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be found in the report of Chief Attorney J. K. Ward, which will form part 

 of this report. 



Hatcheries 



We now have nine fish hatcheries. They are located at Bemus Point, 

 Chautauqua county; Caledonia, Livingston county; Bath, Steuben county; 

 Constantia, on Oneida lake, Oswego county; Old Forge, Herkimer county; 

 Saranac Inn, Franklin county; Margaret ville, Delaware county; Linlithgo, 

 Columbia county, and Cold Spring, Suffolk county. The output from these 

 hatcheries has been increased each year since 1904. That year the State 

 hatcheries produced about 111,000,000 fish. In 1908 it has been increased 

 until the production has reached the large output of more than 400,000,000 

 fish. It will be noticed that in less than four years, with practically the 

 same expenditures, the annual output has been quadrupled. 



The black bass ponds at Constantia — which were established about 

 two years ago — doubled the production of bass over that of the first year, 

 and are a decided success. At the Linlithgo hatchery we have demonstrated 

 how easy it is to propagate and rear shad to fingerling size in a few months. 

 The hope that we could do much to restock the Hudson river seems sure to 

 be realized. When the pumping station there is established in the spring 

 we will have at Linlithgo the finest plant for the propagation of black bass, 

 trout and shad in the State. For full information on all the hatching 

 stations, please see the Report of Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, fish culturist, and 

 of the foremen of hatcheries, which will form part of this annual report. 



Shellfish 



Agreeable to recommendations contained in our last annual report the 

 Legislature amended the Shellfish Law, under which that branch of the 

 Commission has been placed on a better and more efficient basis. We are 

 now fairly well prepared to have justice done the State, to increase our 

 revenues from that source, to benefit the great industry of shell fisheries, to 

 assure a sanitary and safe product of oyster beds. 



For the year 1907 the revenue from this branch of the business was 

 $4,836.18. For 1908, $6,950.93. This amount will be much augmented 

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