Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-17

protection
The records of his office will show that
he is persistently and successfully carry
ing out this idea The number of fry of
some of the more important species dis
tributed and planted during the season Of
1Si1-.S was III marked increase over pr
vious years. a comparison Of that year
with 1St;-91 will show what great ad-
Vances have been made by the commits
sion. under its present management and
system
The figures follow:
1S95-'96. 1S96-'97.
Shad .---.-.----.... 93.4s1. 500 1872 200
Cod ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6G.212.000 96.SSS.O00
Salmon fwest COAST 1o.Si5.s52 15.SaS. 40s
Lake trout S.9J6,61S 12-2J3. 400
Lobster .-............ 9I.0T9 900 los SCI $50
In addition to the 16.OO0.00O quinnat sal
mon fry planted in west coast waters, H.
OJooOO eggs were turned over to the Cali
fornia fish commission to be Matched and
5.U@.rG were brought east and introduced
in rivers on the north Atlantic seaboard.
Work Prosecuted at Many Places.
The work of the commission is prose-
cuted at twenty-five stations or hatcheries,
located at suitable points throughout the
country, while during the spring shad eggs
are Matched on the Potomac, Delaware and
Susquehanna rivers. and the fry distributed
in suitable streams along the Atlantic
coast. Pacific salmon eggs are collected
and Matched at Battle Creek, Baird and
Hoopa Valley California: Clackamas
ton. ard the fry deposited OH the spawning
beds in neighboring streams.
Atlantic and landlocked salmon are prop
agateJ at Craig Brook and Green Lake,
= Maine
At Cape Vincent. New York: Alpena.
Michigan: Duluth, Minnesota and PUTIN
Pay Ohio, whitefish and lake trout are
cultivated in order to neutraliZe the drain
on the great commercial fisheries on the
great lakes. The supply of brock trout,
rainbow trout, black bass. crappie and
other fishes of inland lakes and streams is
kept up and increased by the output of
hatcheries at Wytheville. Virginia: St
Jchnsbury. Vermont: Manchester, iowa
san Marcos. Texas: Leadville. Colorado;
Bczeman, Montana: Worthwhile, Michigan:
Neosho, Missouri. and Quincy Illinois
Cod Holsters, the common mackerel and
other marine fishes are propagated at
Woods Holl and Gloucester, Massaehu-
sets.
Four cars. specially equipped with tanks.
apparatus for the circulation of air and
all appliances for safe. transportation Of
hsh. are used by the commission and three
vessels-the AlbatroSs and Fish Hawk
steamers. and the Grampus a schooner
are used in marine work. The Fish Hawk
Is really floating hatchery, and is IN
gagged In Matching shad, mdckerei and lob
sters. in collecting eggs and IN distributing
fry
The Manual of Fish Culture.
There are different ways of Matching the
eg;ss and producing the fry of the various
species Of fish. and in the very valuable
forthcoming handbook, the title OF which
is THE Manual of Fish Culture" 20 be
shortly issued by the United States FISH
commission. the entire system will be de-
scribed in a most thorough and entertain
ing mannsr.
The necessity for such a handbook i'm
pressed itself on Commits sioner Brice as
sOcn rs ne had assumed office, and he lost
no time in outlining the scope of the work.
heA lie of
siye treatiSeS on fishes ever prepared. The
data contained in it was furnished chiefly
by superintendents of the commission. wno
have discussed those fishes with which
they have had ample experience. describ-
Ing the methods pursued at their particular
stations. The list of contributors and their
subjects are as follows:
Charles G. Atkins. superintendent United
States fish commission station Craig Brook
Maine: The Atlantic and Landlocked Sal
mons
F. NJ Chamberlain. assistant United
States fish commissioner, Washington. d.
c.: Edible Frogs and Their Artificial Prop
aeatioH-
Frank y. Clark. superintendent United
States fish commits sion stations in Michi-
gan: The Brook Trout and Lake Trout
j. Frank Ellis. superintendent of car SER
vice United States fish commission. Wash
ington. d. c.: Fish Transportation"
+. F. Locke, superintendent of Cnitec
States FISH commission station, Woods
Hole. Mass: THE Fiatfish.''
II. F. Moore assistant United States FISH
commissioner. Washington, d. c.: Oysters
and Oyster Culture"
William F. Page. superintendent United
States fish commission, Neosho, Mo-: THE
Black Bases and Other Sunfishes.''
George A. Seagle. superintendent United
States fish commission Station, Wytheville,
Va: THE Rainbow Trout
Livingstone Stone. superintendent United
States fish commission station, Baird, Cal. ::
THE Pacific Salmons.''
j. j. Stranahan. superintendent United
States fish commission station. Put-in-Bay,
Ohio: The Whitefish and Lake Herring"
Stephen G. Worth. superintendent United
States fish commission station, Washing
ton ID. c.. THE Shad-''
Valuable informa ton on the marine fishes
has also been contributed TO the manual by
Lieut.. Franklin Swift. United States navy:
G. G. Corliss. f. f. Hahn and Alexander
Jones of the United States FISH commission,
and the quinnat salmon by J. p. Bah
cock of the California state fish commits
sion
A technical description of each important
fish is given. together with informant ton
about its geographical distribution, habits,
movements. growth. food. natural spawn
irRetc- The operations described are those
of the United States fish commission but
are essentially the same usually. employed
by state commissions and individual fish
culturists.
The TOOthsOme Shad.
The shad is the most numerous and pop-
Clar fish in this section of the Union, and
Is the largest. best known and most valu.
Gble member of the herring family in the
United States A most interesting chapter
by Stephen G. Worth. Is devoted to 1t in
The Manual of Fish Culture" In 1896 the
ehad catch Of the Atlantic seaboard mum.
bered 13.l+5.s'5 fish, weighing JOSi1 967
pounds. and worth to the fishermen 81. CSC
$50 The value OF the shad catch of the
Pacific states In 1886 was $500 a sum rep.
fssenting $4,000 pounds.
The female sHaH
In weight than the male the general aver.
age for both sexes being between three and
three-ouarters and four pounds.
Early Attempts at shad Culture.
As early as isss shad eggs were artIn.
cially taken and fer,ii red. and IN 1857 more
extensive experiments were made on tho
Connecticut river. and later on the Poto-