REPORT 
OF THE 
COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES. 
DeparrMENT OF ComMeERCE AND Lapor, 
Bureau or FIsHERIes, 
Washington, December 1, 1907. 
Sir: I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the 
Bureau of Fisheries during the fiscal year ended June 30. 1907. 
FISH-CULTURAL WORK. 
In its general lines the fish-cultural work varies little from year to 
year, the changes appearing as a rule only in the conditions which 
attend the taking of eggs and the hatching, and in the quantity of 
fish produced. The scope of the work is being constantly extended, 
however, including each year one or two kinds of fish not previously 
cultivated and adding localities to the field of operations. 
OUTPUT. 
The total output in 1907 was 2,511,597,377 fish and eges—nearly 
600,000,000 more than for the year 1906, which had the largest pre- 
vious record. The conspicuous increases were in pike perch, yellow 
perch, and white perch, blueback salmon, lake cisco, grayling, shad, 
striped bass, cod, and lobster, with a fair yield of pollock and a 
comparatively large product of haddock, neither of which were 
hatched in 1906. On the other hand, the output of whitefish, chinook 
and silver salmon, and steelhead trout fell below the figures for last 
year. The number of fish and eggs distributed in 1907 is shown by 
species in the following table: 
SumMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION oF isu AND Eecs DurRING THE Fiscat YEAR 1907. 
Fingerlings, 
Species. | Eggs. Fry. yearlings, Total. 
| | | and adults. 
(GD) oH ae ag Se es SAE Oa al Soar here emer ae Neate, deepens Sisie 168, 426 168, 420 
PA ilerte he woo a receipe acre ae esielelers cte’aici= aisles G35! OOON 2701594, 1501S yack occa 71, 229, 156 
UMS Ne apie deere Joc Ge SORE CRE eS aE Esme 89,899,000 | 226,218,000 |...........-.- 316, 117, 000 
MAKEIGISCO, 2S Shh). Seeeeece a adnate cotoioaseses 9,040,006 | 50,000,000 |-2..------.... 59, 040, 000 
(CUNO RTT Roy a eee see Se ee en eae BRS crO DI ameleOds 00 245 mince. acrsntae ree 96, 154, 797 
Sikverssalmonn s 222 2OSRe ene. oes Seti. scee-es 160, 000 SrGSGs9H2 tp. Kien caeeencen | 3, 796, 952 
eS re Paste boy Sat LTA OMG aerate tie acess leralin ol aicsclois winnie jasc aner er tais BS JSSONUDDI lesen Aeneas | 58, 835, 055 
Hina pack Salim Olle pe eee tects parses ce keael eevee =e ane Sialel| Were cleeis wats late 11,641 | 11, 641 
SECON RORELOUE ctiom selec tae sisiamiaiejaicig s sisiouinies 150, 000 1, 235, 834 | 79, 218 | 1, 465, 052 
RAND WEULOUDA! S: Dssueteecbon ck. cee seeenee 599, 500 298,915 | 2,056,177 | 2, 954, 592 
INABSAUNG AG LTC) 08 REM Bene Oo hre een ar aeerre Go Meer Seer acne 2, 156, 852 | 39, 830 2,196, 682 
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