St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-01
MILLIONS OF SMALL FRY.
Operations of the Fish Commits
sion for the Year Just Ended.

Operations of the Fish Commits
sion for the Year just Ended.
WASHINGTON, July 31.-The United
States fish commission distributed in
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Ken
lucky. Missouri and Nebraska during
the past fiscal year 1000 yearling fish
Of the indigenous species of the Missis-
Sipi valley, consisting of catfish, buffalo,
crappit. white and black bass, sunfish,
pickerel, white perch, wall-eye pike and
native carp. OF brook trout eggs there
were 207,000 sent to the different state
fish commissions, and a deposit
OF $1,000 was made In the
public waters of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and West Virginia. A
plant of $4,000 one-year-old brook trout
was made in the waters of Indiana,
Kentucky, Ohio and Michigan, the bulk
of them being put in the waters of the
two states last named. During the sea-
son $1,000 rainbow trout eggs were
shipped from the Worthwhile, Mich, sta
ton of commission, and 10000 from
the Wytheville, Va, station to the vari-
Gus state commissions for planting In
suitable waters. One-year-Old fish to
the number of 10000 were distributed as
follows: To Indiana, 5000; Iowa, b.
600; Michigan. II, 200; Nebraska, 5,400;
OHIO, 1000; Kentucky, 1000; Ten
nessee, 500; Georgia, 1900; North
Carolina, 5000; Virginia, 49,
600; West Virginia, 1900; Mary
land, 1900; Pennsylvania, 1000. Lake
trout to the number of 100000 were
distributed during the season, 100000
going to state commissions, and 100000
of fry to Lake Superior near Dulnth.
OF the yearlingS of this species, $4,000
were deposited in the waters of Indiana,
and 10000 in Michigan. The distribu-
t. IN of Loeb Leven trout eggs was as
follows: Nebraska, 10000; Wisconsin,
$4,000; Pennsylvania. sc, 600; New Hamp-
shire, $4,000. Of the California salmon
fry, 100000 were deposited in the
Clackamas river and its tributaries.
100000 in the Little Sacramento and
its tributaries. and 1,500,0 in the Nc
Cloud river. In the disposition OF At
lantic salmon, New York got 100000.
LAND-LoCKED SALMON EGGS
numbering 100000 were distributed to
the several state commissions: of the
German. 10000 were supplied for prl-
vate pond culture to 5000 applicants,
representing thirty-eight states and ten
territories. The usual number of carp
furnished to individual applicants
varies from IL to 20. There were also
deposited in the public waters of the
country about $4,000 of this species, as
follows: Dakota, 5000; Kansas, 1000;
Ohio, 1900; Tennessee. 5000; Florida,
1000; Georgia. $500; North Carolina,
$500; Virginia, 1000; Maryland, 1900.
During this year there were distributed
10000 goldfish to 1000 applicants in
the several states and territories.
Red-eye perch to the number of
5000 were distributed during the year
to applicants in Massachusetts,, New
York, Maryland, Virginia, North Caro-
lima and Georgia. Off the coast of Mas
sachusetts 100000 900 Goldfish and S,000,-
600 pollock were deposited during the
year. The Sandusky, o., station of the
commission collected during the year
150,000,000 whitefish eggs, and the
Alpena. Mich, station 45,000,000. OF
these, 100000 were distributed to the
Northwestern states bordering on the
lakes. The distribution of the fry pro-
duced at the Sandusky, Alpena and Du-
luth stations was as follows. Lake
Superior. 10,0O0,OOO; Lake Erie, 4O,-,
100000 were deposited in the
public waters of Idaho, Washington
Territory and Oregon. Wal[eye pike
to the number of 50,OO0.0OO were de-
posted principally in the ;public waters
of Minnesota. Illinois, Ohio, New York,
and Pennsylvania. During the season
1O1, ,75S,OOO shad fry were deposited as
follows: Tributaries of Narraganset
bay, 1905, 900; tributaries of North At
lantic coast,1, S03.0O0; Hudson river and
tributaries, 6, 600: Delaware bay and
tributaries, 26,OOO,O Chesapeake bay
and tributaries, 54,000.0OO; tributaries of
South Atlantic coast. 100000: tribu-
taries of Gulf of Mexico, s, 100000