State of Connecticut. 
eae Ovry It. 
To His Excellency the Governor, and the General Assembly 
of Connecticut. 
The Commissioners on Fisheries respectfully present their 
Sixteenth Report. 
By an Act of the last General Assembly, the Fish.Com- 
missioners were constituted a Board of Commissioners on 
Shell Fisheries, and their duties were prescribed by the said 
Act. What they have done in this new position, will be found 
detailed in the latter portion of this report. While much of 
their time has been absorbed in this work, they have not been 
neglectful of the fish cultural interests of the State, but have 
continued the artificial propagation of the favorite varieties 
of fish to the utmost extent permitted by the appropriation 
for this purpose. 
Brook Trour (Salmo Fontinalis). 
It will be recollected that in the last report, a statement 
was given of the distribution of one hundred and ten thou- 
sand (110,000) trout, and that the demand for them was 
much greater than the supply. Arrangements were then 
made by which it was hoped and expected that 400,000 would 
be obtainable for this year. Actually about 350,000 were se- 
cured, and of these, by a singular accident, 70,000 were lost. 
A lizard was found in one of the troughs containing the young 
fry, and the superintendent of the hatching house being sick 
at the time, one of the employés removed the cork at the 
lower end of the trough to let out the water, in order that he 
might the more easily secure the lizard. After doing so, he 
