1050 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



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eggs prove futile, thousands of eggs that would otherwise be lost can 

 be saved from the gillers' boats and the haul seine, simply by holding 

 a reserve stock of males in the basin and towing them in a crate or car 

 to the gillers' grounds, or by bringing the females to the basin, either 

 ■of which methods is entirely practicable. The location and facilities of 

 the station are all that could be desired for this purpose, and there is 

 invariably a scarcity of male fish from about the 25th of May to the 

 close of the season. 



Mecord of shad-hatching operations conducted by Frank N. Clark, at Havre de Grace, Md., 

 under the direction of the United States Fish Commission, from June 4 to June 11, 1883. 



Date of receiving 



■June 4, 

 June 4, 

 June 4, 

 June 4, 

 June 4, 

 June 5, 

 June 5, 

 J"nue 5, 

 June 5, 

 June 5, 

 June 5, 

 June 6, 

 June 6, 

 June 7, 

 June 8, 



1883. 



H p. m 



11 p. m 



11 p. m. 



11 p. m 



11 p. m 



9 p. m 



11 p. m. 



11 p. m 



11 p. m 



11 p. m 



9 p. m 



10 p. m 



10.30 p.m... 



8 p. m 



10.30 p.m... 



Date of 

 hatching 



1883. 

 June 7. 

 June 7. 

 June 7. 

 June 7. 



June 8. 

 June 8. 

 June 8 

 June 8. 

 June 8 

 June 8. 



June 11... 



Number of 



eg,§s 

 obtained. 



100, 000 



100, 000 

 90, 500 



85, 000 

 30, 000 

 95, 000 



86, 000 

 95, 000 

 42, 000 

 26, 000 



92, 000 



93, 500 



101, 000 

 30, 000 

 30, 000 



Condition 

 of eggs 

 obtained. 



Poor .... 

 Good.... 

 Good.... 

 Good.... 

 AU died. 

 Good---. 

 Good-... 

 Good.... 

 Fair .-.. 

 Good..-. 

 Good.... 



Fair 



Poor 



Good.... 

 Poor — 



Number of 



fish 



hatched. 



47, 000 

 85, 000 

 70, 000 

 68, 000 



80, 000 

 65, 000 

 77, 000 

 25, 000 

 20, 000 

 80, 000 

 55, 500 

 60, 000 

 20, 000 

 16, 000 



Per cent 

 of eggs 

 hatched. 



47 

 85 

 774 

 80 



84/5 

 75| 



81A 



5m 



76i§ 



86g§ 



5QiU 



59iVi 



66t 



53J 



Disposition of 

 the fry. 



To H. E. Qninn. 



Do. 

 To H. E. Quinn. 

 Planted in bay. 



Planted in bay. 



Planted in bay. 

 To H. E. Quinn. 



Do. 

 Planted in bay. 



Planted in bay. 



