FOREST, FISH AND GAME COMMISSIONER. 



167 



YEAR 



EGGS TAKEN 



FRY HATCHED 



FRY PLANTED IN 

 THE LAKE 



FRY PLANTED IN 

 OTHER WATERS 



1S96 











4, 130,000 



1,815 ,000 



I , OOO, OOO 



815 , OOO 



1897 











5 , 660,000 



3,075,000 



1,815 ,000 



I , 260, OOO 



1S9S 











6 , 720,000 



2 , 650,000 



900,000 



I , 750,000 



1899 











IO, 2 0,000 



4, 860,000 



3,055,000 



I , 805 , OOO 



igoo 











6 , 800,000 



4, 490,000 



3 , 290,000 



I , 200, OOO 



I9OI 











7 , 560,000 



4, 520,000 



2 , 370,000 



2 , 150, OOO 



1902 











3 , 820,000 



2 , 210,000 



I , 090,000 



I , 140,000 



I903 











6 , 846 ,000 



4, 107 , 600 



2,382, 60O 



1,725 ,000 



1904 











5,428,500 



3> 2 57 l i°° 



957,IOO 



2 , 3OO, OOO 



I9°5 











5 , 061 ,000 



2 , 025 ,000 



I , 000,000 



I ,025 ,000 



Tot, 



lis 









62,045,500 



33,009,700 



17,859,700 



15 , 150,000 



It is my judgment that a special study should be made of the problem 

 presented by Chautauqua Lake -to the end that a satisfactory answer may 

 be given to the complaint which is voiced in Mr. Knapp's letter. The figures 

 given in the table show that the lake has been treated with unusual fairness 

 by the Commission, and that it is not from any lack of returning to the water 

 a proper porportion of the fry hatched from the maskalonge eggs taken that 

 the falling off in the take of this fish has occurred. 



An interesting account of an experiment in raising the maskalonge fry 

 to the fingerling stage is given in another place and will no doubt be instruc- 

 tive to all those concerned in keeping up the supply of this fish in Chautauqua 

 Lake. 



Hadson River 3l)ad 



By far the most serious problem confronting the Commission is pre- 

 sented by the failure of the shad fisheries of the Hudson River. For years 

 this body of water was one of the most important in the country on account 

 of its prolific run of shad and herring. But within the past ten years, at 

 least, neither of these species of fish have appeared in anywhere near the 



