170 Fortieth Annual Meeting 



The lobster output from the 3 marine stations was about 

 equal to that of 1909, while the number of cod fry pro- 

 duced was nearly 100,000,000 greater than in 1909. 



The collection of flatfish eggs was the largest ever made 

 by the Bureau, numbering 1,195,911,000, from which 

 930,000,000 fry were hatched and distributed. Other 

 marine species propagated included pollock, haddock and 

 mackerel. 



In view of the steady decline in the shad fishery in rivers 

 tributary to the Atlantic for the past fifteen years it is grati- 

 fying to record an increased tgg collection of this species, 

 and a corresponding increase in the output of fry. The 

 results are partly attributed to recently enacted legislation 

 regulating the methods of fishing in Albermarle Sound and 

 partly to an exceedingly early spring which started the run 

 of fish in the Potomac River before the pound nets could 

 be equipped, thus permitting a larger number to ascend to 

 the spawning grounds than usual. 



The widespread and increasing interest in the Bureau's 

 work by people of all sections of the country, and the 

 growing conception of benefits resulting from the stocking 

 of public and private waters, is manifested by the large 

 number of applications for fish received during the year, 

 the number being 10,635, an excess of 523 over the fiscal 

 year 1909. 



The distribution of fish during the year involved railroad 

 travel aggregating 527.245 miles, 96,263 miles of which 

 was covered by the six specially-constructed cars of the 

 Bureau. The remaining 430,982 miles was made by mes- 

 sengers traveling in baggage cars. 



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 DISCUSSION 



President : The enormous increase in the output of the Bureau of 

 Fisheries is quite impressive to me when I recall that 30 years ago this 

 fall, when the Bureau first took up the work of hatching whitefish on 

 the Great Lakes we were directed to use every effort to secure 

 20,000,000 whitefish eggs. That looked like a difficult task. I do not 

 know how many million are hatched now, but several hundred anyway. 



