24 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
yielded a little over 60,000,000 fry, as against 77,000,000 the previous 
year. As indicated by the number of egg-bearing lobsters purchased, 
the decline in this important fishery has been greatest south of Cape 
Cod, and especially in the vicinity of Woods Hole. . 
The establishment of the station at Edenton, N. C., permitted the 
commencement of shad work in Mareh. The run of shad on the 
Albemarle Sound was not only very large, but the herring catch fell 
below the average, and as the temperature was slightly below normal 
the season in that region proved most successful, over 75,000,000 eges 
being collected between March 29 and May 15. On the Potomac 
River conditions were exceedingly unfavorable. The weather was 
unusually cold and the catch of shad on the upper river very small, 
and at the end of the season only 33,321,000 eggs had been secured at 
Bryan Point station. Practically the same conditions existed on the 
Susquehanna River, and although work was pushed energetically at 
Battery station the total collections for the season amounted to only 
61,000,000. On the Delaware River, where the steamer Mish Hawk 
had been stationed as a floating hatchery, the weather was cool and 
the catch of fish very large. The season lasted from May 6 to June 
13, during which time over 115,000,000 eggs were secured, the largest 
number ever taken on that river. The total collections for the year 
amounted to 284,829,000, and the output of fry aggregated 193,287,000, 
nearly 50,000,000 less than that of the previous yeat 
The propagation of the basses and other fish staple for stocking 
inland waters was conducted as usual. The results were gratifying, 
particularly in the increased number of black-spotted trout (Salmo 
clarkii) and brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) handled. 
The Commission operated the following 37 stations and substations, 
and the work at each is reviewed in detail in the abstracts from the 
reports of the different superintendents: 
Green Lake, Maine. Detroit, Michigan. 
Craig Brook, Maine. | Alpena, Michigan. 
Grand Lake Stream, Maine. | Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. 
St. Johnsbury, Vermont. | Duluth, Minnesota. 
Nashua, New Hampshire. | Quincy, Illinois. 
_ Manchester, Iowa. 
Bellevue, Iowa. 
Gloucester, Massachusetts. 
W oods Hole, Massachusetts. 
Cape V inuent. New York. | Neosho, Missouri. 
Steamer Mish Hawk (Delaware River). San Marcos, Texas. 
Battery Station, Maryland. Leadville, Colorado. 
Fish Lakes, Washington, D. C, Spearfish, South Dakota. 
Central Station, Washington, D. C. Bozeman, Montana. 
Bryau Point, Maryland. Baird, California. 
Edenton, North Carolina. Battle Creek, California, 
Wytheville, Virginia. Clackamas, Oregon. 
Erwin, Tennessee. Rogue River, Oregon. 
Cold Springs, Georgia. Little White Salmon River, Washington. 
Put-in Bay, Ohio. Baker Lake, Washington. 
Northville, Michigan. 
