﻿LXXXVIII 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  lots 
  of 
  eggs, 
  23,000 
  in 
  number, 
  were 
  forwarded 
  from 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  

   Harbor 
  Station, 
  the 
  second 
  lot 
  of 
  which 
  (13,000) 
  arrived 
  in 
  poor 
  condi- 
  

   tion. 
  From 
  these 
  31,000 
  eggs 
  20,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched, 
  which 
  were 
  re- 
  

   tained 
  at 
  the 
  station. 
  The 
  stock 
  fish 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  Northville 
  

   ponds 
  show 
  a 
  better 
  growth 
  than 
  the 
  brook 
  trout, 
  and 
  the 
  outlook 
  for 
  

   the 
  future 
  is 
  very 
  promising. 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  February 
  a 
  box 
  containing 
  

   40,000 
  eggs 
  in 
  very 
  good 
  order 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  German 
  Fischerei- 
  

   Vereiu 
  through 
  its 
  president, 
  Herr 
  von 
  Behr. 
  The 
  fry 
  from 
  these 
  eggs, 
  

   which 
  when 
  hatched 
  and 
  ready 
  for 
  distribution 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  

   28,000, 
  were 
  mostly 
  planted 
  on 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  while 
  

   a 
  few 
  that 
  were 
  kept 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  grew 
  remarkably 
  and 
  are 
  handsome 
  

   and 
  gamy 
  fish. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  year 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken 
  by 
  several 
  other 
  persons, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  

   at 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station, 
  from 
  fish 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  bred 
  from 
  

   eggs 
  sent 
  over 
  from 
  Germany 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  before. 
  The 
  average 
  

   number 
  of 
  eggs 
  taken 
  in 
  one 
  case 
  (the 
  fish 
  being 
  three-year-olds) 
  was 
  

   540, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  indications 
  that 
  this 
  yield 
  will 
  increase. 
  This 
  indi- 
  

   cates 
  that 
  this 
  valuable 
  fish 
  has 
  been 
  successfully 
  acclimatized 
  in 
  this 
  

   country, 
  and 
  their 
  cultivation 
  may 
  be 
  greatly 
  extended, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  con- 
  

   sidered 
  superior 
  in 
  many 
  respects 
  to 
  our 
  native 
  brook 
  trout. 
  

  

  /. 
  The 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  Trout 
  (Salmo 
  levenensis). 
  

  

  The 
  Northville 
  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  January 
  2, 
  1885, 
  six 
  cases, 
  estimated 
  to 
  

   contain 
  102,000 
  eggs, 
  were 
  received 
  at 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  

   from 
  the 
  Howietoun 
  hatchery 
  in 
  Scotland. 
  They 
  were 
  in 
  remarkably 
  

   good 
  condition, 
  only 
  870 
  being 
  dead. 
  Mr. 
  Mather 
  sent 
  10,000 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  

   from 
  the 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station 
  to 
  the 
  Bisby 
  Club, 
  in 
  Herkimer 
  

   County, 
  New 
  York, 
  where 
  they 
  were 
  received 
  in 
  good 
  condition, 
  and 
  

   the 
  young 
  trout 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  doing 
  very 
  well. 
  The 
  remainder 
  were 
  

   shipped 
  to 
  the 
  Northville 
  Station, 
  where 
  they 
  arrived 
  on 
  January 
  7 
  in 
  

   excellent 
  condition, 
  there 
  being 
  practically 
  no 
  loss 
  on 
  the 
  eggs. 
  Of 
  the 
  

   eggs, 
  55,000 
  were 
  thence 
  reshipped 
  to 
  other 
  stations, 
  while 
  36,500 
  fry 
  

   were 
  distributed 
  in 
  Michigan 
  and 
  7,000 
  young 
  retained 
  at 
  the 
  hatchery 
  

   for 
  breeding 
  purposes. 
  

  

  The 
  Bueksport 
  Station. 
  — 
  During 
  February, 
  1885, 
  a 
  case 
  of 
  10,000 
  eggs 
  

   was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  Northville 
  Station 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream. 
  

   At 
  this 
  last 
  place 
  they 
  were 
  in 
  excellent 
  condition, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  partly 
  

   frozen 
  before 
  reaching 
  Bueksport; 
  about 
  3,000 
  were 
  lost, 
  and 
  the 
  re- 
  

   maining 
  7,000 
  fry 
  were 
  planted 
  on 
  May 
  4 
  in 
  Branch 
  Pond 
  and 
  its 
  trib- 
  

   utary 
  brooks 
  near 
  Ainsworth, 
  Me. 
  

  

  m. 
  The 
  Quinnat 
  or 
  California 
  Salmon 
  (Oncorhynchus 
  ohoulcha). 
  

  

  The 
  McCloud 
  River 
  Station. 
  — 
  Active 
  operations 
  in 
  taking 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  

   this 
  fish 
  were 
  suspended 
  at 
  this 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  year". 
  There 
  was 
  a 
  

   very 
  small 
  run 
  of 
  .salmon 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  feared 
  that 
  unless 
  some- 
  

  

  