14 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
STATION REPORTS. 
ScHOODIC STATION, MAINE (CHARLES G. ATKINS, SUPERINTENDENT). 
1889-90. 
This station was conducted jointly by the United States and Maine 
and New Hampshire. Operations were begun September 1, 1889, and 
871 landlocked salmon were caught and impounded. Of these, 557 
were females, from which 1,215,455 eggs were obtained by November 
24. The losses were 163,005, there remaining in February, 1890, 
1,052,450 good eggs, of which the State of Maine received 48,000, New 
Hampshire 73,000, aud the United States 931,450. Of those belong- 
ing to the United States, 635,000 were distributed to various State fish 
commissions and other hatcheries, as mentioned in the details of dis- 
tribution (pages 75 to 96). One shipment of 20,000, sent to Fort Gaston 
Station, California, was a total loss, as a result of detention while en 
route, the losses on the other twenty shipments amounting to but 4,246 
eggs. The 296,450 eggs retained produced 214,000 try, which were able 
to take food at the time of their release in local waters, in June, 1890. 
Tableof spawning operations at Schoodic Station, Maine, 1589-90. 
Tem pera- 
ture, Fish at first handling. Females spawned. Eggs taken. 
T a.m. 
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Oct. 27| 47] 47 18 13 5 ete? 31. Oy) Pea e 18 eat OLae 1, 932 
28 50 51 19 14 5 jsmacoe 5 Jo-=-}---2[--- 22. De ee 0 8 1, 288 
9) 40) 47 2B) = LOS een Ontan sal Tei Uae a il Pees 1 0 11 1,771 
30 | 388] 47 96 41 Bb el 5d ree. 2 DH | ia 0 12 1, 932 
31) 38) 44 44] 21 O89 aon sot 1 DT ace eS: 115 4, 993 
Noy. 1] 38) 44 15 S3} 6 1 Ul a eb 4 | 2 lees ao eel 9, 666 
2| 35) 45 3 23 Heel lem as) Fula sacle F. 9 Biles sas 6 sat 15, 629 
3| 50] 48 14 7 (ele faa | epee 3 Saleeace | 4 0 10, 312 
AA 2 Gy 31 19 12 i aT (Se ele See 103|25 94 2 8 0 20, 624 
5 | 42) 46 23 13 10 | 4 6: | Pera 6 10 1 4. Ok 10, 956 
6! 85) 45 20 10 10 | 4 6 19 6 ee (ean 1 32, 868 
7 | 386) 44 13 8 5 3 PAA |e S78 2 Tal} (ble Wes 37, 219 
g| 391 44 7 15 22 12s I 33 Diba SBN Dye i 71, 699 
9] 40] 42 49 14 25 Tee aly 25 34-| ~ 9] 26 (5 67, 833 
10 | 33} 42 66 12 54 O51) S26ii a5 anal 37 26 | 8/2929. 76, 211 
Vy} “s£)) 49 30 6 od 14 | -10 34) 34 21728" 6 73, 150 
12} 40] 43 39 6 334) = 13/4) Mel Slliae Pa lle eet eae Galette) 55, 587 
13 | 46) 44 38 9 297) = 12 aloo 38); 24/° 9) 32 33 82, 979 
14 44) 44 66 8 58} 16] 33] 9 401 37 Tal) Sieeale 82, 169 
15 2 | 43 51 4 47 18 seule 40 40 135) me 91, 357 
16 | 211.37] 63 4) 59 | ese ST eG row econ ero 2) 39 7] 101,667 
17 | 24) 37 6 1 5 | 1 Vo 8s 17 51 4} 20 15 53, 975 
1g | 33] 38 4 1 Syl es 2) 1 SOM OI) Sah aeeoee 57, 682 
19 | 31] 38 Sei pReee aa cata te ieee eee PE ook GaSe oe 2) |e ale! 28, 034 
20 | 39] 39 8 1 Te ean Allon eee Boeke lees = 8 10 22, 234 
91 | 46] 41 Ft eee Bill gues ST :|: 281 al eas oes | Alama al mel 12a 31, 902 
992} 38] 40 6h peeed ial Oe et i San, PPS ba ONE has 0) 2°) 17296 44, 792 
93 | 38) 41 5 1 Cea ted Pel) a = 6 Otaleee sau 38 14 100, 218 
ESO AO ss fase h see | ae yee I Sens adel Saale Beles fil Gale 9 7 24, 774 
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821 | 280 | 541 | 181 | 317 | 43°) 7 |) Si7| 512 | 780 er 5 ( 1,215, 455 
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