﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OP 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  XCII1 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  warm 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  gulf 
  would 
  be 
  a 
  barrier 
  

   to 
  keep 
  the 
  shad 
  from 
  being 
  lost 
  in 
  the 
  Pacific. 
  The 
  shad 
  then 
  would 
  

   return 
  to 
  the 
  Colorado 
  and 
  Gila 
  to 
  spawn. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  believed 
  that 
  the 
  rivers 
  of 
  Washington 
  Territory 
  draining 
  into 
  

   Puget 
  Sound 
  can 
  be 
  stocked 
  with 
  shad 
  and 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  furnish 
  profit- 
  

   able 
  fisheries, 
  the 
  importance 
  of 
  which 
  to 
  that 
  region 
  can 
  scarcely 
  be 
  

   overestimated. 
  In 
  order 
  to 
  try 
  the 
  experiment, 
  900,000 
  vigorous 
  fry 
  

   were 
  selected, 
  and 
  sent 
  off 
  with 
  much 
  care, 
  the 
  distance 
  being 
  such 
  as 
  

   to 
  require 
  all 
  the 
  time 
  during 
  which 
  shad 
  fry 
  can 
  be 
  transported 
  with 
  

   safety. 
  A 
  detention 
  of 
  three 
  days 
  by 
  the 
  washing 
  away 
  of 
  a 
  bridge 
  

   resulted 
  in 
  almost 
  total 
  loss, 
  but 
  50,000 
  were 
  planted 
  alive 
  in 
  the 
  Wil. 
  

   lamette 
  Kiver 
  at 
  Portland, 
  Oreg? 
  A 
  small 
  shipment 
  of 
  10,000 
  was 
  also 
  

   planted 
  without 
  any 
  appreciable 
  loss 
  at 
  Ainsworth, 
  Wash., 
  in 
  the 
  Snake 
  

   Eiver, 
  near 
  where 
  it 
  empties 
  into 
  the 
  Columbia. 
  

  

  The 
  Gloucester 
  City 
  Station. 
  — 
  This 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  was 
  in 
  

   operation 
  this 
  year 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  The 
  steamer 
  Fish 
  Hawk, 
  com- 
  

   manded 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  L. 
  W. 
  Piepmeyer, 
  secured 
  over 
  10,000,000 
  eggs 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  May 
  23 
  and 
  June 
  10, 
  the 
  period 
  during 
  which 
  she 
  was 
  stationed 
  

   at 
  this 
  point. 
  

  

  The 
  steamer 
  Lookout, 
  Mate 
  James 
  A. 
  Smith 
  commanding, 
  also 
  pro- 
  

   cured 
  shad 
  eggs 
  from 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  

   transferred 
  to 
  Battery 
  Station. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  remarks 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  M. 
  Spangler, 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  the 
  Penn- 
  

   sylvania 
  State 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  show 
  at 
  once 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  difficulties 
  

   which 
  are 
  encountered 
  in 
  restocking 
  our 
  streams, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  high 
  

   appreciation 
  of 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  commissioners 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  

   Philadelphia 
  of 
  the 
  efforts 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  in 
  

   their 
  behalf. 
  Mr. 
  Spaugler's 
  letter, 
  dated 
  Philadelphia, 
  June 
  22, 
  was 
  

   published 
  in 
  the 
  Philadelphia 
  Press 
  of 
  July 
  4, 
  1885, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Your 
  reporter 
  quotes 
  me 
  as 
  saying 
  that 
  "the 
  feat 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  

   in 
  dumping 
  millions 
  of 
  young 
  shad 
  into 
  the 
  Delaware 
  was 
  as 
  sensible 
  as 
  throwing 
  

   them 
  on 
  the 
  Jersey 
  sands." 
  In 
  order 
  that 
  the 
  true 
  meaning 
  of 
  the 
  remark 
  may 
  be 
  

   understood, 
  it 
  is 
  proper 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  it 
  referred 
  wholly 
  to 
  the 
  planting 
  of 
  shad 
  fry 
  in 
  

   the 
  Delaware 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Gloucester. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  necessary 
  to 
  state 
  

   the 
  reasons 
  for 
  such 
  an 
  opinion. 
  They 
  are 
  obvious 
  to 
  all 
  who 
  have 
  given 
  the 
  subject 
  

   a 
  moment's 
  consideration. 
  

  

  As 
  to 
  the 
  restocking 
  of 
  the 
  Delaware 
  with 
  shad 
  I 
  have 
  only 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  

   most 
  implicit 
  faith 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  can 
  only 
  regret 
  that 
  the 
  kindly 
  efforts 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  

   Commission, 
  supplemented 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  by 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  fishery 
  commissioners 
  

   of 
  Pennsylvania 
  and 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  have 
  not 
  met 
  with 
  full 
  appreciation 
  at 
  the 
  hands 
  

   of 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  residents 
  along 
  the 
  stream. 
  

  

  The 
  shad 
  naturally 
  seeks 
  the 
  upper 
  waters 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  to 
  do 
  its 
  spawning. 
  Hence 
  

   that 
  is 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  young 
  fish 
  hatched 
  on 
  the 
  Fish 
  Hawk 
  or 
  elsewhere 
  should 
  

   be 
  planted, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  where 
  I 
  understand 
  the 
  planting 
  is 
  being 
  done. 
  The 
  great 
  

   drawback 
  to 
  this 
  is 
  that 
  those 
  upper 
  waters 
  abound 
  in 
  fish-baskets, 
  the 
  most 
  infernal 
  

   contrivance 
  ever 
  devised 
  by 
  man 
  for 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  young 
  shad. 
  Though 
  not 
  in. 
  

   tended 
  for 
  that 
  purpose, 
  yet 
  such 
  is 
  their 
  certain 
  effect. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  it 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  a 
  former 
  fish 
  commissioner 
  of 
  this 
  State, 
  also 
  upon 
  that 
  

   pf 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  M. 
  Ward, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  Jersey 
  Commission, 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  an 
  uncommon 
  

  

  