American Fisheries Society. "3 
Mr. Carter: One of our lots of eggs was stirred forty min- 
utes and they were thus kept separate, but just as soon as the 
stirring ceased they would stick. 
Mr. Clark: How long afterwards did they stick ? 
A. Until they were all lost—we could not spread them out 
at all. I think the time to spread them is when they are first 
taken. 
Mr. Buller: What method do you use in expressing the 
eges from the female fish ? 
President: I cannot tell you. 
Mr. Stone: We found we did not have to use any method at 
all. (Laughter.) 
The sturgeon of the Delaware River is an entirely different 
fish from the sturgeon of the great lakes and Lake Champlain. 
It is called acipenser sturio, while that of the great lakes is called 
acipenser rubicundus. A sturio is a sluggish fish, while a 
rubicundus is a very active and powerful fish. 
At one time on Cisco River we caught a ripe female weigh- 
ing 140 pounds, which was a very powerful fish. It took three 
of us to get her out of the water, and no sooner was she taken out 
than with one flirt of her tail to the left she disposed of nearly 
half of her eggs, and with another flirt to the left she threw 
out the other half. (Laughter. ) 
Mr Jones: How does Mr. Carter reconcile his estimate of 
50,000 eggs to the quart, with his statement as to their size? 
There must be an error there. 
Mr. Carter: Our eggs were counted very hurriedly. I sup- 
posed they were counted accurately, but even then we did not 
get as many eggs from one of these sturgeons as they are com- 
monly supposed to yield. A sturgeon is supposed to yield a 
million or a million and a half of eggs, but we did not get over 
half that number. 
Mr. Titecomb: What do you mean by the expression, “num- 
ber of eggs that a sturgeon is supposed to yield ?” 
