﻿BEPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  Despite 
  the 
  scope 
  and 
  magnitude 
  of 
  its 
  operations, 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  

   difficulty, 
  with 
  its 
  present 
  facilities, 
  in 
  meeting 
  the 
  constantly 
  grow- 
  

   ing 
  demands 
  from 
  all 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  country 
  for 
  fish 
  to 
  stock 
  public 
  

   and 
  private 
  waters. 
  Salmonoid 
  fishes, 
  which 
  are 
  propagated 
  by 
  the 
  

   artificial 
  manipulation 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  can 
  be 
  produced 
  in 
  sufficient 
  

   numbers; 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  fuller 
  realization 
  of 
  the 
  benefits 
  accrumg 
  from 
  

   the 
  maintenance 
  of 
  fish 
  ponds 
  on 
  farms, 
  as 
  an 
  inexpensive 
  and 
  ready 
  

   food 
  supply 
  for 
  home 
  consumption, 
  the 
  demands 
  for 
  the 
  black 
  basses, 
  

   crappies, 
  sunfishes, 
  catfishes, 
  and 
  other 
  species 
  adapted 
  to 
  pond 
  cul- 
  

   ture, 
  which 
  are 
  obtainable 
  only 
  through 
  natural 
  reproduction, 
  have 
  

   increased 
  out 
  of 
  all 
  proportion 
  to 
  the 
  annual 
  supplies 
  available. 
  

  

  Following 
  is 
  a 
  summarized 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  output 
  of 
  food 
  and 
  

   game 
  fishes 
  during 
  the 
  fiscal 
  year 
  1913. 
  The 
  total 
  production, 
  amount- 
  

   ing 
  to 
  more 
  than 
  3,863,000,000, 
  showed 
  a 
  substantial 
  gain 
  over 
  the 
  

   previous 
  year. 
  More 
  than 
  85 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  product 
  was 
  distributed 
  

   in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  fry, 
  and 
  over 
  10 
  per 
  cent 
  was 
  fertilized 
  eggs 
  which 
  were 
  

   either 
  transferred 
  to 
  outside 
  agencies 
  for 
  the 
  completion 
  of 
  incubation 
  

   or 
  planted 
  on 
  the 
  natural 
  spawning 
  grounds 
  because 
  of 
  overcrowded 
  

   condition 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries. 
  The 
  45 
  species 
  handled 
  include 
  the 
  

   most 
  important 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  coastal 
  and 
  mterior 
  waters. 
  

  

  Summary 
  by 
  Species, 
  of 
  the 
  Distribution 
  op 
  Fish 
  and 
  Fish 
  Eggs 
  During 
  the 
  

  

  Fiscal 
  Year 
  1913. 
  

  

  Species. 
  

  

  Catfish 
  

  

  Carp 
  

  

  Buffalofish 
  

  

  Shad 
  

  

  Whiteflsh 
  

  

  Lake 
  herring 
  

  

  Silver 
  salmon 
  

  

  Chinook 
  salmon 
  

  

  Blueback 
  salmon 
  

  

  Humpback 
  salmon 
  

  

  Dog 
  salmon 
  

  

  Steelhead 
  trout 
  

  

  Rainbow 
  trout 
  

  

  Atlantic 
  salmon 
  

  

  Landlocked 
  salmon 
  

  

  Black-spotted 
  trout 
  

  

  Loch 
  Leven 
  trout 
  

  

  Lake 
  trout 
  

  

  Brook 
  trout 
  

  

  Grayling 
  

  

  Smelt 
  

  

  Pike 
  and 
  pickerel 
  

  

  Crappie 
  and 
  strawberry 
  bass 
  . 
  

  

  Rock 
  bass 
  

  

  Warmouth 
  bass 
  

  

  Small-mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  

  

  Large-mouth 
  black 
  bass 
  

  

  Sunflsh 
  (bream) 
  

  

  Pike 
  perch 
  

  

  YeUow 
  perch 
  

  

  White 
  perch 
  

  

  Striped 
  bass 
  

  

  Yellow 
  bass 
  

  

  Cod 
  

  

  Pollock 
  

  

  Haddock 
  

  

  Flatfish 
  

  

  Lobster 
  

  

  Eggs. 
  

  

  3,394,000 
  

   73,720,000 
  

  

  102,000 
  

  

  38,583,873 
  

  

  2,000,000 
  

  

  980,000 
  

   1,106,000 
  

  

  224,000 
  

   13,305,000 
  

  

  6,612,000 
  

  

  1,239,000 
  

  

  903,000 
  

  

  4,500,000 
  

  

  46,200,000 
  

   11,000,000 
  

   20,000,000 
  

  

  6,800,000 
  

   133,739,000 
  

   57, 
  868, 
  000 
  

  

  Total 
  422,275,873 
  

  

  Fry. 
  

  

  3,080,000 
  

  

  133,244,850 
  

  

  393,880,000 
  

  

  4,730,000 
  

  

  14,184,283 
  

  

  33,319,423 
  

  

  80,340,902 
  

  

  153,680 
  

  

  19,479,000 
  

  

  4,300,225 
  

  

  901,370 
  

  

  3,492,464 
  

  

  253,546 
  

  

  766,950 
  

  

  20,594,600 
  

   5,280,452 
  

   2,613,000 
  

   1,850,000 
  

  

  234,300 
  

   26, 
  250 
  

  

  148,510,000 
  

  

  365,723,000 
  

  

  449, 
  120, 
  000 
  

  

  7,234,000 
  

  

  221,012,000 
  

   430,060,000 
  

   68,257,000 
  

   809,270,000 
  

   199,680,000 
  

  

  Fingerlings, 
  

   yearlings, 
  

   and 
  adults. 
  

  

  62,446 
  

   79,160 
  

   4,212 
  

  

  69, 
  800 
  

   97, 
  760 
  

  

  138,410 
  

  

  1,150,957 
  

  

  4,304 
  

  

  80, 
  196 
  

  

  7,174,060 
  

  

  75,200 
  

  

  3,024,924 
  

  

  6,014,645 
  

  

  27,000 
  

  

  9,004 
  

  

  79, 
  279 
  

  

  64, 
  743 
  

  

  1,390 
  

  

  107, 
  641 
  

  

  1,231,052 
  

  

  203,623 
  

  

  25,132 
  

   721 
  

  

  3,421,591,295 
  19,726,114 
  

  

  Total. 
  

  

  62,446 
  

  

  79,160 
  

  

  3,084,212 
  

  

  136,638,850 
  

  

  467,600,000 
  

  

  4,730,000 
  

  

  14,356,083 
  

  

  72,001,056 
  

  

  82,340,902 
  

  

  153,680 
  

  

  19,479,000 
  

  

  5,418,635 
  

  

  3,158,327 
  

  

  3,496,768 
  

  

  557, 
  742 
  

  

  21,246,010 
  

  

  75,200 
  

  

  30,231,524 
  

  

  12,534,097 
  

  

  3,516,000 
  

  

  6,377,000 
  

  

  9,004 
  

  

  79,279 
  

  

  64,743 
  

  

  1,390 
  

  

  341,941 
  

  

  1,257, 
  .302 
  

  

  203,623 
  

  

  194,710,000 
  

  

  376, 
  748, 
  132 
  

  

  469,120,721 
  

  

  7,234,000 
  

  

  255 
  

  

  227,812,000 
  

  

  563,799,000 
  

  

  1:^6,125,000 
  

  

  809, 
  270, 
  000 
  

  

  199, 
  680, 
  200 
  

  

  3,863,593,282 
  

  

  