Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . egular transportation can and extending to within 6 inches of thebottom of the can, was kept constantly filled with crushed ice, and inthis way the proper temperature of the water was maintained. The following table shows the number of eggs collected from thevarious fields: Locality. Eggscollected. 6,479,000 435,000 6, 368,000 Gloucester and vicinity Marblehead KitttTv Point and vicinity Maineeoast, schooner Orampus 22,023,000 Boston and vicinity 36, 796,000 Total 72,101,000 Woods Hole Statiox, Massachusetts (E. F. L
Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . egular transportation can and extending to within 6 inches of thebottom of the can, was kept constantly filled with crushed ice, and inthis way the proper temperature of the water was maintained. The following table shows the number of eggs collected from thevarious fields: Locality. Eggscollected. 6,479,000 435,000 6, 368,000 Gloucester and vicinity Marblehead KitttTv Point and vicinity Maineeoast, schooner Orampus 22,023,000 Boston and vicinity 36, 796,000 Total 72,101,000 Woods Hole Statiox, Massachusetts (E. F. Lockk, Superintendent). During July and August various repairs were made to the residenceand other buildings, including a new fioor for the lower hall of thelaboratory and repairs to the pool. The machine shop was removedfrom the loft over the tire-room to the lower floor of the carpenter shop. The station force collected in July for shipment to the Pacific coasta carload of 2,017 small and 12 adult tautog, with 119 blue crabs. Report U, S. F C. (To face page Lll.) Plate XI. REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. LIII The bulk of tliese being- lost en route, a second collection was made inNovember for shipment to the same point, which comprised 1,138 tautogand 150 lobsters. The force was also utilized during the spring in col-lecting a carload of live lishes, including forty-five species, for theOmaha Exposition, and two carloads of salt water were filtered andshipped to Omaha on May 1. Arrangements were made for gathering information in regard tothe movements, growth, spawning habits, etc., of the cod by attachingsmall tags to brood fish liberated at the close of the season. The collection of brood codfish was made as usual by the schoonerGrampus and by purchase from fishing-smacks. The first fish werereceived on October 8 and the last on November 9; in all 3,507 weresecured. The minimum weight of the fish accepted was C pounds;1,9L0 of them were caught by the Grampus an
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