Author : G. W. Delawder
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ISBN 13 : 9781330478912
Total Pages : 74 pages
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Book Synopsis Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland (Classic Reprint) by : G. W. Delawder
Download or read book Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland (Classic Reprint) written by G. W. Delawder and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland To his Excellency, Elihu E.Jackson, Governor of Maryland: In accordance with the requirements of the Act creating the Commissioners of Fisheries of Maryland, we have the honor to transmit to your Excellency, the following report of our operations, for the year ending December the 31st, 1889. During this year we have visited most of the rivers and creeks of the State, and have distributed the young fry hatched by us, in those, that we deemed most suitable for the same, as will be shown by tabulated statement further on. We also visited the different fisheries, so as to obtain statistics and other information as to the catch for the last year, means employed to take same, and the value thereof. Following in the footsteps of our predecessors, which experience and results show to have been the right course, we have engaged principally in the propagation of shad, herring, rock and perch of various kinds. Having now five hatching stations, viz: One at Druid Hill Park, Baltimore, and one at Havre-de-Grace, one on Tuckahoe river near Coward's Point, Caroline county, known as the Choptank Station, one at Twiford Mills, near Sharptown, Wicomico county, and a short distance from the Nanticoke river, known as the Nanticoke station, and one in the headwaters of the Wicomico river, at Salisbury. All of these stations or hatcheries are equipped with the system and improvements for hatching, which experience and recent discoveries in the science of pisciculture have demonstrated to be the best and most successful. The employees engaged in the taking and hatching of roe, many of whom have been employed for some time, have become very proficient, so that we obtain better results than formerly. The Choptank station, from which we supply the waters of the upper portion of the Eastern Shore with the young fry of shad, herring, rock and perch, is a substantial building of wood, built on piles over the edge of the river and is under the control and management of Thomas Hughlett, Jr., Esq., who has a force of four subordinates to assist him. Mr. Hughlett, who has been connected with the Fish Commission of Maryland from its start, is an efficient and practical man, and takes great interest in his work, and was very successful in the hatch of shad, c., this season, as will be seen by the tabulated report of work accomplished at this 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.
