The Portland daily press., 1876-12-25
PARK STREET CHURCH.
Report Of the Fish Commis,iouer,

The Commission ers of Fisheries. Messrs.
Stillwell and Stanley, in their annual report say
the result of the years work has been of most
encouraging character. They have received
from the Penobscot Breeding works 5000
salmon eggs. 100000 of which have been sent to
Dixfeld to be Matched and distributed in the
Androseoggin and tributaries, and the remain
ing 100000 to Norway and Songo to be Matched
and distributed in the tributaries of the Pre-
sumpscot. Prof. Baird presented to the state
through Messrs. Coffin of the Pembroke Iron
Works, $4,000 all of which have been success.
fully patched and planted in the Pemaquan
and Denny's rivers. 100000 salmon egg were
also turned over to the state by the United
States Commissioner, of which 100000 were
assigned to the town of Surry to be distributed
in Patterns brook and tributaries, and the bal.
ance placed in the Mattawamkeag at Bancroft
and Kingman and the Penobscot at VIM
OF the young salmon placed in Maine rivers
those put into tie Peno5scot in 1874 were seen
the following spring in very large numbers on
their way to the ocean. This year the Kendus-
keag has abounded with them from the branches
of the Penobscot to Bangor, and very many
have been caught by anglers. Grilse, which is
the distinctive name of young salmon on their
to three pounds, have been reported from time
to time.
The demand for the ova of Schoodic or land
locked salmon still continues both from our
own and neighboring states The whole amount
which the commissioners were able to distrib-
ute this year was only 10000, which were dis
posed of as follows: 5000 in Yields Pond in
Weld: 5000 in Towards Pond; 5000 in Range
ly Lakes; 1000 in Wilson's Pond, in Auburn;
1000 in Pushaw Pond, Penobscot county; 1000
in Wild Goose Pond, in Harmony; 5000 in Long
Pond, in Lincoln; 5000 in Cold Spring Pond, in
Lincoln. Good accounts come to the Commits
sOners of the young fry hitherto distributed in
our lakes and ponds The Commissioners re-
commend that Moosehead Lake be stocked
with these fish. One million at least of young
trout should be turned in every year to supply
the drain.
The popularity of black bass is increasing,
and the demand has greatly exceeded the sup
ply, but quite number have been distributed
the past year. The Commissioners regard the
action of the Legislature last winter in chang
ing the close time from the first day of July to
the first day Ct June as very injudicous.
A tishway is under construction at the Treat
Falls dam, and surveys have been made for
fishways on the Mattawamkeag at Gordons
Falls and Sluegundy, and they will be built
Eext summer a fishway is required at Milo
to give access to salmon from the Piscataquis TO
Sebec river. The Kennebec is still unprovided
with way at Augusta. The Presumscot is ac-
cesslble to Madison Falls, but way is needed
there
The legislation which the Commissioners re-
commend are provisions for the enforcement of
the law forbidding the deposit of sawdust and
edgings in the st. Croix; the alteration of the
close time of black bass from the first of June
ments for the punishment of offenders against
the close time of all our inland fish