﻿DISTEIBUTION 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISH 
  EGGS, 
  1913. 
  7 
  

  

  baggage 
  cars, 
  and 
  are 
  delivered 
  to 
  the 
  applicant 
  free 
  of 
  charge, 
  at 
  

   the 
  raih-oad 
  station 
  nearest 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  deposit. 
  The 
  apphcant 
  is 
  

   advised 
  by 
  telegraph 
  when 
  the 
  shipment 
  will 
  arrive 
  and 
  is 
  expected 
  

   to 
  make 
  due 
  provision 
  for 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  until 
  planted. 
  Definite 
  

   instructions 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  are 
  furnished 
  at 
  the 
  time 
  of 
  shipment. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  fiscal 
  year 
  (July 
  1, 
  1912, 
  to 
  June 
  30, 
  1918) 
  the 
  

   Bm-eau 
  received 
  10,284 
  appHcations 
  for 
  fish, 
  and 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  per 
  

   cent 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  for 
  the 
  basses, 
  crappies, 
  sunfishes, 
  and 
  catfishes, 
  

   for 
  stocldng 
  artificial 
  ponds 
  on 
  farms. 
  

  

  The 
  difiiculties 
  and 
  uncertainties 
  encountered 
  in 
  the 
  production 
  of 
  

   such 
  fishes 
  make 
  it 
  impossible 
  for 
  the 
  Bureau 
  to 
  fill 
  applications 
  for 
  

   them 
  as 
  promptly 
  as 
  those 
  calling 
  for 
  the 
  fishes 
  propa^-ated 
  by 
  the 
  

   artificial 
  manipulation 
  of 
  their 
  eggs. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  polic}^ 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  

   to 
  fill 
  all 
  applications 
  in 
  the 
  order 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  received 
  and 
  to 
  

   arrange 
  for 
  the 
  delivery 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  practicable 
  thereafter. 
  

  

  SIZE 
  OF 
  FISH 
  WHEN 
  DISTRIBUTED. 
  

  

  Fishes 
  are 
  distributed 
  at 
  various 
  stages 
  of 
  development, 
  according 
  

   to 
  the 
  species, 
  the 
  numbers 
  in 
  the 
  hatcheries, 
  and 
  the 
  facilities 
  for 
  

   rearmg. 
  The 
  commercial 
  fishes 
  — 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  shad, 
  whitefish, 
  lake 
  

   trout, 
  pike 
  perch, 
  cod, 
  etc., 
  hatched 
  in 
  lots 
  of 
  many 
  millions 
  — 
  are 
  

   necessarily 
  planted 
  as 
  fry 
  shortly 
  after 
  hatching. 
  Atlantic 
  salmon, 
  

   landlocked 
  salmon, 
  and 
  various 
  species 
  of 
  trout 
  are 
  reared, 
  in 
  such 
  

   numbers 
  as 
  the 
  hatchery 
  facilities 
  permit, 
  to 
  fingerlings 
  from 
  1 
  to 
  6 
  

   inches 
  in 
  length; 
  the 
  remamder 
  are 
  distributed 
  as 
  fry.^ 
  

  

  The 
  basses, 
  bream, 
  and 
  other 
  sunfishes 
  are 
  distributed 
  from 
  some 
  

   three 
  weeks 
  after 
  they 
  are 
  hatched 
  until 
  they 
  are 
  several 
  months 
  of 
  

   age. 
  When 
  the 
  last 
  lots 
  are 
  shipped 
  the 
  basses 
  usually 
  range 
  from 
  

   4 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  and 
  the 
  sunfishes 
  from 
  2 
  to 
  4 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  

   numerous 
  fishes 
  collected 
  in 
  overflow 
  lands— 
  basses, 
  crappie, 
  sun- 
  

   fishes, 
  catfishes, 
  yellow 
  perch, 
  and 
  others 
  — 
  are 
  2 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  

   when 
  taken 
  and 
  distributed. 
  

  

  Eggs 
  are 
  distributed 
  only 
  to 
  State 
  hatcheries 
  and, 
  occasionally,, 
  

   to 
  applicants 
  who 
  have 
  hatchery 
  facilities. 
  

  

  SIZE 
  OF 
  ALLOTMENTS. 
  

  

  The 
  Bureau 
  does 
  not 
  attempt 
  to 
  furnish 
  to 
  any 
  one 
  applicant 
  

   more 
  than 
  a 
  brood 
  stock 
  of 
  fish 
  for 
  a 
  given 
  private 
  pond 
  or 
  stream, 
  

   it 
  being 
  expected 
  that 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  protected 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  had 
  

  

  a 
  The 
  varying 
  usage 
  in 
  the 
  classification 
  of 
  young 
  fish 
  as 
  to 
  size 
  has 
  caused 
  such 
  confusion 
  and 
  diifioulty 
  

   that 
  the 
  Bureau 
  has 
  adopted 
  uniform 
  definitions, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  Fry= 
  fish 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  time 
  the 
  yolk 
  sac 
  is 
  absorbed 
  and 
  feeding 
  begins. 
  

  

  Advanced 
  fry= 
  fish 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  fry 
  period 
  until 
  they 
  have 
  reached 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  1 
  inch. 
  

  

  FingcrUngs=&sh 
  between 
  the 
  len.^th 
  of 
  1 
  inch 
  and 
  the 
  yearling 
  stage, 
  the 
  various 
  sizes 
  to 
  be 
  designated 
  

   as 
  follows: 
  No. 
  1, 
  a 
  fish 
  1 
  inch 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  2 
  inches; 
  no. 
  2, 
  a 
  fish 
  2 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  3 
  inches; 
  

   no. 
  3, 
  a 
  fish 
  3 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  up 
  to 
  4 
  inches, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Yearlings^ 
  fish 
  that 
  are 
  1 
  year 
  old, 
  but 
  less 
  than 
  2 
  years 
  old 
  from 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  hatching; 
  these 
  may 
  be- 
  

   designated 
  no. 
  1, 
  no. 
  2, 
  no. 
  3, 
  etc., 
  after 
  the 
  plan 
  prescribed 
  for 
  fingerlings. 
  

  

  