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which would permit us to visit several fisheries daily and collect 

 eggs. The saltwater work could be carried on to much better 

 advantage by building small auxiliary hatcheries near the 

 grounds from which the eggs are collected. The hatchery at 

 Montauk is well located for the work done at that point, and 

 thanks are due to Captain E. B. Tuthill for many courtesies, and 

 for valuable help given by him and his fishing crew. 



By making some important changes in the main hatching room 

 we would be enabled to hatch a great many more fish. 



A large number of fresh water ponds on Long Island suitable 

 for fish other than trout and open to public fishing should be 

 stocked with good fish. This branch of fish culture, like the salt 

 water work, should receive more attention. — Reported by Charles 

 II. Walters, Foreman, Cold Spring Harbor, N. Y 



Delaware Station. 



The distribution of trout for the year was the largest for any 

 year since the hatchery was established. Rainbow trout wore 

 propagated for the first lime, and very successfully. — Reported 

 by H. E. Annirtj Foreman. Margaretville, N. Y. 



This station raised brook trout, brown trout and rainbow trout; 

 chiefly brook trout. The yield of trout in 1012 exceeded that of 

 1011 by 173,017. The water supply for the hatchery and ponds 

 is derived entirely from Whortleberry creek. There are no 

 springs near the station which could be utilized during the sum- 

 mer months. This is unfortunate, as a generous supply of spring 

 water would enable the Commission to increase the output very 

 greatly, and the region stocked from Margaretville hatchery needs 

 a far greater number of trout than can be supplied with the 

 present plant. 



Fulton Chain Station. 



This station has distributed brook trout, lake trout, land locked 

 salmon and wdiitefish during the year, and there has been an in- 

 crease in the yield of most of these fish. No frostfish eggs were 

 taken because the whitefish began to spawn at the same time as 

 the frostfish and the nets set for whitefish could not be taken out 

 before the lakes were covered with ice. Whitefish are increasing 

 annually. The first eggs were taken on November 7, and the last 



