,000,000; 
  

   Oscoda, 
  Mich., 
  1,200,000. 
  

  

  Lake 
  Michigan: 
  Manistique, 
  Mich., 
  14,500,000; 
  Beaver 
  Island, 
  

   4,500,000; 
  Naubinway, 
  Mich., 
  2,500,000; 
  Warehouse 
  Point, 
  Michigan, 
  

   1,200,000; 
  Epoufette, 
  Mich., 
  450,000. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  a 
  consignment 
  of 
  5,000,000 
  was 
  transferred 
  

   from 
  Put-in 
  Bay 
  hatchery. 
  Two 
  lots 
  of 
  eggs 
  were 
  shipped, 
  one 
  con- 
  

   signment 
  of 
  50,000 
  being 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Japanese 
  Imperial 
  Government, 
  

   and 
  another 
  of 
  800,000 
  to 
  Atlanta 
  for 
  exhibition 
  jmrposes 
  ; 
  tlie 
  balance 
  

   were 
  retained 
  for 
  hatching 
  and 
  35,850,000 
  fry 
  were 
  produced 
  from 
  

   them. 
  The 
  i^ercentage 
  of 
  fry 
  hatched 
  tliis 
  year 
  was 
  much 
  better 
  than 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  i:)revious 
  year, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  fish 
  captured 
  in 
  pound 
  nets. 
  The 
  experiment 
  of 
  penning 
  

   whitefish 
  was 
  made 
  at 
  Xorth 
  Point, 
  near 
  Alpena, 
  and 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  

   not 
  so 
  successful 
  as 
  anticipated, 
  4,000,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  secured 
  from 
  the 
  

   500 
  fish 
  confined, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  from 
  20,000,000 
  to 
  25,000,000 
  

   can 
  be 
  secured 
  next 
  season 
  in 
  this 
  manner, 
  at 
  an 
  ex])ense 
  of 
  $1,000. 
  

   The 
  fish 
  were 
  transferred 
  from 
  the 
  pounds 
  to 
  the 
  live-cars 
  and 
  thence 
  

   to 
  the 
  crates 
  without 
  injury, 
  though 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  them 
  hardened 
  afterwards 
  

   and 
  produced 
  no 
  eggs. 
  This 
  was 
  attributed 
  to 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  crates 
  

   were 
  located 
  in 
  very 
  shallow 
  water, 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  under- 
  

   taking 
  being 
  to 
  find 
  a 
  place 
  where 
  they 
  could 
  be 
  anchored 
  securely 
  in 
  

   deep 
  water. 
  

  

  DuLUTH 
  Station, 
  Minnesota 
  (S. 
  P. 
  Wires, 
  Sih'Erintendext). 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  summer 
  the 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  was 
  employed 
  in 
  repairing 
  

   the 
  hatching 
  apparatus 
  and 
  painting 
  the 
  buildings. 
  The 
  main 
  thime 
  

   which 
  supplies 
  the 
  hatchery 
  with 
  water 
  was 
  repaired 
  and 
  i)ainted 
  and 
  

   the 
  boiler 
  and 
  pump 
  overhauled, 
  prei)aratory 
  to 
  the 
  opening 
  of 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  season. 
  

  

  Lalce 
  trout.— 
  'Early 
  in 
  September 
  arrangements 
  were 
  made 
  with 
  the 
  

   fishermen 
  on 
  Lake 
  Superior 
  for 
  collecting 
  lake-trout 
  eggs. 
  The 
  season 
  

   opened 
  September 
  18 
  and 
  continued 
  to 
  November 
  5, 
  eggs 
  being 
  obtained 
  

   at 
  the 
  following 
  points 
  : 
  Port 
  Arthur, 
  Ontario, 
  1,675,000 
  ; 
  Grand 
  Portage, 
  

   Minnesota, 
  250,000; 
  Bayfield, 
  Wisconsin, 
  1,098,000; 
  Isle 
  Poyale, 
  JMicli- 
  

   igan, 
  1,392,000; 
  total, 
  5,315,000. 
  

  

  