REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 23 
1890-91. 
The egg-collections were again made by the officers and crew of the 
schooner Grampus. From December 9, 1890, to January 20, 1891, 
the second mate and three seamen were stationed at Kittery Point, 
Maine, to collect eggs from Ipswich Bay and forward them by rail to 
Gloucester. The remainder of the spawn-takers were engaged collect- 
ing from the nets of fishermen from Gloucester, 
Pollock.—EKges were first taken October 51, 1590, and in the twenty- 
nine days following $8,054,700 were delivered for hatching. ‘The 
spawning fish were principally taken in nets near Baker Island, a few 
being taken on hand lines to the southward of Thatcher Island. 
Haddock.—But few haddock eggs were obtained prior to the close of 
the station, April 1, the appearance of the schools of fish on the grounds 
being later than usual. On April 5 schools of haddock in fine condi- 
tion made their appearance and remained accessible, along with a 
smaller proportion of cod, till after June 1. The production of eggs 
was 1,154,100, which were obtained off Thatcher Island and Gloucester, 
the adult fish being associated with codfish, though often found 5 to 
10 miles farther offshore. 
Cod.—Beginning November 26, 1890, eggs were obtained to the num- 
ber of 110,112,300. Early in December two trips were made with the 
Grampus to Ipswich Bay, resulting in the collection of nearly 10,000,000 
eges. After this time such large quantities were secured from the two 
sources that the hatchery was twice overrun, the receipts December 1 
to 15 being nearly 19,000,000, while from January 6 to 21 the numbers 
brought in ran from 1,000,000 to 10,000,000 per day. About 16,000,000 
were received overland from Kittery Point, Maine, a journey of five 
hours by railroad. 
More than 43,000,000 cod eggs were sent to the Woods Holl Station 
during the season, but they produced only 150,200 fry. Nearly 
15,000,000 eggs gathered at Ipswich Bay, and shipped from Kittery 
Point, Maine, to Gloucester, an equal journey by rail, developed at the 
Gloucester Station over 20 per cent of fry. About 30,000,000 eggs col- 
lected at Gloucester and hatched there, and hence not subjected to 
transportation by railroad, produced 25.5 per cent of fry. Of the eggs 
shipped to Woods Holl, over 11,000,000 were from Ipswich Bay and 
were reshipped from Gloucester. The Cape Ann eggs sent to Woods 
Holl were but 15 minutes longer on the road than were the Ipswich; 
Bay eggs shipped to Gloucester. When the season was far advanced, 
February 20, 1891, at the suggestion of W. P. Sauerhoff, fish-culturist, 
an experimental shipment of a half million cod eggs was made from 
Kittery Point to Gloucester in two air-tight fruit jars, of 25 quarts 
capacity each, which resulted in the hatching of 71 per cent, the fry 
being healthy. The jars were filled with sea water and packed in snow, 
thereby lowering the temperature two or three degrees, or to 33° F. 
These eges were not dissimilar to those previously forwarded from 
