Excerpt from Report of the Commissioner, Vol. 23: For the Year Ending June 30, 1897 The work of the Division of fish-culture, prosecuted on the same general lines as in past years, is shown by the following abstracts of reports of the superintendents of the various stations. The same sta tions were operated as in 1896, with the addition of those at Manches ter, Iowa, and San Marcos, Tex., which were completed in December. The output of salmon fry was largely augmented by the establishment of auxiliary stations at Battle Creek Cal., on Salmon River, Oregon, and the Little White Salmon, Washington, which were operated in conjunction with Baird and Clackamas stations. During the year all the stations in New England and on the Great Lakes, as well as those at Wytheville and Quincy, were inspected by the Commissioner and the assistant in charge of the Division of fish-culture. The shad work on the Atlantic Coast was also largely increased, and steps were taken to investigate the rivers along the South Atlantic coast with the view to the establishment of auxiliary stations. On the New England coast, in addition to the operations conducted at Woods Hole and Gloucester, the Grampus and Fish Hawk were utilized during May and June in collecting lobster eggs off the coast of Maine. The crew of the Grampus also rendered material assistance in the cod work, collecting eggs for Gloucester Station from fishing vessels at Kittery. From the experience gained the past season it is believed that a cod-collecting station can be advantageously established at Plymouth, Mass, and if successful it will obviate the necessity of penning brood fish at Woods Hole, materially reducing the expense of that station. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.