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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
the south of Carmel Bay, in water 30 fathoms deep with rocky bottom. The remain- 
ing lobsters, 73 in number, which were being retained in a floating car at Monterey, 
were chiefly intended for planting at some point on the northern coast of California. 
One of the bottom boards of the car having become detached by the heavy swell, all 
but 30 of the lobsters rapidly made their escape into Monterey Bay. On July 4 the 
steamer Albatross left San Francisco with the 30 lobsters on board, the lot consisting 
of 13 males and 17 females. These were planted the following day in 13 fathoms of 
water off Trinidad Light-house, this point having been selected because of the favor- 
able conditions of temperature, bottom, and water, whicli were thought to more 
closely resemble those of the lobster’s natural home than any other place on the Cali- 
fornia coast. The eggs were hatched on the grounds, and 104,000 young lobsters 
obtained, 2,000 of which were planted in San Francisco Bay and 102,000 in and off 
Monterey Bay. 
The last shipment of lobsters to the Pacific Coast was made in January, 1889, the 
season for the trial being different from that of the previous experiments. The lob- 
sters were collected at Woods Hole, and numbered 279 males and 431 females, 63 of 
which carried eggs. The shipment was made in a United States Fish Commission car, 
in charge of Mr. J. Frank Ellis. These lobsters were intended for the Washington 
and Oregon coasts. The start was made from Woods Hole January 14, and the lobsters 
were planted January 22. Owing to the failure of a part of the arrangements, the 
lobsters destined for Yaquina Bay, Oregon, could not be deposited in that place, and 
the entire plant was consequently made on the coast of Washington. Of the 710 
lobsters with which the journey was begun, 233 survived the trip and were placed 
as follows: 88 off Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River; 22 in 
Shoal water Bay, and 123 in Puget Sound, near Port Townsend. 
The following table is a recapitulation of the plants of lobsters on the Pacific Coast. 
The aggregate deposits of adults amounted to 590, a large number of which were egg- 
bearing females. 
Summary of the American lobsters planted on the Pacific Coast of the United States. 
Year. 
Localities. 
Adults. 
Embryos. 
1874.. 
4 
1879.. 
21 
1888.. 
162 
93, 000 
95 
45 
9, 000 
2,000 
30 
1889.. 
88 
22 
24 
25 
74 
590 
*104, 000 
*In addition to these, the female lobsters planted had attached to them several hundred thousand eggs. 
DESIRABILITY OF INTRODUCING- LOBSTERS TO THE PACIFIC COAST. 
The Atlantic lobster would unquestionably be a very acceptable and important 
addition to the fishery resources of the Pacific States. The spiny lobster, locally 
called crawfish, which now takes the place of the lobster in the markets of the coast 
States, is a valuable food product; but it lias only a limited distribution, not occur- 
