﻿LXXVI 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  article 
  on 
  the 
  improvement 
  of 
  fisheries, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  Booth, 
  he 
  

   states 
  in 
  reference 
  to 
  tbe 
  utility 
  of 
  artificial 
  propagation 
  that, 
  about 
  

   eleven 
  years 
  before 
  (in. 
  1871), 
  he 
  started 
  a 
  salmon 
  cannery 
  on 
  the 
  Sac- 
  

   ramento 
  River, 
  in 
  California, 
  but 
  was 
  forced 
  to 
  abandon 
  it 
  for 
  lack 
  of 
  

   fish. 
  About 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Government 
  started 
  a 
  salmon 
  

   hatchery 
  on 
  the 
  McCloud 
  River, 
  a 
  tributary 
  to 
  the 
  Sacramento. 
  In 
  

   about 
  three 
  years 
  he 
  went 
  back 
  to 
  his 
  cannery, 
  and 
  year 
  before 
  last 
  

   (1883) 
  there 
  were 
  eleven 
  canueries 
  on 
  that 
  stream, 
  and 
  each 
  had 
  all 
  the 
  

   fish 
  it 
  could 
  handle. 
  

  

  He 
  thinks, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  depletion 
  of 
  the 
  finer 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  Great 
  

   Lakes 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  whether 
  salmon, 
  whitefish 
  or 
  other 
  species, 
  

   can, 
  without 
  any 
  question, 
  be 
  remedied 
  by 
  artificial 
  propagation. 
  

  

  So 
  impressed 
  was 
  Prof. 
  J. 
  Cossar 
  Ewart, 
  of 
  Edinburgh, 
  with 
  what 
  he 
  

   saw 
  of 
  the 
  American 
  methods 
  in 
  his 
  visit 
  in 
  1884, 
  that, 
  at 
  his 
  sugges- 
  

   tion, 
  the 
  Scotch 
  Fishery 
  Board 
  cabled 
  to 
  send, 
  at 
  their 
  expense, 
  a 
  fish- 
  

   culturist 
  competent 
  to 
  conduct 
  operations 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   fisheries, 
  and 
  to 
  assist 
  them 
  in 
  inaugurating 
  methods 
  for 
  the 
  multipli- 
  

   cation 
  and 
  propagation 
  of 
  various 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  Chilian 
  Government, 
  similarly 
  impressed 
  with 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  

   preserving 
  its 
  fisheries, 
  placed 
  the 
  matter 
  in 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  an 
  engineer 
  

   and 
  entered 
  into 
  negotiations 
  with 
  this 
  Commission 
  as 
  has 
  already 
  been 
  

   described 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  "Courtesies 
  to 
  Foreign 
  Countries." 
  

  

  30. 
  — 
  BY 
  THE 
  DISTRIBUTION 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  EGGS. 
  

  

  Since 
  the 
  fish 
  transportation 
  cars 
  were 
  constructed, 
  the 
  method 
  of 
  the 
  

   distribution 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  eggs 
  has 
  been 
  almost 
  entirely 
  changed; 
  namely, 
  

   from 
  service 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  messengers 
  using 
  the 
  baggage-cars 
  of 
  pas- 
  

   senger 
  trains, 
  to 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  cars 
  built 
  or 
  fitted 
  by 
  the 
  Commis- 
  

   sion 
  expressly 
  for 
  the 
  purpose. 
  A 
  great 
  economy 
  of 
  service 
  has 
  been 
  

   the 
  result 
  ; 
  and 
  where 
  a 
  shipment 
  of 
  ten 
  thousand 
  was 
  formerly 
  pos- 
  

   sible, 
  millions 
  can 
  now 
  be 
  sent. 
  This 
  work 
  has 
  been 
  under 
  the 
  direc- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Colonel 
  McDonald. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  distribution 
  of 
  fish 
  to 
  public 
  waters 
  in 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  

   during 
  ten 
  years 
  of 
  activity, 
  viz, 
  from 
  1872 
  to 
  1882, 
  has 
  been 
  tabulated 
  

   under 
  Colonel 
  McDonald's 
  direction, 
  and 
  the 
  table 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  on 
  

   pages 
  ex 
  and 
  cxi 
  of 
  this 
  report. 
  It 
  shows 
  the 
  following 
  totals 
  : 
  

  

  Fish. 
  

  

  Shad 
  

  

  Whitefish 
  

  

  California 
  salmon 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  

  

  Presh-wa 
  t 
  er 
  herring 
  — 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Rockfish 
  or 
  striped 
  bass 
  

  

  Spanish 
  mackerel 
  

  

  White 
  porch 
  

  

  California 
  trout 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  200, 
  94G, 
  350 
  

  

  77, 
  072, 
  000 
  

  

  33, 
  172,734 
  

  

  12, 
  510, 
  887 
  

  

  9, 
  833, 
  000 
  

  

  6, 
  404, 
  961 
  

  

  400, 
  000 
  

  

  270, 
  000 
  

  

  180, 
  000 
  

  

  116, 
  830 
  

  

  Fish. 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Salmon 
  trout 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Rangeley 
  trout 
  

  

  Schoodic 
  salmon 
  (hybrid) 
  

  

  Rhine 
  salmon 
  

  

  Moranko 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  88, 
  200 
  

   40, 
  600 
  

   25/000 
  

   12, 
  500 
  

   10, 
  000 
  

   4,500 
  

   409 
  

  

  341, 
  096, 
  971 
  

  

  