188 First Annual Repokt of the 



There were distributed from the hatchery this year 9, 180', 000 

 tullibee fry, 131,635,000 pikeperch fry, of which 105,285,000 

 were planted in Oneida lake, and the balance distributed among 

 201 applicants. Yellow perch fry, numbering 95,000,000, were 

 liberated in Oneida lake. Of the 202,500 black bass fry 149,000 

 were planted in Oneida lake, and the rest were sent to 143 

 applicants. The small-mouthed black bass raised to fingerling 

 age numbered 11,622. Of these 11,000 were planted in Oneida 

 lake after the close of the fiscal year. 



A very large number of yellow perch flngerlings were planted 

 upon application from eighty-two persons; but this work had 

 scarcely begun at the close of the fiscal year. 'Some of the adult 

 fish exhibited at the 'State Fair at Syracuse (26) representing 

 several species were planted in Onondaga lake after the close of 

 the fair. 



The total number of fish distributed during the fiscal year was 

 236,318,248. 



The eye trouble with the yellow perch fingerlings in Frederick 

 creek has been very slight this fall. The lamprey eels were 

 about as abundant as in 1910, and they killed thousands of fish 

 in the lake. There has not been quite so many muskrats in the 

 bass ponds this year as usual. 



The hatchery is in good condition and also all the other build- 

 ings. We are rather crowded for storeroom for small boats, 

 nets, etc., but will soon begin to build a storehouse 18 x 50 feet, 

 which I think will furnish plenty of room for everything. 



We have rebuilt a small dam at the pond which supplies the 

 stripping-house with water. 



The following species of fish were obtained from Oneida lake 

 for the State Fair at Syracuse : Pike, pikeperch, pickerel, yellow 

 perch, sunfish, strawberry bass, bullheads, large-mouthed black 

 bass, small-mouthed black bass, lamprey, catfish, carp, eel and 

 suckers. 



Respectfully yours, 



GEORGE F. SCRIBA, 



Foreman. 



Constaxtia, N. Y., December 18, 1911. 



