REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



XI 



there are accurate data, the catch was 50,866,368 pounds, or, in round 

 numbers, 13,000,000 fish as against a little over 5,000,000 in 1880, an 

 increase of over 150 per cent. The value of the shad fishery to the 

 fishermen in 1880 was $995,790; in 1896 it amounted to $1,656,711. 

 The Commission expended during the fiscal year 1896-97, $15,726.36, 

 and in the following year $16,356.99 in the propagation and distribution 

 of this species. At an average annual expenditure of $15,000 per annum 

 since 1880, the total expended in the propagation of this species during 

 sixteen years would amount to $240,000. As a consequence of the 

 greater abundance of the fish the cost has been materially lessened, 

 but even at the price actually received the increased 33,000,000 pounds 

 was worth $1,049,000, or $809,000 more than has been expended by the 

 Commission on the propagation of this species, exclusive of the cost of 

 the stations, in sixteen years. 



Table showing the number offish and eggs furnished for distribution by the various stations. 



Source of supply. 



Green Lake, Mo. 



Craig Brook, Me. 



St. Johnsbury, Vt. 



Gloucester, Mass . . . 

 Woods Hole, Mass. . 

 Cape "Vincent, N. V . 



Steamer Fish Hawk. 



Bristol, Pa 



Battery Station, Md. 

 Fish Ponds, D. C 



Central Station, D. C. 



Bryan Point, Md. 

 Wytheville, Va . . 



Put-in Bay, Ohio. 



Species. 



Golden trout 



Brook trout 



Lake trout 



Steelhead trout 



Quinnat salmon 



Landlocked salmon 



Atlantic salmon 



Atlantic salmon 



Atlantic salmon domesticated. 



Landlocked salmon 



Quinnat salmon 



Steelhead trout 



Scotch sea trout 



Rainbow trout 



Brook trout 



Lake trout 



Steelhead trout 



Landlocked salmon 



Cod 



Pollock 



Lobster 



Cod 



Flatfish 



Lobster 



Lake trout 



Steelhead trout 



Brook trout 



Quinnat salmon 



Atlantic salmon 



Pike perch 



Shad 



..do 



...do 



...do 



Black bass, large-mouth 



Black bass, small-mouth 



Crappie 



Shad 



Loch Le ven trout 



Rainbow trout 



Brook trout 



Lake trout 



Landlocked salmon 



Shad 



Rainbow trout 



Rock bass 



Lake trout 



Whitefisb 



Lake hen ing 



Pike perch 



Black bass, large-mouth 



Black bass, small-mouth 



Rock bass 



Sunfish 



10, 000 

 25, 000 

 75, 000 



111, 243 

 '400,'o66 



'60, 666 



120, 300 



1,811,000 

 68*88i,'666' 



5, 179, 000 



1-30, 000 



'266,' 666 



Fry and 

 fingerlings. 



79, 



321, 



70, 



22, 



901, 



1, 975, 070 



35, 941 



561, 



14, 



106, 



3, 



96, 707, 



4, 455, 



65, 097, 



105, 863, 



39, 337, 



30, 192, 



982, 



90, 



56, 



4, 691, 



97, 

 10, 043, 



5, 647, 

 15, 460, 

 75, 490, 



5,717, 



7, 



7, 



8, 



19, 



3, 



17, 366, 



25, 



80, 290 

 18, 970 

 71, 110 



Son 

 (100 

 000 

 000 



Adults and 

 yearlings. 



121, 830 



16, 208 



203, 697 



829 



1,960 



235, 935 



6,552 



1,589 



355 



3, 036, 000 



14, 222 



1,837 



779 



169, 295 



7,898 



