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lations which seem to tend towards preservation. 



We cannot today get the spawn of the striped Ijass in suffi- 

 cient amount to promise any young fish for the northern streams, 

 and tliere is no fishery on these nortliern streams of sufficient 

 importance to warrant us attempting to secure spawn there. 



President : Eeferring to the inception of the striped bass 

 culture on the Pacific coast, is it not a fact that more eggs can 

 be obtained there than at any point on the Athmtic coast, so far 

 as our information goes? 



Mr. Titcomb: I couhl have said so hist year Imt not this 

 year. Mr. Lambson, can you tell how many eggs we got this 

 year ? 



Mr. G. H. Lambson, Baird, Cal. : About two and one-half 

 million. 



President: How many last year? 



Mr. Lambson : I don't know. ]\Ir. Titcoml) has the statistics 

 for last year, but I think it was about 7,000,000. 



Mr. Titcomb : It M-as very encouraging last year for the 

 first year's attempt; but that is where the striped bass is more 

 abundant today than in any other waters of the United States, 

 and we made very persistent efforts this year to secure eggs, not 

 only through the bureau under the direction of Mr. Lambson, 

 who is able to take cart' of over 100,000,000 salmon eggs every 

 year, but also under the direction of Mr. Vogelsang, the deputy 

 iish commissioner of the state of (Vilifornia. It is very difficult 

 to get ripe females and at the same time ri]K' males. 



Mr. Frank X. Clark, XorthviUe, :\Iich. : H'as there ever l)een 

 any attem])t made to ]H'n them — to hold the males or females. 

 or both until they have ripened? 



Mr. Titcomb : Mr. Worth has had some experience in that 

 direction. 



Mr. S. (i. Worth, Beaufort, X. C. : We find it impractical^le 

 to do it. Tlie high temperature of the water at that time, about 

 seventy-three degTces renders it impractical)le. We do not suc- 

 ceed at all. 



