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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  [2] 
  

  

  another 
  case 
  containing 
  an 
  equal 
  number, 
  which 
  were 
  also 
  in 
  good 
  

   order. 
  These 
  eggs 
  hatched 
  very 
  well, 
  and 
  14,500 
  fry 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  

   streams 
  within 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   The 
  details 
  will 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  Table 
  III. 
  

  

  PENOBSCOT 
  SALMON 
  (SALMO 
  SALAR). 
  

  

  This 
  was 
  the 
  second 
  year 
  of 
  our 
  operations 
  at 
  this 
  station, 
  and 
  the 
  

   apparatus 
  was 
  in 
  better 
  working 
  order, 
  as 
  is 
  usually 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  older 
  

   troughs, 
  and 
  we 
  had 
  a 
  very 
  successful 
  hatching 
  season. 
  Encouraging 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  the 
  plantings 
  in 
  Clendon 
  Brook, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  tributaries 
  of 
  

   the 
  Hudson, 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  from 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  1ST. 
  Cheney, 
  of 
  Glens 
  

   Falls, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  who 
  writes 
  that 
  this 
  brook 
  is 
  swarming 
  with 
  them, 
  and 
  

   who, 
  by 
  request, 
  in 
  October, 
  1885, 
  went 
  there 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  fly 
  captured 
  

   several 
  specimens, 
  which 
  he 
  sent 
  to 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  G. 
  Blackford, 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  

   York 
  commission, 
  who 
  forwarded 
  them 
  to 
  Professor 
  Baird 
  at 
  Wash- 
  

   ington. 
  These 
  fish 
  were 
  from 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  inches 
  long, 
  aud 
  were 
  probably 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant 
  made 
  in 
  April, 
  when 
  the 
  fry 
  were 
  from 
  1 
  inch 
  to 
  H 
  inches 
  

   long.* 
  

  

  In 
  1885, 
  we 
  received 
  500,000 
  eggs 
  of 
  the 
  Salmo 
  solar 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  

  

  * 
  Since 
  the 
  above 
  was 
  written 
  authentic 
  accounts 
  have 
  been 
  received 
  of 
  the 
  capture 
  

   of 
  four 
  adult 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  One 
  of 
  these 
  was 
  taken 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  

   May, 
  1886, 
  in 
  Gravesend 
  Bay, 
  at 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Hudson, 
  and 
  weighed 
  about 
  10 
  

   pounds. 
  It 
  was 
  captured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  Denyse, 
  of 
  Gravesend, 
  and 
  sent 
  to 
  Fulton 
  

   Market. 
  Between 
  June 
  1 
  aud 
  4, 
  1886, 
  three 
  salmon 
  were 
  captured 
  at 
  the 
  darn 
  at 
  Troy 
  

   in 
  the 
  shad 
  nets. 
  These 
  fish 
  weighed 
  respectively 
  10, 
  10|, 
  and 
  14} 
  pounds. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  notes 
  from 
  Forest 
  and 
  Stream 
  of 
  June 
  10, 
  1886, 
  refer 
  to 
  these 
  fish 
  : 
  

  

  Salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson. 
  — 
  Anotbei 
  triumph 
  has 
  been 
  scored 
  for 
  fish-culture. 
  Salmon 
  

   have 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  Hudsou 
  this 
  season 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  perhaps 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  at 
  

   present 
  writing. 
  They 
  are 
  all 
  recorded 
  from 
  Troy, 
  below 
  the 
  State 
  dam, 
  with 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   ception 
  of 
  one 
  taken 
  in 
  Gravesend 
  Bay, 
  which 
  we 
  noticed 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  ago. 
  In 
  former 
  

   years 
  an 
  occasional 
  stray 
  salmon 
  has 
  beeu 
  captured 
  in 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  rare 
  intervals, 
  but 
  

   these 
  lish, 
  coming 
  just 
  four 
  years 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  stocking 
  of 
  the 
  river, 
  point 
  to 
  the 
  

   planting 
  of 
  1882 
  as 
  the 
  source 
  of 
  their 
  origin. 
  In 
  that 
  year 
  a 
  small 
  plant 
  was 
  made 
  

   for 
  the 
  IT. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  from 
  the 
  hatchery 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Thomas 
  Clapham, 
  at 
  Roslyn, 
  

   Long 
  Island, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fred 
  Mather, 
  who 
  has 
  since 
  continued 
  the 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  larger 
  

   scale 
  from 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  York 
  Fish 
  Commission 
  at 
  Cold 
  Spring 
  Harbor, 
  un- 
  

   der 
  orders 
  of 
  Professor 
  Baird, 
  of 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission. 
  State 
  Commissioner 
  

   Blackford 
  is 
  making 
  efforts 
  to 
  get 
  all 
  the 
  information 
  possible 
  concerning 
  the 
  capture 
  

   of 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  river, 
  and 
  we 
  shall, 
  no 
  doubt, 
  hear 
  of 
  others 
  being 
  taken. 
  The 
  eggs 
  

   from 
  which 
  these 
  fish 
  were 
  hatched 
  came 
  from 
  the 
  United 
  States 
  station 
  at 
  Orland, 
  

   Me., 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C. 
  G. 
  Atkins. 
  The 
  Hudson 
  may 
  yet 
  become 
  a 
  salmon 
  stream. 
  

   Put 
  up 
  the 
  fishways 
  now, 
  aud 
  protect 
  the 
  fish 
  which 
  have 
  escaped 
  the 
  meshes 
  of 
  the 
  

   innumerable 
  shad-net> 
  of 
  the 
  lower 
  river, 
  and 
  give 
  them 
  a 
  fair 
  chance. 
  

  

  Several 
  salmon 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  below 
  the 
  dam 
  at 
  this 
  city 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  week. 
  

   There 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  be 
  four, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  rumors 
  of 
  others. 
  The 
  largest 
  one 
  which 
  

   we 
  have 
  any 
  positive 
  record 
  of 
  weighed 
  14i 
  pounds, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  a 
  fine 
  plump 
  fish. 
  

   The 
  salmon 
  are 
  now 
  stopped 
  at 
  the 
  dam 
  here, 
  aud 
  are 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  nets. 
  This 
  

   should 
  be 
  stopped 
  at 
  once, 
  and 
  fishways 
  should 
  be 
  built 
  to 
  allow 
  them 
  to 
  reach 
  the 
  

   upper 
  river, 
  whore 
  they 
  can 
  spawn. 
  The 
  fact 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

  

  