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established the shad in rivers of the Pacific coast, from California to Alaska, 

 wherein no shad were known before. At the present time the fish are so 

 abundant in California, Washington and Oregon that they can be bought 

 in the markets for two or three cents a pound wholesale. Whitefish, lake 

 trout, smelt, torn cod, flatfish, maskalonge, pike perch, striped bass and 

 many other well-known fish are sucessfully liberated in the fry stage. The 

 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, in 1906, liberated 200 times as many fry as it did 

 of fmgerlings, yearlings and adults. 



The expense of rearing trout, salmon, black bass and other species to 

 the fingerling age is very great, and the risks of loss through parasites, 

 diseases, drought, sudden rise of temperature, and seasonal fluctuations of 

 the natural food supply are too serious to pass unchecked. The cost of fish 

 food at trout rearing stations often averages as high as $1,000 per annum, 

 and at some stations it is still higher. For reasons of economy, prudence and 

 experimental knowledge, therefore, the State cannot do better than to 

 follow its own early system of distribution and thereby save expense and 

 loss while accomplishing its work of maintaining the fish supply. 



Fist) Distribution 



Summary for the Year Ending December 31, 1906. 



Brook trout, advanced fry 

 fmgerlings . 



Brown trout, advanced fry 

 fmgerlings 



Lake trout, advanced fry 

 fmgerlings . 

 3 earlings 



Rainbow trout, fmgerlings 

 Black spotted trout, fmgerlings 



Total trout distributed 





42 



000 



I 



507 



140 





760 



000 





318 



,ooo 



5 



322 



000 



1 



426 



680 





2 5 



008 









1,549,140 



I ,075,000 



6,773,688 

 355-900 



8, 172 

 9,764,900 



