ACCLIMATIZATION OF FISH IN THE PACIFIC STATES. 
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THE LANDLOCKED SALMON. 
In January, 1878, tlie United States Fish Commission sent to the California fish 
commission, from Grand Lake Stream, Maine, 50,000 eggs of the landlocked or 
Schoodic salmon ( Salmo salar sebago). These were hatched at San Leandro by the 
Californian authorities and in March and April deposited in various waters. In their 
report for 1878-79 the commissioners say: 
As tlie landlocked salmon are natives of the cold lakes of Maine, we have thought the most 
appropriate places for the distribution of the young fish would be in our mountain lakes ; but, for 
purposes of testing their fitness to thrive in warmer waters, a portion were also distributed to lakes 
in the valley and on the coast, as follows: Donner Lake and other lakes near the summit, 10,000; San 
Francisquito Creek, Espenosa Lake, etc., 10,000; Tulare Lake, 15,000; San Leandro .Creek and Lake, 
2,500; Arroyo Laguna, near Sunol, 700; reservoir at almshouse, San Francisco, 1,000; Echo Lake. El 
Dorado County, 250. 
A somewhat more detailed statement of the distribution of these fry is given in 
the report of the United States Fish Commission for 1881, page 894. Sereno and 
Chabot lakes and Laguna Honda are mentioned as receiving fry. 
In the report of the California commission for 1881-82 figures are presented show- 
ing the distribution in 1881 of 20,100 landlocked salmon fry in Prosser Creek, Donner 
Lake, Lake Tahoe, and in various waters in Santa Cruz, Marin, San Mateo, Alpine, 
and other counties. These fry resulted from a shipment of 25,000 eggs from Grand 
Lake Stream, donated by the United States Fish Commission. 
The report of the United States Fish Commission for 1881 shows that in the 
spring of 1882 a shipment of 10,000 Schoodic salmon eggs was sent to the California 
authorities; the resulting fry, 5,433 in number, were placed in Prosser Creek, Blue 
Lake, and Lake Honda. 
In 1S84 the United States Fish Commission sent 30,000 landlocked salmon eggs 
from Maine to the California fish commission. These were hatched with a reported 
loss of 74 per cent, and the fry were distributed as follows: 5,000 in Independence 
Lake, 10,000 in Donner Lake, 10,000 in Bigler Lake (Lake Tahoe), and 300 in Butterfly 
Creek. 
In 1890 the United States Fish Commission station at Fort Gaston, Cal., received 
20,000 eggs of landlocked salmon from Maine. The disposition made of the fry is not 
known to the writer. 
Thirty thousand eggs were sent to the California commission in February, 1892, and 
the fry were turned over to the Country Club. The eggs arrived in poor condi- 
tion, and only a small percentage hatched. The fry were planted in the preserve of 
the club. 
In March, 1895, 10,000 eggs were delivered to the Country Club of San Francisco 
for stocking waters on the club’s preserve in Marin County; 3,000 fry were produced. 
At the same time, 10,000 eggs were sent to the California fish commission. These 
were hatched with heavy loss (60 per cent). Mr. Babcock states that the fish are 
retained at Sisson, but will be placed in Lake Tahoe in 1896. 
A number of plants of landlocked salmon have been made in Nevada from spawn 
furnished by the United States Fish Commission. The nature of the early work in 
Nevada is obscure, and no account of the first plant or plants has been met with. In 
