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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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The eggs which were hatched and planted in local waters (3,154,000) 

 and forwarded to Central Station (33,208,000) were derived as follows: 



From the Fish Commission seiue at Fort Washington 11,848,000 



From Chapman's Point hauling-seine 5,506,000 



From Ferry Landing hauling-seine - 4,349,000 



From White House hauling-seine 1,487,000 



From Stony Point hauling-seine 2, 191,000 



From thegillers 10,981,000 



Total 30,362,000 



The records of the Commission seine fished on the Fort Washington 

 reservation have been carefully kept, and are here published, so as to 

 preserve important data in a shape accessible to fish-culturists gener- 

 ally. These show the fluctuations from season to season, not only in 

 the aggregate catch of shad on the same shore, but also the variations 

 in the proportion of males to females, in the time of maximum run, and 

 in the date at which the proportion of ripe fish reaches its maximum, 

 and the interval during which the largest numbers of eggs are taken. 



Record of seine-hauling at Fort Washington shore during the season of 1886. 



* Seine hauled but once. 



t One haul omitted. 



?No hauls, on account of the hiirh wind or heavy current. 



9 Current lighter and running down very fast. 



|| Kaiu all day. 



If New current beginning to run. 



"Out seine out alter lirst haul. 



