Propagation and Distribution of Food Fishes
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U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE R. P. LAMONT, Secretary BUREAU OF FISHERIES HENRY O'MALLEY, Commieeioner Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 1098 PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES FISCAL YEAR 1930 By GLEN C. LEACH APPENDIX XVI TO REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISHERIES FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1930 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON i 1931 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D. C. - - - - - - - - - Price 15 cents PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, FISCAL 1 YEAR 1930 By GLEN C. LEACH, Chief, Division of Fish Culture CONTENTS Page Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1125 Part 1.—Fish Production: Propagation and Rescue Work Species handled _ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1126 Output 1127 Cooperation with other conservation agencies - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1128 Cooperative fish nurseries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1129 State fish-cultural activities - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1132 Salvage of food fishes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1135 Transfers of eggs between stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1136 Shipments to foreign countries - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1137 Output of stations and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1137 Egg collections - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1143 Fish-cultural notes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1145 New stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1145 Five-year expansion program - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1146 Fish food - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1146 Refrigerating plant for fish food - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1146 Black-spotted trout egg collections Pyramid Lake, Nev - - - - - - - - - 1146 Distribution by truck - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1147 Effect of weather conditions on fish culture - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1147 Commercial species - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1148 Pacific salmons - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1148 Afognak (Alaska) station 1148 Yes Bay (Alaska) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1149 Birdsview (Wash.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1149 Birdsview (Wash.) station 1150 Baker Lake (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1150 Duckabush (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1150 Quilcene (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1151 Walcotts Slough (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1151 Sultan (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1151 Lake Crescent (Wash.) State trout hatchery - - - - - - - - - - 1151 Quinault (Wash.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1152 Clackamas (Oreg.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1153 Clackamas (Oreg.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1153 Little White Salmon (Wash.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1153 Big White Salmon (Wash.) substation 1153 Rogue River (Oreg.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1154 Applegate Creek (Oreg.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1154 Salmon (Idaho) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1154 Baird (Calif.) station and substations 1154 Battle Creek (Calif.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1155 Mill Creek (Calif.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1155 'Appendix XVI to the Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1930. B. F. Doc. 1098. Submitted for publication Oct. 27, 1930. 1123 1124 u. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES Commercial species—Continued. Page Fishes of the Great Lakes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1155 Duluth (Minn.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1156 Northville (Mich.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1156 Northville (Mich.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1156 Charlevoix (Mich.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1156 Alpena (Mich.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1157 Put in Bay (Ohio) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1157 Cape Vincent (N. Y.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 Watertown (N. Y.) cooperative substation - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 Barneveld (N. Y.) cooperative substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 Ithaca (N. Y.) substation.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 Swanton (Vt.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 Rescue operations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1158 La Crosse (Wis.) station and substations - - - 1159 Bellevue (Iowa) substation - 1159 Marquette (Iowa) substation 1159 Lynxville (Wis.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1159 Homer (Minn.) substation 1159 .Upper Mississippi Wild Life Refuge - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1160 Marine Species - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1161 Boothbay Harbor (Me.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1161 Gloucester (Mass.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1161 Woods Hole (Mass.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1162 Anadromous species, Atlantic coast - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1162 Fort Humphreys (Va:) substation - - - - - - - - - - 1163 Edenton (N. C.) station and substation - - - - - - 1163 Weldon (N. C.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - 1163 Craig Brook (Me.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1164 Fishes of minor interior waters - - - - - - - - - - - - 1164 Rocky Mountain trout stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1165 Bozeman (Mont.) station and substations - - - - 1165 Bozeman (Mont.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1165 Meadow Creek (Mont.) substation - - - - - - 1165 Glacier Park (Mont.) substation - - - - - - - - 1166 Miles City (Mont.) substation - - - - - - - - - 1166 Leadville (Colo.) station and substation - - - - - 1167 Creede (Colo.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1167 Yellowstone National Park (Wyo.) substation - 1167 Saratoga (Wyo.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1168 Spearfish (S. Dak.) station and substation 1169 Crawford (Nebr.) substation - - - - - - - 1169 Springville (Utah) station - - - - - - - - - - - - 1170 New England trout stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1170 Berkshire (Mass.) trout hatchery - - - - - - - 1170 Craig Brook (Me.) station and substation 1171 Grand Lake Stream (Me.) substation 1171 St. Johnsbury (Vt.) station and substation 1171 York Pond (N. H.) substation - - - - - 1171 Pittsford, (Vt.) station 1172 Nashua N. H.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1173 Combination trout and pond stations 1173 Erwin (Tenn.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1173 . Manchester (Iowa) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1174 Neosho (Mo.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1174 Bourbon (Mo.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1174 Langdon (Kans.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1174 White Sulphur Springs (W. Va.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1175 Wytheville (Va.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1175 Pond fish stations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1176 Cold Spring (Ga.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1176 Harris ponds (Ga.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1176 Valdosta (Ga.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1176 Edenton (N. C.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1176 Louisville (Ky.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1177 Mammoth Spring (Ark.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1177 Orangeburg (S. C.) station - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1177 PROPAGATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD FISHES, 1930 1125 Fishes of minor interior waters—Continued. Pond fish stations—Continued. Page San Marcos (Tex.) station and substations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1178 Lake Worth (Tex.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1178 New Braunfels (Tex.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1178 Medina Lake (Tex.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1178 Tupelo (Miss.) station and substation - - 1178 Aliceville (Ala.) substation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1179 Lakeland (Md.) ponds 1179 Central Station and Aquarium, Washington, D. C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1179 Part R.—Distribution of Fish and Fish Eggs Method of distribution - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1182 New distribution car - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1183 Trout distribution - - - - - - - - - - - - -