The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-26
ITS WORK IS COMPLETED
A Successful Year for the Fish
Commission.
GREAT MMERCIAL VALUE
Collection and Distribution of Food Fish
High Water Mark Reached-Re-
sumo OF the Immense
Work Done.

Washington, June 25--The work of
the fish commission is practically COM
pleted for this year. According to the
officials of the commission when the
reports are sent in July LIST they VIII
show that it has been the most sue
cessful year in the history of the COM
mission. The great bulk of the work
has been in the collection and distribu-
ton of the eggs and fry of CONNER
cial food fish, and this year more cod,
white fish, pike, perch, bass, fiat fish
and Holsters have been planted than
ever before. Fully as many shad have
been planted this year as last, when
the high water mark in shad propaga-
ton was reached. The great CONNER
cial value of the work done by the fish
commission can be best illustrated in
the case of shad. The catch of shad
in 1885 was 5000 900. The systematic
collection of eggs and distribution of
shad fry since that year have increased
the catch annually until this year 1t
reached 13,O00,0 900, an increase of 10 Per
cent in IA years.
AT the same time the cost of shad
has been decreased to the consumer
the catch this year was upwards of
100000. This result has been obtained
by the commission at a total expendi-
ture of $4,000 The shad catch on the
Pacific now ranges between one and
two million annually.
The work at the California stations
this year has been confined to the pro-
pagation of the commercial salmon and
steelhead trout Over 40.O00,000 eggs
have been distributed from these sta
TONS From the five Oregon stations
on the Columbia river, 20,000,000 fry
have been planted in the Pacific coast
streams. The new station at Baker
Lake, Wash, established for the propa-
CATION of blue back and silver salmon.
will begin operations July 1. In the
Rocky mountain region there are sta
ton in Montana, Colorado and South
Dakota for the propagation of eastern
brook trout grayling, mountain and
black spotted trout. From these sta
lions 100000 fry were distributed in
the streams of Colorado, Washington,
Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, New
Mexico, Arizona and Indian Territory.
From the middle states, stations in
Iowa, Illinois. Missouri and Texas, for
the propagation of brook and rainbow
trout, black bass and croppies, 100000
of fry of all kinds were distributed in
stocking private ponds, streams and
some public waters
At the shad stations at Bullockville,
Ga. Edenton, N. c., Bryan's Point, Va,
Havre de Grace and Gloucester, 300,-
100000 shad eggs were collected and
240 600 600 fry planted in all the import
ant streams from Florida to Massa-
chusetts. There are stations in Vir-
ginia and Tennessee for the propaga-
ton of black bass and trout, but these
have done little this year.
In Massachusetts are two of the
largest marine fish culture stations in
the world. At these, the cod, pollock,
fiat fish (founders) and Holsters are
propagated. Over 300000,000 cod eggs
were collected here and distributed,
Over 40,000000 fiat fish were planted.
| The lobster season has not yet closed.
| Over 100, 900, 900 eggs have already been
| taken and it is expected that $4,000, 900
| more will be taken before the close of
| the season.