XXI.-REPORT OF SHAD DISTRIBUTION FOR THE SEASON OF 



1886. 



By Marshall McDonald. 



The work of shad propagation and the production of the young for 

 distribution was conducted on the Potomac River at Fort Washington 

 and Central Stations, on the Susquehanna at Battery Station and by 

 the steamer Lookout, and on the Delaware River by the steamer Fish 

 Hawk. Shad for distribution were contributed as follows : 



Battery Station, Susquehanna River 43,776,000 



Central Station, Potomac River 28,151,000 



Steamer Fish Hawk, Delaware River c 21,018,000 



Steamer Lookout , 310,000 



Total 93,255,000 



The aggregate number of fry actually planted was 92,079,000. In this 

 distribution liberal plants of shad fry have been made in the Potomac, the 

 Susquehanna, the Delaware, and other tributaries of Chesapeake and 

 Delaware Bays. The following is a summary by river basins of shad 

 distributed during the season of 1880 : 



River basin. 



Received 



from 

 station. 



Actually 

 planted. 



Lost in 

 transit. 



Tributaries of Narragansett Bay 



Tributaries of Long Island Sound 



Hudson River 



Delaware River 



Tributaries of Chesapeake Bay 



Tributaries of Albemarle Sound 



Streams draining into the Atlantic south of Albemarle Sound. 

 Mississippi River and minor tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico 



Colorado River, Gulf of California 



Columbia River basfn 



Total 



2, 534, 000 



749, 000 



2,312,000 



21, 618, 000 



52, 835, 000 



1, 990, 000 



4, 183, 000 



4, 758, 000 



850, 000 



850, 000 



93, 255, 000 



92, 679, 000 



83, 000 



88, 000 

 105," 000 



150, 000 

 150, 000 



576, 000 



The localities at which the plants were made, the streams in which 

 they were made, and the number of fish included in each deposit are 

 given in the following table: 



[1] S. Mis. 90 51 801 



