LXII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



and Etowali Eivers bas been a great success, and that a great many 

 shad were taken out of these two rivers last spring and the year before. 



Concerning the increase in shad in this State, due to propagation. Dr. 

 H. H. Gary states in his report to the Commissioner of Agriculture for 

 1883 and 1884 that : 



"In 1880, 1,000,000 shad fry were planted in the waters of Georgia, 

 and in 1881, 1,800,000. This was the work of the United States Fish 

 Commission. In three years after the planting they returned to find 

 their spawning-grounds. Of the planting of 1880, 400,000 were released 

 in the Chattahoochee, at Iceville, nenr Atlanta. It was not expected 

 that these fish could pass up farther than Columbus till fishways were 

 placed at the obstructions at that place. True to their instincts, shad 

 appeared in 1883 in the Chattahoochee Elver below Columbus, and were 

 taken with the hook and bait. It is therefore reasonable to suppose 

 that the fish thus taken were of the planting at Iceville in 1880. Of the 

 1,800,000 shad planted in 1881, 1,000,000 were released in the Ocmulgee 

 at Macon. The fish, of course, were due on their return in the spring 

 of the present year. I have recently visited Macon and made careful 

 investigation in regard to the expected return of these fish, and I am 

 pleased to say that I have not been disappointed. While there was no 

 particular arrangement for catching shad — and hence the catch was 

 light — still they must have appeared in large numbers, as a sporting 

 gentleman informed me that full-grown shad were taken in considerable 

 numbers, the fishermen standing on the bank of the stream and captur- 

 ing them with the dip-net. I mention these facts to show with what facil- 

 ity a barren river can be impressed by liberal plantings of the shad fry." 

 p. The River Herring (Pomolohiis (vstivalis). 



Large quantities of herring are often taken in the shad seine*, and 

 the oi)portunity has frequently been improved to impregnate the eggs 

 and hatch them artificially. 

 q. The Carp {Cyprinus carino). 



The work connected with the carp maybe considered among the most 

 important of the operations of the Commission. The good results have 

 been manifested over the entire country and the demand for the species 

 is increasing year by year. 



The number of carp raised in Washington, as reported by the super- 

 intendent of the ponds, Mr. End. Hessel, was as follows: 



*E.stiiiia;oU. In addition to this niniiber, 57,000 ■ncii^ inised but weie tillid by I'ro.st in March, 

 1885. ■ 



