THE CULTIVATION OF SEA FISH 303 



Winter Flounder {P seudopleuronectes americanus). 



Tautog {Tautoga onitis). 



Sea Bass (Centropristes striatus). 



Squeteague (Cynoscion regalis). 



Quinnat Salmon (^Oncorhynchus tschawytscha). 



Blueback Salmon {Oncorhynchus nerka). 



Silver Salmon {Oncorhynchus kisutch). 



Steelhead Trout {Salmo gairdneri). 



Atlantic Salmon {Salmo salar). 



Shad {Alosa sapidissimd). 



Yellow Perch {Perca Jlavescens). 



American Lobster {Homarus americanus). 

 Of the foregoing species only the cod, winter flounder, 

 quinnat salmon, blueback salmon, steelhead trout, Atlantic 

 salmon, shad, and lobster are regularly cultivated. In addition 

 to the species named, a number of others, some of minor 

 importance commercially, have from time to time been propa- 

 gated by this Commission. 



With regard to the results of artificial propagation as 

 addressed to the foregoing species, the following statements 

 may be made : 



1. The propagation and planting of cod in the inshore 

 waters of New England have been emphatically successful, 

 very lucrative fisheries having been established on grounds 

 that had been entirely depleted or that had never contained 

 cod in noteworthy numbers previous to the work of the Fish 

 Commission. It is reported by persons outside of the Com- 

 mission, and not especially interested in its work, that an 

 increase in the shore cod catch amounting to fully 50 per cent, 

 in ten years has attended the hatching operations of the Com- 

 mission at Gloucester and Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 



2. The abundance of winter flounder in the vicinity of 

 Woods Hole, to which place the hatching is restricted, has 

 been materially increased, as would naturally be expected in 

 the case of a fish whose movements are so limited. 



