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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES, 
Summary of Distributions of Fish and Eggs, Fiscal Year ended June 30, 
1909. 
Species. 
Eggs. 
Fry. 
Fingerlings, 
yearlings, 
and adults. 
Catfish. 
562,580 
7,807 
57,400 
Buffaiofish 
Shad 
266,000 
142,220,000 
38,859,265 
272.000 
100.000 
57,112,000 
277,445,000 
20, 177,286 
9,470,925 
93,409,496 
10,000 
2, 181,413 
292,408 
647, 790 
793,550 
5,993,943 
Whitefish 
Chinook salmon 
75,429 
Blueback saimon 
100 
46,500 
2,026,463 
24, 435 
237,896 
2,049,395 
70,000 
1,345,100 
3,723,489 
Steelhead trout 
271,468 
286, 150 
Rainbow trout 
Atlantic salmon 
Landlocked salmon 
570,000 
602,820 
Blackspotted trout 
Loch Leven trout 
Lake trout 
22,806,000 
905,000 
27, 188, 177 
5,821,322 
229,736 
Brook trout 
Sunapee trout 
Scotch sea trout 
47 
6,032 
44,200 
217,355 
51,112 
2,278 
111,924 
540,962 
317,888 
Grayling 
350,000 
808,000 
Pike 
Crappie and strawberry bass 
62,500 
Rock bass. 
Warmouth bass 
Smallmouth black bass 
262, 674 
32,500 
Largemouth black bass 
Sunfish 
Pike perch 
457,850,000 
10,000,000 
187.050.000 
213,610,410 
4.518.000 
318.760.000 
136,938 
9.400.000 
Yellow perch 
50,873 
Striped bass 
White perch 
24,500,000 
2, 650 
1,225 
Yellow bass 
Smelt. . 
24,700,000 
Freshwater drum 
25,000 
Cod 
153.536.000 
786.626.000 
30,890,000 
164.509.000 
Flatfish 
Pollock 
Lobster 
Total 
724,558,703 
2,370,975,068 
11,598, 140 
Total. 
562,580 
7,807 
57,400 
57.378.000 
419.665.000 
59,111,980 
9,742,925 
93,509,496 
10, 100 
2,499,381 
2,605,021 
672,225 
1,601,446 
8, 646, 158 
70.000 
51,339,277 
10,449,811 
229,736 
47 
1, 164,032 
44,200 
279,855 
51, 112 
2,278 
374,598 
573,462 
317,888 
644.900.000 
223,661,283 
4,518,000 
343,262, 650 
138, 163 
34. 100.000 
25.000 
153.536.000 
786.626.000 
30.890.000 
164.509.000 
107, 131,911 
One of the most noteworthy aspects of the fish-cultural work is the 
increased interest in the utilization of private or semiprivate waters 
for rearing food and game fishes. This interest appears in all parts 
of the country and among all kinds of people and is evidenced by 
the demands made on the Bureau for desirable fishes for stocking 
purposes. During the year applications were received for fish for 
planting in 10,112 different bodies of water, an increase of 25 per 
cent over 1908 and of more than 400 per cent over 1900. 
REVIEW OF OPERATIONS. 
In considering the results of the fish-cultural work it should be 
borne in mind that the conditions which determine success or failure 
often depend largely on physical and meteorological factors operative 
during the comparatively short spawning season for the different 
species. Storms, freshets, drought, abnormal heat and cold, and other 
natural agencies may render abortive the most thorough preparations 
and most active efforts at particular stations. The most serious 
drawbacks, however, are the artificial conditions — dams, lines of nets, 
