The Penn's Grove record., 1899-08-18
FISH COMMISSION WORK
The Most Successful Year In Its
History.


History.
The work of the FISH Commission
is practically completed for this year.
The official report of the Commission,
show that it has been the most success
full year in the history of the Commits
ion. The great bulk of the work ha 8
been in the collection and distribution
OF the eggs and fry Of commercial food
fish, and this year more cod white fish,
pike, perch, bass, fiat fish ard lobster
have been planted than ever before.
Fully as many shad have been planted
this year as last, when tile high water
mark in shad propagation was reached.
The great commercial value of the Work
done by the Fish Commission can best
be illustrated in the case of shad. Ihe
catch of shad in 1855 was 5,UOO,UUU.
The systematic collection OF eggs ana
distribution of shad fry stree that year
have increased the catch annually, un
til this year it reached l3,UOO VUO, an
increased of $50 per cent. in fourteen
years. AT the same time the cost Oh
shad has been decreased to ;he consum'
er more than 30 per cent. The Value
of the catch this year was upwards oil
$500. 900, This result has been obtain
by the Commission with a totaI eNpeh-
diture of $40, 600. So successful was
the experiment made several years ago
for the introduction OF slad and striped
Bass on the Pacific coast that Tie pant
ing of those two food fishes on thaC
coast has been suspended. Inc slau
catch on The Pacific now ranges bel "1en
one and two million ANNUALLY. 1"e
total cost Of introducing the shad lhVo
Pacific waters was bat $4,000. 50 pleIl
tiful have the stu iped bass become in
the Pacific coast streams since lheif III
PRODUCTION that they can be purchased
in the markets of the coast cheaper the
veal round than in the Eastern markets.
When they were first introduced they
brought 81 a pound.
Tie work at the California stations
this year has been confined to the pro-
pagation Of the commercial salmon and
the sockeye and steel bead trout. over
40, OO0, 900 eggs have been distributed
from these stations. From the i've
Oregon stations on the Columbia river
20, OOO, 900 fry have been planted in the
Pacific coast streams. The new station
at Bakers Lake, Washington, establish
ed for the propagation of blue back and
silver salmon began operations July
l.. In the Rocky Mountain region
there are stations in Montana, Colorado
and South Dakota for the propagation
of Eastern brook trout, gTaylins, noun
tain or black spotted trout. From these
stations 5000, 600 fry were distributed
in the streams of Colorado, Washington
Idaho, Montana, South Dakota, New
Mexico, Arizona and Indian Territory.
From the Middle State S%tationsin Iowa
Illinois, Missouri and Texas for the
propagation of brook and rainbow
trout, black bass and crapsie, l,0OJ ,OUO
| FRY of all kinds were distributed in
stocking private ponds and streams and
some public waters. From the stations
on the Great Lakes, where the white
dsh, lake trout, herring, pike. perch
. and walled eyed pike are collected, 15O-
600, 900, eggs of all kinds we're taken
and 500, 000, GOO, fry planted. At the
shad stations at Bullockville, Ga;
Edenton, N. C.; ;Brian's Point, V; a.
Havre de Grace and Gloucetter, in the
Delaware, 300, 000, 900 shad eggs were
collector and 230, 600 900 fry planted
in all the important streams from
Florida to Massachusetts, There are
stations in Virginia and Tennessee for
the propagation of black bass and trout
but these have done little this year.
In Massachusetts, there are two of the
largest marine fish culture stations in
world. At these the cod, pollock, flat
fish Qaounder) and lobster are p%ropagat-
ed. Over 800, 900, 900 cod eggs were col
lected here and beteween 50,0OO,O 0l
and 200, 600 900 fry distributed. Over
40, 600, 900 fiat fish were planted The
lobster season has not yet closed. Over
100, 900, 900 eggs have already beer
taken, and it is expected that $4,000, O0C
more win he taken before the close Of
the season.