﻿20 
  KEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  previous 
  season. 
  The 
  580 
  brood 
  fish 
  handled 
  yielded 
  253,365,000 
  

   eggs, 
  from 
  which 
  230,070,000 
  fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed. 
  

   Early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  handled 
  in 
  Chester 
  jars, 
  but 
  later, 
  

   when 
  all 
  jars 
  were 
  needed 
  for 
  the 
  cod 
  and 
  haddock 
  eggs, 
  the 
  flatfish 
  

   eggs 
  were 
  placed 
  in 
  scrim-covered 
  floating 
  boxes, 
  made 
  of 
  2 
  by 
  3 
  inch 
  

   spruce, 
  5 
  feet 
  long, 
  3 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  2 
  feet 
  deep, 
  from 
  40,000,000 
  to 
  

   50,000,000 
  eggs 
  to 
  the 
  box, 
  and 
  development 
  proceeded 
  fully 
  as 
  well 
  

   as 
  in 
  the 
  jars. 
  

  

  On 
  May 
  1 
  the 
  lobsters 
  wliich 
  had 
  been 
  carried 
  through 
  the 
  winter 
  

   in 
  the 
  compartment 
  live-car 
  at 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  station 
  were 
  removed 
  

   to 
  the 
  hatchery 
  and 
  stripped, 
  453 
  survivors 
  of 
  the 
  636 
  lobsters 
  

   originally 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  car 
  yielding 
  4,811,000 
  eggs. 
  The 
  spring 
  

   collection 
  of 
  lobsters 
  for 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  station 
  was 
  the 
  poorest 
  in 
  

   years, 
  only 
  543 
  breeders 
  being 
  secured. 
  These 
  yielded 
  8,767,000 
  eggs, 
  

   giving 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  13,578,000 
  for 
  the 
  season. 
  At 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  

   3,000,000 
  of 
  these 
  eggs 
  were 
  still 
  in 
  process 
  of 
  hatchuig. 
  

  

  The 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  station 
  was 
  confined 
  principally 
  to 
  

   the 
  propagation 
  of 
  cod 
  and 
  flatfish. 
  In 
  November 
  a 
  brood 
  stock 
  of 
  

   cod 
  was 
  purchased 
  from 
  commercial 
  fishermen 
  and 
  placed 
  in 
  the 
  

   pool 
  and 
  live-cars 
  to 
  ripen. 
  On 
  November 
  20 
  the 
  first 
  consignment 
  

   of 
  cod 
  eggs 
  was 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  steamer 
  Phalarope, 
  operating 
  in 
  

   the 
  field 
  near 
  Sagamore, 
  Mass., 
  and 
  fair 
  coUections 
  were 
  received 
  

   from 
  that 
  source 
  until 
  Christmas 
  time, 
  when 
  for 
  some 
  reason 
  the 
  

   fish 
  left 
  the 
  spawning 
  grounds. 
  SUghtly 
  more 
  than 
  45,000,000 
  eggs 
  

   were 
  received 
  from 
  the 
  field, 
  and 
  these, 
  added 
  to 
  the 
  yield 
  of 
  the 
  

   brood 
  stock, 
  gave 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  216,794,000, 
  from 
  which 
  110,251,000 
  

   fry 
  were 
  hatched 
  and 
  distributed. 
  

  

  Contrary 
  to 
  the 
  conditions 
  experienced 
  at 
  the 
  other 
  marine 
  stations, 
  

   flatfish 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  abundance 
  in 
  the 
  territory 
  surrounding 
  the 
  

   Woods 
  Hole 
  station, 
  and 
  the 
  prospects 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  season 
  seemed 
  

   very 
  promising. 
  It 
  soon 
  transphed, 
  however, 
  that 
  the 
  mild 
  weather, 
  

   to 
  which 
  was 
  attributed 
  the 
  plentiful 
  supply 
  of 
  brood 
  fish, 
  was 
  having 
  

   a 
  very 
  detmnental 
  effect 
  upon 
  the 
  eggs, 
  which 
  m 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  

   cases 
  failed 
  to 
  develop, 
  the 
  season's 
  collections 
  of 
  541,114,000 
  pro- 
  

   ducing 
  only 
  165,239,000 
  fry. 
  No 
  lobster 
  work 
  was 
  undertaken 
  at 
  

   the 
  Woods 
  Hole 
  station 
  the 
  past 
  season, 
  as 
  previous 
  experience 
  had 
  

   Bhown 
  that 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  brood 
  lobsters 
  available 
  on 
  the 
  southern 
  

   Massachusetts 
  coast 
  was 
  not 
  sufficient 
  to 
  warrant 
  the 
  expense 
  of 
  

   collecting 
  them. 
  Efforts 
  in 
  this 
  direction 
  will 
  therefore 
  be 
  con- 
  

   fined 
  for 
  the 
  present 
  to 
  the 
  Gloucester 
  station. 
  

  

  Anadromous 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coastal 
  streams. 
  — 
  The 
  fish-cultural 
  

   season 
  on 
  the 
  Susquehanna 
  River 
  was 
  marked 
  by 
  peculiar 
  conditions, 
  

   high 
  winds 
  and 
  correspondmgly 
  high 
  or 
  low 
  tides 
  being 
  prevalent 
  

   most 
  of 
  the 
  time 
  and 
  interfering 
  greatly 
  with 
  the 
  operations 
  of 
  the 
  

   fishermen. 
  Yellow-perch 
  eggs 
  were 
  received 
  at 
  Battery 
  station 
  daily 
  

  

  