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REPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



opewitions continued foi' over two weeks the total catch amounted to 

 only 371 females and 256 males. Of the females 24 proved barren; 

 the others yielded 242,559 eggs, of which 182,300 were eyed and half 

 of them transferred to Craig Brook. The balance were held at Grand 

 Lake Stream and hatched. The fry did well until June 27, when 

 they were suddenl}^ attacked bj" an epidemic which carried oif a third 

 of them in three daj^s, so that 53,715 remain at the close of the yesir. 

 Of those transferred to Craig Brook 75,000 were shipped to State fish 

 commissions and private applicants; the balance were hatched, pro- 

 ducing 15,944 fry. Of these, 10,000 were distributed in the spring and 

 5,092 remain at the close of the year. 



In one of the deep ponds 166 steelhead trout have been held for 

 several years for experimental purposes, and from these 42,000 eggs 

 were collected during the spring of 1900. They were of very poor 

 quality, however, and only 33,275 fry were hatched from them. Of 

 these, 9,000 were distributed and there are on hand 21,092. 



During the spring of 1897 a number of adult rainbow trout were 

 turned loose in Alamoosook Lake. The following spring and each 

 spring thereafter, though in decreased numbers, the survivors of the 

 fish have entered Craig Brook to spawn. Some eggs have been taken 

 from them each season, but mostly of poor quality. During the past 

 spring 12,600 eggs were obtained from this source. 



The two adult broods of Scotch sea trout on hand are the result of 

 eggs imported from Scotland in 1891, the oldest brood being the result 

 of the eggs imported, and the other their first descendants. Eggs were 

 collected from both broods this spring, and though not of first-class 

 quality they were no worse than the average eggs from domesticated 

 fish. In fact this species stands at the head of all the Salmonidce reared 

 at Craig Brook for vigor and hardiness in the face of unfavorable 

 influences. Of the 144,145 eggs collected 10,000 were shipped, and the 

 balance were hatched at the station, producing 98,575 fry; 35,000 were 

 liberated in May, and on June 30 there remained on hand 6,416. 



The food consumed at this station during the year was as follows : 

 3,574 pounds of beef liver, 22,234 pounds of hogs' plucks, and 8,560 

 pounds of horse flesh, in all 34,368 pounds, costing $449.57, in addition 

 to 156.04 for freight, $71.26 for drayage, and $37.80 for ice and its 

 preservation, making the total cost of fish food for the year $614.67. 



Following are the fish on hand at the close of the fiscal year: 





Calendar year in which fish were hatched. 



Wild 



Kind. 



1900. 



1899. 



1898. 



1897. 



1896. 



1895 or 

 earlier. 



fish in 

 closed. 



Atlantic salmon 



194,572 



523 











210 



Quinnat salmon 





78 









Landlocked salmon 



58,807 

 6,416 



21,092 



211 



4,464 



984 

 273 

 974 

 283 

 299 



803 









Scotch sea trout. 







218 





Steelhead trout 







165 





Brook trout 











Rainbow trout 

























Total 



285,562 



■3,336 



803 



78 



165 



218 



210 



