﻿XCVI 
  • 
  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  were 
  used 
  without 
  success; 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  thought 
  that 
  the 
  failure 
  should 
  be 
  

   attributed 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  temperature 
  of 
  the 
  water 
  which 
  prevailed 
  during 
  

   the 
  experiments. 
  

  

  p. 
  The 
  Smelt 
  ( 
  Osmerus 
  mordax). 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  Considerable 
  success 
  was 
  attained 
  

   in 
  hatchiug 
  these 
  eggs, 
  which, 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  their 
  adhesive 
  nature, 
  give 
  

   a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  trouble. 
  The 
  fish 
  were 
  obtained 
  from 
  streams 
  emptying 
  

   into 
  Great 
  South 
  Bay, 
  and 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  station 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  

   in 
  March, 
  120 
  in 
  number, 
  from 
  which 
  about 
  200,000 
  eggs 
  were 
  taken. 
  

   About 
  50 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  ; 
  and 
  100,000 
  fry 
  were 
  liberated 
  

   in 
  different 
  streams 
  near 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor. 
  

  

  q. 
  The 
  Tomcod 
  (Microgadus 
  tomcodus). 
  

  

  The 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  eggs 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  which 
  comes 
  

   close 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  and 
  along 
  the 
  docks 
  in 
  November 
  and 
  December 
  to 
  

   spawu, 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  milk-pans, 
  after 
  the 
  manner 
  of 
  handling 
  trout 
  and 
  

   similar 
  iishes. 
  These 
  eggs 
  are 
  not 
  adhesive, 
  nor 
  are 
  they 
  so 
  buoyant 
  

   as 
  those 
  of 
  the 
  codfish. 
  They 
  hatched 
  in 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  days, 
  and 
  

   the 
  fry, 
  about 
  210,000 
  in 
  number, 
  were 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  harbor. 
  

  

  r. 
  The 
  Carp 
  {Cyprinus 
  carpio). 
  

  

  The 
  cultivation 
  of 
  carp 
  has 
  come 
  to 
  be 
  among 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  

   of 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  Good 
  results 
  have 
  been 
  mani- 
  

   fested 
  in 
  nearly 
  every 
  State 
  and 
  Territory, 
  and 
  the 
  demand 
  for 
  the 
  

   species 
  is 
  still 
  maintained. 
  

  

  The 
  Washington 
  Station. 
  — 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  carp 
  raised 
  in 
  Washington, 
  

   as 
  reported 
  by 
  the 
  superintendent 
  of 
  the 
  ponds, 
  Mr. 
  Kudolph 
  Hessel, 
  

   was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Place. 
  

  

  North 
  pond 
  

  

  South 
  pond 
  * 
  

  

  East 
  pondt 
  

  

  West 
  pond 
  

  

  Arsenal 
  pond 
  

  

  Canal 
  pond 
  

  

  Little 
  Island 
  ponds 
  . 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  Scale 
  

   carp. 
  

  

  25, 
  800 
  

  

  25, 
  800 
  

  

  Leather 
  

  

  carp. 
  

  

  Blue 
  

   carp. 
  

  

  56, 
  000 
  

   35,000 
  

  

  19 
  2, 
  600 
  

  

  50, 
  000 
  

  

  10, 
  500 
  

  

  343, 
  100 
  

  

  1,600 
  

  

  1,600 
  

  

  *This 
  pond 
  was 
  drained 
  October 
  28 
  and 
  the 
  increase 
  over 
  past 
  years 
  was 
  very 
  gratifying. 
  In 
  1884, 
  

   it 
  produced 
  12,000 
  leather 
  carp 
  and 
  in 
  1883 
  but 
  7,000. 
  

   tin 
  1883 
  this 
  poDd 
  produced 
  60,000 
  carp 
  ; 
  and 
  in 
  1884, 
  70,000 
  carp. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  distribution 
  for 
  the 
  season 
  aggregated 
  348,784; 
  of 
  which 
  

   number 
  187,414 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  individual 
  applicants, 
  and 
  101,370 
  were 
  

   distributed 
  to 
  public 
  waters. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  individual 
  applicants 
  

   supplied 
  was 
  6,273 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  distribution 
  was 
  general, 
  including 
  1,347 
  

   counties 
  in 
  300 
  Congressional 
  districts. 
  The 
  distribution 
  to 
  public 
  

   waters 
  embraced 
  the 
  principal 
  river 
  basins 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  and 
  South 
  

   Atlantic 
  States 
  and 
  the 
  Gulf 
  region. 
  

  

  