The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-16
PIsCICULTURE.

The Sixth Annual Report OF the Coma
missioners of Fisheries.
The sixth annual report OF the Commissioners q
Fisheries OF this State (Horato Seymour, OF UTICA
Edward NJ. Smitn, OF Rochester, and Robert =
RoosevelD has just been published. 1t 10 vef}
interesting document. During the year enai1
December 81, 1878, the shad Matching operations
the Commissioners, despite the backwaroness !
the season, were very successful. Five Mhiio
ana forty-one thousand shad that were success
fully Matched were turned loose, the greater pS
in the Hudson River. According 10 tue repo
doubts have been expressed as TO wnetner tne
nan win thrive in fresh water, inasmuch as IL
their habit to seek the salt water every winter.
test the question, shad IN 1917 were deposited
the Genesee and other rivers moving into ire
water lakes, and the following summer these "
were caught in Lake Ontario Again. o4'o
younu shad were deposited IN Cananaaig
Lake. on June II, last year; $4,000 Ia Grane havq
Michigan. on June Is; $4,000 IN CayuRa Lake.
June is; $1,000 In Fox RIVER WISCONSIN, on "a
IL: 10000 in Genesee River, on june ~; oo.oo0
.sh,onu,a River, ONO, on June %; 5oo 600 In the
1a~,s 90 racine rivers Michigan, on June 28 al
90 sSv oNo in the wabash River, Indiana, ON June
Tr,r,nr the year 10000 young shad were taken
the United states tns New - YorE Comm
ann and deposited In California waters. In Jan
orv 1873 the following shipments were made irq
shss state Hatching House In Caledonia, N. ~
saveraI points Twenty BOXES Of salmon trq
eUvs. 81 boxes OF salmon trout, 10000 white as
fake 10 600 white fish and 80 00J salmon trout
seneca Lake, $4,000 salmon trout for Hemiq
lake, 5000 salmon trout for Cayuga Lake, 20
for Little Lake and Long Lake, 20 900 Tor Grs
Lake, 90 900 for Schuyler Lake, and salmon trq
as i0owS:- a,
Saratoga Lake, Saratoga county ............. 2S
Hemiock Lake, Ontario county. ............ So
Sand Lake. Glass Lake and crooked Lake,. o.
SILVER Lake, wyoming county. ............... -.
Fennleon and Pontee lakes, Oswego county 90
lueka Lake, Yates county .................... oV
Owasco Lake, Cayuea county.............,.. -
Cayuua Lake, schuyler county....... .......
Casadaga Lake, CDautauqua couDty.....;... ~
Arlen Lake aud West Land Lakes, Rensselaer,
county. ................. ....'.'''''''''' 81
Crooked Lake, Yates county ............... oy
Whiting Lake, Columbia county.........''.
Copaka Lake. Columbia county. ...........'
Lake George, Warren county ............''''
Mind0vO Lake, Wisconsin. .........'.'''''
Seneca Lake, Seneca county ..........'....
Fishkill Lake, Duchess county ..........'.'.
CananuatQua Lake. ontario county $500. o'
Dewitt, lnnas and Clapper iakes' nens'o' u
Little Fork Lake, Cortland county. ..........
Canandaigua Lake, ontario county .:...;...
Scott's Lake, or Little POND, "SsninS'on
Crooked Lake, Yates county. ...............
Rear Lake. Chautauqua county ..........,...
Besides this large number Oh salmon trout
to the vavious lakes several thousands were
warded to various private partes. Inc ri
contains an interesting description o. tue arti
spawning and hatcning process aui many iac
Interest and value TO Disccuituruss Renershs