﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  FISH 
  CULTURIST 
  

  

  Hon. 
  H. 
  Leroy 
  Austin, 
  Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commissioner: 
  

  

  Sir. 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  honor 
  to 
  present 
  herewith 
  a 
  report 
  upon 
  the 
  

   fish 
  cultural 
  work 
  for 
  the 
  calendar 
  year 
  1910. 
  

  

  This 
  contains 
  the 
  yearly 
  statements 
  of 
  the 
  foremen 
  of 
  the 
  nine 
  

   stations 
  now 
  operated 
  by 
  the 
  State, 
  together 
  with 
  additional 
  notes 
  

   based 
  upon 
  inspection 
  trips, 
  notes 
  upon 
  the 
  fishes 
  and 
  other 
  water 
  

   animals 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  with 
  special 
  reference 
  to 
  their 
  habits 
  and 
  

   reproduction, 
  statistical 
  data 
  giving 
  comparisons 
  of 
  work 
  accom- 
  

   plished 
  during 
  the 
  last 
  four 
  years, 
  and 
  such 
  other 
  items 
  as 
  seem 
  to 
  

   be 
  of 
  public 
  interest 
  and 
  value. 
  

  

  A 
  brief 
  sketch 
  of 
  the 
  fish 
  wealth 
  of 
  New 
  York 
  forms 
  part 
  of 
  

   this 
  report. 
  This 
  account 
  is 
  based 
  upon 
  the 
  investigations 
  of 
  the 
  

   earlier 
  writers 
  upon 
  the 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  the 
  investigations 
  of 
  

   the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  special 
  papers 
  by 
  university 
  men 
  

   and 
  other 
  students, 
  and 
  the 
  personal 
  observations 
  of 
  the 
  writer. 
  

   It 
  is 
  unfortunate, 
  but 
  true, 
  that 
  the 
  life 
  of 
  the 
  inland 
  lakes 
  of 
  New 
  

   York, 
  numerous 
  and 
  important 
  though 
  they 
  are, 
  is 
  as 
  little 
  known 
  

   as 
  that 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  our 
  remote 
  possessions. 
  New 
  York 
  ranks 
  

   among 
  the 
  greatest 
  of 
  the 
  States 
  in 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  its 
  fisheries, 
  and 
  

   its 
  waters 
  contain 
  undeveloped 
  resources 
  of 
  unusual 
  importance. 
  

   We 
  know 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  the 
  names 
  and 
  spawning 
  seasons 
  of 
  

   our 
  common 
  fishes. 
  The 
  interrelation 
  of 
  species 
  in 
  their 
  effects 
  

   one 
  upon 
  the 
  other 
  is 
  almost 
  a 
  sealed 
  book 
  to 
  us. 
  In 
  fish 
  culture 
  

   the 
  State 
  is 
  occupied 
  with 
  only 
  about 
  thirty 
  species, 
  and 
  these 
  are 
  

   under 
  observation 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  at 
  the 
  spawning 
  season 
  only. 
  

   What 
  is 
  going 
  on 
  in 
  the 
  open 
  waters 
  of 
  our 
  streams 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  

   bottoms 
  of 
  our 
  lakes 
  is 
  little 
  understood, 
  and 
  yet 
  it 
  is 
  of 
  vital 
  im- 
  

   portance 
  to 
  the 
  success 
  of 
  our 
  work. 
  The 
  State 
  ought 
  to 
  devote 
  

   more 
  time 
  and 
  money 
  to 
  the 
  study 
  of 
  its 
  natural 
  aquatic 
  resources. 
  

   Such 
  investigations 
  would 
  yield 
  unexpected 
  and 
  most 
  gratify- 
  

  

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