XLII REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



yield than usual, due to the loss of many breeding trout by disease 

 and from the effects of a severe storm. The following" season, begin- 

 ning- December, 1SSG, and ending May, 1887, 2G8,400 eggs were secured. 

 Mr. Livingston Stone has continued iu charge of .the California work, 

 with Mr. Loren W. Green as superintendent of the McCloud River 

 Station. 



C. — Stations for Propagation of Shad. 



Battery Island. — This station, located on Battery Island, near the 

 mouth of the Susquehanna River, a few miles south of Ilavre de Grace, 

 Md., was in charge of Mr. T. B. Ferguson, with Mr. L. R. Grabill as 

 superintendent during the shad season, which continued from April 19 

 to June 10. The total number of shad egg$ brought into this station 

 was G0,7G0,000, of which 2,090.000 were received from the steamer Fish 

 Hawk, and 2,433,000 from the steamer Halcyon, the remainder having 

 been obtained by a temporary force employed for the purpose. About 

 44,000,000 eggs were hatched and the fry distributed. Experiments in 

 the hatching of rockfish or striped bass met with partial success. Some 

 improvements were made to the station during the year. 



Washington. — The shad eggs obtained on the Potomac River were 

 transferred to the Central Station in Washington, where they were 

 hatched and the fry distributed. The total number of eggs thus re- 

 ceived was 28,283,000, of which 24,007,000 were hatched and 1,580,000 

 transferred to other stations. The propagation of other species of fish 

 was also carried on at this station, which is the headquarters for the 

 cars and for the general distribution of young fish. It is in charge of 

 Col. Marshall McDonald. 



Fort Washington, Md. — This station, situated on the Government res- 

 ervation at Fort Washington, on the Potomac River, was occupied dur- 

 ing the shad season as a receiving station for the eggs collected from 

 the fishing shores and from the gillers along the river. A seine is also 

 operated at this point by the Fish Commission. The eggs are retained 

 at Fort Washington until they are sufficiently hardened to permit of 

 their being safely transported, when they are transferred to Central 

 Station, Washington. Over 30,000,000 eggs were received here during 

 the season of 1880, of which one-third were taken from the fish caught 

 in the Fish Commission seine. About 3,000,000 of the eggs were 

 hatched at the station and the fry planted in the vicinity. Operations 

 were in charge of Col. Marshall McDonald. 



Delaware River. — Operations were carried on in the Delaware River, 

 with headquarters at Gloucester City, jST. J., b}' the steamer Fish Hawk. 

 assisted part of the time by the steamer Halcyon, from May 5 to June 3, 

 The total number of shad eggs taken was 34,454,500, of which 23,100,000 

 were hatched on board the Fish Hawle, a part of the remainder having 

 been transferred to Battery Island Station. 



