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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Haddock 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  prominent 
  tlsb 
  in 
  tbe 
  fisheries 
  ceutenug 
  at 
  Bos- 
  

   ton. 
  Half 
  the 
  quantity 
  and 
  two-fifths 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  receipts 
  consist 
  

   of 
  this 
  fish. 
  The 
  amount 
  discharged 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  about 
  36,200,000 
  

   pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $550,000. 
  The 
  figures 
  for 
  1894 
  were 
  39,500,000 
  

   pouuds, 
  worth 
  $039,000, 
  the 
  principal 
  decrease 
  being 
  in 
  the 
  yield 
  in 
  

   the 
  South 
  Channel, 
  which, 
  next 
  to 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  produc- 
  

   tive 
  ground, 
  these 
  two 
  places 
  yielding 
  nearly 
  20,000,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  

   haddock 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  under 
  consideration. 
  

  

  The 
  quantity 
  of 
  fresh 
  cod 
  landed 
  at 
  Boston 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  19,965,000 
  

   pouuds, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $432,800. 
  Georges 
  Bank, 
  South 
  Channel, 
  

   and 
  Nantucket 
  Shoals 
  contributed 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  this 
  quantity. 
  The 
  

   decreased 
  output 
  compared 
  with 
  1894, 
  amounting 
  to 
  1,722,000 
  pounds, 
  

   worth 
  $66,000, 
  was 
  generally 
  distributed 
  among 
  the 
  various 
  banks. 
  

  

  In 
  point 
  of 
  value, 
  halibut 
  ranks 
  next 
  to 
  cod; 
  1,241,000 
  pounds 
  were 
  

   lauded, 
  having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $127,400. 
  The 
  principal 
  halibut 
  grounds 
  

   resorted 
  to 
  by 
  the 
  fresh-fish 
  fishermen 
  of 
  Boston 
  are 
  La 
  Have, 
  Western, 
  

   Georges, 
  and 
  Browns 
  banks. 
  The 
  slight 
  decrease, 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  

   1894, 
  was 
  due 
  chiefly 
  to 
  a 
  smaller 
  catch 
  on 
  Western 
  Bank. 
  

  

  Hake 
  comes 
  next 
  to 
  haddock 
  and 
  cod 
  in 
  quantity. 
  About 
  10,500,000 
  

   pounds, 
  worth 
  $85,500, 
  were 
  brought 
  to 
  Boston 
  in 
  1895, 
  against 
  

   14,863,000 
  pouuds, 
  worth 
  $134,775, 
  in 
  1894. 
  One-third 
  of 
  the 
  yield 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  South 
  Channel. 
  

  

  The 
  other 
  prominent 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Boston 
  vessel 
  receipts 
  are 
  cusk 
  

   (3,306,000 
  pounds, 
  $44,700), 
  pollock 
  (795,900 
  pounds, 
  $9,600), 
  mackerel 
  

   (347,000 
  pounds 
  fresh, 
  $32,000, 
  and 
  979 
  barrels 
  salted, 
  $14,000), 
  and 
  

   swordfish, 
  menhaden, 
  herring, 
  sea 
  catfish, 
  etc. 
  (1,258,775 
  j)ounds, 
  

   $49,870). 
  

  

  SOME 
  RESULTS 
  OF 
  FISH 
  ACCLIMATIZATION. 
  

  

  Owing 
  to 
  the 
  wide 
  territory 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  distributions 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  are 
  made 
  and 
  the 
  numerous 
  applicants 
  yearly 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   fish, 
  it 
  is 
  entirely 
  impracticable 
  to 
  keep 
  well 
  informed 
  regarding 
  the 
  

   results 
  except 
  in 
  a 
  very 
  small 
  proportion 
  of 
  cases. 
  The 
  employees 
  of 
  

   the 
  Commission, 
  when 
  in 
  the 
  field, 
  secure 
  some 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   outcome 
  of 
  plants, 
  especially 
  when 
  jiublic 
  waters 
  are 
  concerned; 
  corre- 
  

   spondents 
  who 
  have 
  been 
  interested 
  in 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  fishes 
  into 
  

   certain 
  waters 
  often 
  voluntarily 
  report 
  regarding 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  the 
  

   deposits, 
  and 
  the 
  State 
  fish 
  commissions, 
  in 
  the 
  ofticial 
  reports, 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  notice 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  plants 
  of 
  fish 
  made 
  in 
  their 
  respective 
  

   waters 
  by 
  this 
  Commission, 
  but 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  success 
  or 
  failure 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  

   majority 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  no 
  information 
  is 
  ever 
  received. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  embody 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  data 
  relative 
  to 
  this 
  subject 
  

   that 
  have 
  come 
  into 
  the 
  iwssession 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  

   1896, 
  the 
  files 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  fish-culture 
  contributing 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

   the 
  items: 
  

  

  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Middle 
  States. 
  — 
  Great 
  interest 
  has 
  been 
  manifested 
  in 
  

   the 
  attempts 
  to 
  stock 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  with 
  

  

  