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  Sixteenth 
  Annual 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  ing 
  returns. 
  The 
  work 
  at 
  the 
  stations 
  requires 
  the 
  services 
  of 
  

   studious 
  men 
  who 
  are 
  devoted 
  to 
  the 
  interests 
  of 
  fish 
  culture. 
  It 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  done 
  by 
  time 
  servers. 
  New 
  York 
  should 
  easily 
  take 
  

   first 
  rank 
  in 
  the 
  results 
  of 
  its 
  fish 
  cultural 
  operations; 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  

   really 
  not 
  above 
  the 
  second 
  rank. 
  Pennsylvania 
  distributes 
  about 
  

   one 
  billion 
  of 
  fish 
  and 
  other 
  water 
  animals 
  annually. 
  It 
  has 
  an 
  

   independent 
  Department 
  of 
  Fisheries, 
  and 
  its 
  management 
  is 
  under 
  

   the 
  control 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  commissioner. 
  That 
  state 
  has 
  a 
  serv- 
  

   iceable 
  steamer 
  on 
  Lake 
  Erie 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  which 
  eggs 
  of 
  White- 
  

   fish, 
  Lake 
  Herring 
  and 
  Lake 
  Trout 
  are 
  collected 
  in 
  large 
  num- 
  

   bers. 
  New 
  York 
  owns 
  no 
  boats 
  for 
  its 
  work 
  with 
  the 
  fishes, 
  and 
  

   must 
  depend 
  upon 
  such 
  aid 
  as 
  an 
  allied 
  department 
  of 
  the 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  can 
  grant, 
  or 
  upon 
  rented 
  service. 
  It 
  is 
  time 
  that 
  the 
  

   importance 
  of 
  the 
  fisheries 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  public 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   angler 
  was 
  fully 
  recognized 
  and 
  acknowledged. 
  

  

  New 
  York 
  is 
  wonderfully 
  diversified 
  in 
  its 
  boundary 
  lines 
  and 
  

   elevations, 
  and 
  has 
  an 
  extensive 
  water 
  area. 
  Its 
  principal 
  drain- 
  

   age 
  systems 
  are 
  the 
  Great 
  Lakes, 
  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  the 
  St. 
  Law- 
  

   rence, 
  the 
  Ohio 
  Basin, 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  the 
  Hudson 
  

   with 
  adjacent 
  small 
  streams 
  such 
  as 
  the 
  Passaic, 
  Hackensack, 
  

   Wallkill 
  and 
  Bronx, 
  and 
  the 
  large 
  inland 
  lakes, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  

   communicate 
  with 
  Lake 
  Ontario. 
  

  

  Long 
  Island 
  is 
  richer 
  in 
  fish 
  than 
  the 
  rest 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  but 
  its 
  

   species 
  are 
  chiefly 
  marine. 
  There 
  are 
  217 
  marine 
  forms 
  of 
  fish 
  

   life 
  around 
  Long 
  Island 
  and 
  only 
  27 
  fresh 
  water 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  

   streams 
  and 
  lakes, 
  of 
  which 
  13 
  or 
  more 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  

   within 
  the 
  last 
  century 
  or 
  two. 
  In 
  the 
  waters 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  there 
  

   are 
  now 
  catalogued 
  between 
  375 
  and 
  400 
  species. 
  

  

  In 
  1842, 
  Dr. 
  DeKay 
  knew 
  only 
  the 
  Yellow 
  Perch, 
  the 
  Roach, 
  

   Banded 
  Pickerel 
  and 
  Brook 
  Trout 
  from 
  Long 
  Island. 
  Dr. 
  

   Mitchill 
  transferred 
  Yellow 
  Perch 
  from 
  Lake 
  Ronkonkoma 
  to 
  

   Success 
  Pond, 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  40 
  miles, 
  in 
  1790. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  our 
  most 
  important 
  fishes 
  run 
  up 
  periodically 
  from 
  the 
  

   sea 
  into 
  the 
  fresh 
  waters 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  spawning. 
  Among 
  

   these 
  are 
  the 
  Sea 
  Lamprey, 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Sturgeon, 
  the 
  Eel, 
  the 
  

  

  