246 Second Annual Kepokt of the 



Yellow Perch 



Location. Waters. Eggs. 



Battery Park New York Aquarium 1,000,000 



Camden . Fish Creek 



Cape Vincent St. Lawrence River 



Fallsburgh Ruddicks Pond 



Loekport Red Creek 



Schenectady Mohawk River 



Veeder's Pond 



Walden Wallkill River 



White Perch 



Walden Walkill River 



Westchester Co . . . Browns Pond 



Fry. 



±> anger- 

 lings. 





80 



50,000 









120 





375 





70 





30 



600,000 





600,000 





500.000 





THE HATCHERIES. 



Adirondack Station. 



The output for 1912 was not as large as usual owing to the 

 failure of the very young fry to take food. Trout fry will usually 

 begin to feed as soon as the food sac is absorbed, upon beef liver 

 properly ground and prepared; but this year they did not take 

 the liver freely and considerable loss was sustained on this ac- 

 count. We collected freshwater mussels from Clamshell pond, 

 a small lake situated at a considerable distance in the dense 

 forest, the pond taking its name from the large number of these 

 shells that lie embedded in the sand upon its shores. The mus- 

 sels were ground very fine and fed to the trout fry which took 

 them greedily, and later accepted the liver which is their regular 

 food. 



While collecting brook trout eggs from Bone pond, on the 

 hatchery preserve, during the fall of 1911, the trout were con- 

 fined in boxes which were anchored in the lake near the nets. 

 We had in these boxes nearly 800 brook trout that were not quite 

 ready to spawn. On the night of October 25th, about 30O of 

 these fish were stolen and destroyed, the fish having been scooped 

 up in a basket which was found lying on the shore of the lake. 

 The loss included not only the fish stolen but also the eggs not yet 

 taken besides the spawn which could be taken in future years. 

 By prompt action and co-operation with the Game Protector the 

 miscreants were caught and heavily fined. Since this occurrence 

 we have had regular night watchmen to guard the nets and boxes. 



