﻿X.-REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  PROPAGATION 
  OF 
  SCHOODIC 
  SALMON 
  IN 
  

  

  1885-86. 
  

  

  By 
  Charles 
  G. 
  Atkins. 
  

  

  On 
  my 
  first 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  station, 
  September 
  15, 
  I 
  found 
  everything- 
  in 
  

   good 
  order 
  and 
  the 
  preparation 
  for 
  fall 
  work 
  in 
  a 
  satisfactory 
  stage. 
  

   Mr. 
  Munson, 
  the 
  foreman, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  at 
  work 
  without 
  help 
  since 
  Sep- 
  

   tember 
  1, 
  had 
  among 
  other 
  items 
  of 
  work 
  set 
  the 
  stakes 
  for 
  .the 
  main 
  

   nets, 
  and 
  gathered 
  190 
  bushels 
  of 
  moss, 
  of 
  which 
  175 
  bushels 
  had 
  been 
  

   dried 
  in 
  the 
  sun. 
  The 
  addition 
  of 
  15 
  bushels 
  more 
  of 
  green 
  moss 
  would 
  

   give 
  us 
  an 
  ample 
  store 
  for 
  packing 
  purposes. 
  The 
  approach 
  of 
  the 
  

   spawning 
  season 
  was 
  heralded 
  by 
  the 
  appearance 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  of 
  tlr.ee 
  

   salmon 
  at 
  the 
  bridge 
  across 
  the 
  stream. 
  Two 
  days 
  later 
  the 
  setting 
  of 
  

   the 
  nets 
  across 
  the 
  stream 
  was 
  completed. 
  

  

  Excavations 
  in 
  the 
  gravel 
  by 
  female 
  salmon 
  were 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  as 
  early 
  

   as 
  October 
  22, 
  and 
  from 
  that 
  date 
  forward 
  in 
  increasing 
  numbers. 
  On 
  

   the 
  24th 
  the 
  fishing 
  pounds 
  were 
  completed, 
  being 
  five 
  days 
  earlier 
  

   than 
  in 
  1884, 
  and 
  six 
  days 
  earlier 
  thau 
  in 
  1883. 
  The 
  plan 
  of 
  previous 
  

   years 
  was 
  followed 
  without 
  material 
  change. 
  

  

  For 
  the 
  first 
  five 
  nights 
  the 
  catch 
  was 
  small, 
  the 
  aggregate 
  being 
  121. 
  

   On 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  October 
  20, 
  we 
  took 
  50 
  salmon, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  night 
  107. 
  

   The 
  latter 
  number 
  was 
  the 
  maximum 
  for 
  this 
  season, 
  the 
  nearest 
  ap- 
  

   proach 
  to 
  it 
  being 
  99 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  night 
  of 
  November 
  8. 
  As 
  early 
  as 
  

   November 
  1 
  it 
  had 
  become 
  apparent 
  from 
  the 
  relative 
  number 
  of 
  female 
  

   fish 
  (aggregating 
  195, 
  against 
  123 
  males), 
  that 
  the 
  season 
  was 
  far 
  ad- 
  

   vanced 
  and 
  was 
  likely 
  to 
  yield 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  average 
  number 
  of 
  fish, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  18th 
  we 
  closed 
  operations 
  with 
  an 
  aggregate 
  catch 
  of 
  Oil 
  females, 
  

   199 
  males, 
  and 
  1 
  salmon 
  of 
  unknown 
  sex, 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  811, 
  the 
  smallest 
  

   catch 
  since 
  the 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  station. 
  Considered 
  by 
  itself 
  this 
  

   fact 
  might 
  reasonably 
  cause 
  apprehension 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  future 
  supply 
  of 
  fish 
  

   and 
  eggs, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  offset 
  by 
  the 
  well-attested 
  abundance 
  of 
  young 
  sal- 
  

   mon 
  of 
  several 
  stages 
  of 
  growth 
  in 
  Grand 
  Lake 
  Stream 
  and 
  about 
  the 
  

   outlet 
  of 
  the 
  lake 
  for 
  several 
  years 
  past. 
  

  

  The 
  fish 
  caught 
  were 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  to 
  those 
  of 
  1884, 
  and 
  exceeded 
  

   those 
  of 
  1883 
  by 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  inch. 
  In 
  weight 
  and 
  fecundity 
  

   [11 
  145 
  

  

  S. 
  Mis. 
  70 
  10 
  

  

  