DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES,

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2.—SYDNEY HATCHERY.
PROVINCE 01' NOVA SCOTIA.
Ikport of the Officer in Charge of the Sydney Hatchery for 1888.
I have the honor to submit herewith my annual report upon the work done at
this hatchery during the past year.
Distribution of .&y.
As stated in a former report, I laid down in the hatching troughs 1,780,000 ovs
from which 1,559,000 fry were hatched and distributed in the following stzeams,
viz.:—
Margaree River (Inverness Co.). . 150,000
Sydney do (Cape Breton Co.) 250,000
Ball's Creek do 100,000
Trout Brook do 100,000
Black Brook do 50,000
Grand Lake do ,. 50,000
Estrasonia do 50,000
Salmon River do 100,000
Georges River do 50,000
McLean's Brook do 50,000
Benecadia River do 50,000
Big Pond and Rottle's Lake (Inverness Co.) 50,000
Middle River (Victoria Co.) 150,000
Baddeck River do . . 100,000
Clyburn's Brook do .. 50,000
Grand River (Richmond Co.) 50,000
Lear River do 50,000
Hatchery Brook (Cape Breton Co.)......
Total 1,59,000
All these were distributed in the best possible condition, every stream receiving
its complement without accident or mishap worthy of mention.
Collecting Parent Salmon and Egg.
This fall I succeeded in securing 554 parent salmon. These, I am pleased to
say, were caught and kept in good condition at the fishing statiors till they were
ready to spawn. There was one exception, I refer to the Lower Middle River and I
would recommend that this station be discontinued because the expense is too great
for the yield and the man employed there is not a suitable person for work of thi*
kind
Ṫhe following table shows the number of salmon caught and the streams in
which they were taken :—
Rivers. Males. Females. Total. No. of Ova.
Nargaree River. ...... .. ,.
idd1e do .... .
Lower Middle River .... .... .
aydney River ..
8almon do
Totais .. ...
44
50
25
14
20
132
160
30
65
14
176
210
55
79
34
928,000
992,000
96,000
566,00O
96,000'
153 401 554 2,678,000