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REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
A comparison of this with a similar table contained in the report of 
the previous year shows a gratifying increase in the number of eggs 
and fry distributed. The most notable advance, since it promises such 
important results in stocking, was the increase in the number of year- 
ling trout, salmon, and other native food-fishes distributed. The often 
inadequate and disappointing results from stocking with the fry of trout 
and salmon has led to this new departure, preparations for which were 
begun in 188G by enlarging the trough capacity at several of the sta- 
tions and by building rearing ponds and increasing the water supply. 
The number of yearling fish distributed in 1888 was 48,000, nearly all 
of which were the Eastern brook trout and the rainbow trout of the 
Pacific coast. The distribution the present year amounted to 274,000 
fingerlings of the following species, artificially bred and reared, viz, At- 
lantic salmon, landlocked salmon, rainbow trout, brook trout, salmon 
or lake trout, carp, goldfish, tench. 
The artificial propagation of the pike perch was undertaken by the 
Commission at the Sandusky and Duluth hatcheries. Fifty million fry 
were obtained, which were distributed to lakes and streams in Minne- 
sota, Illinois, Ohio, New York, and Pennsylvania. 
The following species, collected from the overflow ponds of the Mis- 
sissippi Valley, were also distributed: Fresh- water drum, rock bass, 
crappie, black bass, white bass, pike perch, pickerel, buffalo, catfish. 
This branch of our work will be extended as rapidly as the requisite 
additional facilities can be provided. 
During the year terminating June 30, 1888, fifteen stations, including 
Sandusky and Quincy, were in active operation : 
8. Central Station, Washington, D. C. 
1. Schoodic Station, Maine. 
2. Craig’s Brook Station, Maine. 
3. Gloucester Station, Massachusetts. 
4. Wood’s Holl Station, Massachusetts. 
5. Cold Spring Harbor Station, New 
York. 
6. Battery Island Station, Maryland. 
7. Fort Washington Station, Maryland. 
9. Fish Ponds, Washington, D. C. 
10. Wytheville Station, Virginia. 
11. Sandusky Station, Ohio. 
12. Quincy Station, Illinois. 
13. Nortliville Station, Michigan. 
14. Alpena Station, Michigan. 
15. Baird Station, California. 
The following stations were under construction or repairs with a 
view to their occupation the present season : . 
1. Baird Station, California. i 3. Neosho Station, Missouri. 
2. Clackamas River Station,* Oregon. 
4. Duluth Station, Minnesota. 
The stations in active operation during the present fiscal year are as 
follows : 
1. Schoodic Station, Maine. 
2. Craig’s Brook Station, Maine. 
3. Gloucester Station, Massachusetts. 
4. Wood’s Holl Station, Massachusetts. 
5. Gold Spring Harbor Station, N. Y. 
6. Battery Island Station, Maryland. 
7. Fort Washington Station, Maryland. 
8. Central Station, Washington, D. C. 
9. Fish Ponds, Washington, D, C. 
10. Wytheville Station, Virginia. 
11. Sandusky Station, Ohio. 
12. Quincy Station, Illinois. 
13. Nortliville Station, Michigan. 
14. Alpena Station, Michigan. 
15. Duluth Station, Minnesota. 
16. Clackamas River Station, Oregon. 
17. Baird Station, California. 
