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waters, that does not come within the purview
of the bureau.
1t is conceived to be the better policy to ex-
pend small amount of public money In ma
king fish SO abundant that they can be caught
without restriction and serve cheap food for
the people at large. rather than to expend
much larger sum in preventing people from
catching the few fish that still remain after
generations of improvidence
Public or government fsh-culture in Ameri
ca exceeds In extent and Importance that of
all other countries combined. However. the
neglect of some of the states to provide the
minimum protection to certain species inhab
ting interstate and International waters has
not only negatived the ash-cultural work OF the
bureau and OF the states themselves, but has
practically inhibited 1t by preventing the pos
sibility of securing an adequate supply OF eggs
thus making desirable and necessary the pla
cling of interstate and International waters un
der the Jurisdiction Of the general government
At the end of the lrse ten years of the bu-
reau's existence. the fishes that being
regularly cultivated were shad. carp. chinook
salmon. Atlantic salmon, land-locked salmon,
rainbow trout, brook trout and whiteash in ad
dition to which the propagation Of several 9TH
ers had been undertaken experimentally. The
list now is six times as long and the annual
output is ten times the aggregate for the ten
year period ending In 1881.
y The main energies are devoted to the I'm.
portant commercial fshes-shad. whitefsh.
lake trout, Pacific salmons, white perch yell
low perch, cod fatf1sh and the lobster, which
are Matched in lots of many millions annually
More widely popular. however are the distri
buttons of the fishes of the interior waters
which are generally classed game fishes. AL
though representing only about 10 per cent
of the output of the hatcheries. this feature
of the work Is very important for 1t supplies
choice kinds of fish for public rivers. lakes and
ponds. and for fishing preserves and private
ponds and streams in all parts of the United
States. The fishes most In demand for these
,ferent species of trout the grayling the BASES,
the crappies, the sunfshes. and the catfshes.
but various others also are handled.
Fish-cutural stations are established by
special act of congress. and their location and
construction are determined after careful
survey of the available sites in a given state.
The usual buildings are the hatchery proper,
a residence for the superintendent and his fam
lily. and necessary outbuildings. At some sta
1tions there may also be power house, foremans
ror fish culturist's dwelling mess hall and sta
BILE
The only permanent marine hatcheries are
IN Maine and Massachusetts, where the cod.
pollock. hatlshs and Holsters Matched in
Immense numbers. Other sea fishes that have
in previous years been artifcially propagated
and may again come under the hand Of the
hsh-culturist are the paddock, the scuppaug.
the sheepshead, the sea bass. the mackerel, and
the squeteague, some of which were Matched
on the steamer Fish>Hawk. in Chesapeake bay
and Florida.
The hsh-cultural work on the eastern coast