REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. XVII 



Lobsters. 



Of this species 2,092,000 eggs were taken, from which a consignment 

 of 193,000 was sent to the Pacific coast. The rest were hatched and 

 turned out in waters adjacent to the station. 



Other species incubated at the station were as follows : Mackerel, 

 scup, tautog, and sea bass. With each species fair results were ob- 

 tained, showing that our present methods and apparatus can be applied 

 to these fish when the necessity for their artificial reproduction becomes 

 apparent. 



St. Jerome Station, Maryland. 



This station is occupied under a lease, which will expire in 1889. It 

 is in the custody of a watchman. No active work has been carried on 

 there during the present year, nor is it proposed to continue such in 

 future. The station will be abandoned on the expiration of the present 

 lease. 



The Maine Stations. 



The Maine stations are under the direction of Mr. O. G. Atkins as 

 superintendent. During the present season the active direction of the 

 work of the stations has been intrusted to the assistant superintendent, 

 Mr. W. O. Buck, Mr. Atkins being in immediate charge of the Wood's 

 Holl Station, and engaged in a series of investigations having for their 

 object the improvement of methods and apparatus for hatching eggs. 



THE SCHOODIC STATION. 



This station, at.Graud Lake Stream, is operated on the joint account 

 of the United States, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. Its object 

 is the collection of the ova of the landlocked salmon for distribution, 

 with the view to acclimation in other sections of the country where the 

 waters offer favorable conditions. One third of the eggs taken are re- 

 served and hatched out and the young planted in Grand Lake Stream. 

 The rest are allotted to the contributors to the expenses of the work, 

 the quotas being proportioned to the amounts contributed by each of 

 the participants. Under this arrangement the United States received 

 345,000, which were distributed as follows : 



Iowa State Commission 10, 000 



Pennsylvania State Commission 10, 000 



New York State Commission 50, 000 



Michigan State Commission 50, 000 



Maine Commission 50, 000 



Vermont Commission 50, 000 



These consignments were all received in the very best condition. 



Ten thousand eggs were sent to Wytheville Station, Virginia, and 



the same number to Bucksport Station, Maine, to be hatched and held 



for a year in the rearing ponds before turning out into open waters. A 



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