REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XXXVII 
to November 2 over 4,500,000 were taken; *of this number about 
1.500.000 were hatched and planted in the Clackamas and its tributa- 
ries, and the remainder were turned over on November 17 to Mr. F. U 
Eeed, of the Oregon fish commission, who hatched and planted about 
3,000,000 in the tributaries of the Clackamas. 
STATE FISH COMMISSIONS. 
It has been the policy of the U. S. Fish Commission in the develop 
meut of its work of stocking the waters of the country with desirable 
food-fishes, to cooperate as far as possible with the various State com- 
missions. In pursuance of this plan, during the winter of 1888-89, 
3.320.000 eggs of the quinnat salmon were delivered at the State 
hatchery at Sisson, Cal., and the fry therefrom were distributed by 
the California commission. In conjunction with the same commis- 
sion the experiment was also made of transferring lobsters from the 
Atlantic to the Pacific sea board. 
As in previous years, the propagation of the Schoodic salmon was 
continued at Grand Lake Stream, Maine, conjointly with the States 
of Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. 
The New York commission cooperated in the important experiment 
of stocking the Hudson River with salmon. 
The State commission of Ohio aided the conduct of operations with 
whitefish and pike perch on Lake Erie, and transferred the charge of 
its hatchery at Sandusky, Ohio. 
In the collection and distribution of the fishes native to the Missis- 
sippi Basin, the United States commission received the hearty cooper- 
ation of the Illinois Commission . 
PUBLICATIONS AND LIBRARY. 
The editing of the publications of the Commission and their passage 
through the press continue under the charge of Hr. Tarleton H. Bean, 
the ichthyologist of the Commission. Under his supervision the issu- 
ance of the articles bearing upon the researches and operations of the 
Commission has been greatly facilitated, and the knowledge conveyed 
therein has been promptly placed before the general public and those 
specially interested. 
In advance of the completion of the Report of the year 1886 and 
the Bulletin for the year 1887, the following papers, constituting part 
of the same, were issued in pamphlet form : 
The American Sardine Industry in 1886. By R. Edward Earll and Hugh M. 
Smith. (Bulletin for 1887, pp. 161 to 192.) 
Notes on Entozoa of Marine Fishes of New England with Descriptions of Several 
New Species. By Edwin Linton. (Report for 1886, pp. 453 to 511.) 
A Review of Sciaenidae of America and Europe. By David Starr Jordan and 
Carl II. Eigenmann. (Report for 1886, pp. 343 to 451.) 
