﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  139 
  

  

  Hickory 
  Shad, 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  River 
  Herring, 
  the 
  Shad, 
  the 
  Quin- 
  

   nat 
  and 
  Atlantic 
  Salmons, 
  the 
  Steel 
  Head 
  Trout, 
  Rainbow 
  Trout, 
  

   Smelt, 
  two 
  species 
  of 
  Sticklebacks, 
  Striped 
  Bass 
  and 
  the 
  White 
  

   Perch. 
  

  

  The 
  Silver 
  Gar, 
  Bluefish, 
  Crab 
  Eater, 
  Naked 
  Goby, 
  Tomcod 
  and 
  

   Hogchoker, 
  or 
  Sole, 
  are 
  marine 
  species 
  which 
  ascend 
  into 
  fresh 
  

   water. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  fishes 
  have 
  been 
  introduced 
  into 
  the 
  State 
  : 
  Tench, 
  

   Ide, 
  Goldfish, 
  Carp, 
  Quinnat 
  Salmon, 
  Atlantic 
  Salmon, 
  Land 
  

   Locked 
  Salmon, 
  Black 
  Spotted 
  Trout, 
  Steel 
  Head 
  Trout, 
  Brown 
  

   Trout, 
  Loch 
  Leven 
  Trout, 
  Rainbow 
  Trout, 
  Swiss 
  Lake 
  Trout, 
  

   Saibling 
  and 
  Golden 
  Trout. 
  

  

  The 
  fishes 
  represent 
  99 
  families 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  most 
  important, 
  

   from 
  a 
  commercial 
  standpoint, 
  or 
  for 
  angling 
  purposes 
  are 
  the 
  

   Catfishes, 
  Minnows, 
  Herrings, 
  Salmon, 
  Pikes, 
  Killyfishes, 
  Mack- 
  

   erels, 
  Pompanos, 
  Sunfishes, 
  Perches, 
  Sea 
  Basses, 
  Weakfish, 
  Cod- 
  

   fishes 
  and 
  Flounders. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  important 
  commercial 
  fishery 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  is 
  based, 
  

   of 
  course, 
  upon 
  the 
  Shellfish 
  including 
  the 
  Oysters, 
  Clams, 
  

   Lobsters, 
  Crabs, 
  etc. 
  

  

  Fish 
  culture 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  ranks 
  high 
  in 
  comparison 
  with 
  that 
  

   of 
  the 
  other 
  States. 
  The 
  total 
  output 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  is 
  second, 
  

   perhaps, 
  only 
  to 
  that 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  The 
  State 
  is 
  handicapped 
  

   to 
  a 
  great 
  extent 
  by 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  water 
  supply 
  at 
  nearly 
  all 
  

   of 
  its 
  stations 
  is 
  a 
  gravity 
  supply 
  only. 
  For 
  extensive 
  work 
  on 
  a 
  

   large 
  scale 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  space, 
  greater 
  head 
  of 
  water 
  is 
  required 
  

   than 
  is 
  now 
  available. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  hatcheries 
  are 
  not 
  located 
  in 
  

   the 
  most 
  advantageous 
  places, 
  and 
  the 
  supply 
  of 
  spring 
  water 
  is 
  

   not 
  always 
  sufficient 
  to 
  carry 
  young 
  trout 
  to 
  the 
  fingerling 
  age 
  with 
  

   safety 
  in 
  dry, 
  hot 
  seasons. 
  

  

  Many 
  of 
  the 
  serious 
  diseases 
  which 
  cause 
  fish 
  mortality 
  are 
  

   clearly 
  traceable 
  to 
  pollution 
  by 
  sewage 
  or 
  other 
  poisonous 
  drain- 
  

   age 
  into 
  the 
  stream 
  from 
  which 
  hatchery 
  water 
  is 
  taken. 
  The 
  

   best 
  water 
  for 
  practical 
  purposes 
  is 
  that 
  from 
  artesian 
  wells 
  at 
  

   several 
  of 
  the 
  stations. 
  This 
  water 
  is 
  not 
  polluted, 
  and 
  it 
  seldom 
  

   contains 
  any 
  vegetable 
  or 
  animal 
  parasites 
  from 
  which 
  serious 
  

  

  