New-York tribune., 1868-12-17

across rivers are almost fatal to salmon hsheIles.
Maine, with its innumeTabe water-cOuIseS OHtls
great inducements to the sportsman. The same Il'9
be said of Canada. 1t is estimated that the hSledie
of the 1t. Lawrence alone are worth from $nV,uoO 49,,
100000 per anum. The trout streams OF ionlo, ,,
vania are among the finest on the COgthsent , e1rp
those of the NOrtl-W West-Of Wisconsin SlI%nC % ~
Dakota. and Montana. In PennsyEml"'u so,lU niost
the most productive waters of the Stale w ;s
ruined bv the erection of saw-IniilS ana tahheIIe
upon their banks. This is the case in a. Clinton
Schuyklll counties, and TO some ri tTi ctata af
Potter, and LycOming counties. SIIlI 's n,'0 o.
fords an abundance Of the finest speckIeu trout. ,
Hamilton Herkmer E;se5i * 81 YoTtoSE YoTF Comprise rise
Warren counties IN the Sa,o of ~ te Adirondack Lakes
The salmon front Of these lakes range IN weight ron
three 10 forty pounds The waters OF le lakes aICE
tile Blue Mountains in Hamilton County hM w aIi WIZ
,t.LiJ t-oTt Minnesota, New-MCNicO, Tennessee,
and Northern Michigan. are also great trout Ieglos'
but uudeveOped. A gentleman WIl'lhB tloiu t;,
Nj co eavs that the streams Of tho great mountain
tidge which divides the waters flowing INTO the no
GT3de furnish the finest trout-hshing Ill the South
West .- 90. ,.,,,,
II is about Is years the artificial Dreeuhg Oh
fish was first introduced into the Unlied states;
since then many successful experiments nave beeh
made bofh in fresh and salt water. The French have
done more toward encouraging tAiS art thau any
other people and the example the Ffench Govern
ment set in founding the famous psclcuin esltp-
lishmcnt at iuningue, has resulted most Dehehcany
thTOugOut the world.
No persons have done more. or taken greater in
terest i'm fish culture than GeniO e. scott OF ths Guy
and Seth Green of Mumford. Monroe Comfy n. l.
Nh Green has made himself famous thiougholt the
land by his successful efforts in artificial iSn culture re
Mr. Scott long connected with HiKtSs SPiTH Of me
Times has written some Of the most sensible aItlcles
on this subject, ever published III Amenca. Inc Worh
which he is now getting out is TO be prOluselH Illus
tratcd with all that pertains TO plSlcultule, lno en-
cravings will be true representatiOnstor Mt scout ~
good artist and he has taken every pecautlon that
each cut may be accurate. -
eating fish in this country where proper care is oD
served. DR.. Crowe Seth Green and scores ol offers
have successfully carried on tiis business t al Nm
! jersey, on Long Island and IN many OF me nov
England States. The principal dlihculty lies III inc
want of proper reservoirs, and experience III man
| about fourteen years ago Mr.. w. w. Shriver Of
Cumberland Allegany County Maryland, succeeded
| in transplautiug fish from the ONO KlNer TO me
head waters of the Potomac with great success nc
fish were carried in perforated vessels, made so as 10
/ fit in the Watertank of an engine running on inc
! Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; Mr. Shnyer was sur
uTised az the result OF his undertakng, IOr te ish
! be transpauted were unknown east OF the Ailegauy
| Mountains, from the Gulf of Mexico TO the Falls OF
| Niagara. . otou,l
/ have n national establishment for fish culture so
! organized and managed as 10 be able at all tunes
! 10 stock waters on application anywhere IN. ths
| United States But this should not prevent eaGh
! State from appointing FISHERIES Commlsslon ~
is digTace," says he, TO me great Stale o! new
York-the leading State in the UnlOn-that IL mas
done nothing toward restocking the waters OF our
rivers with trout and salmon. What Is the ilea-
bite of the enactment of set OF game laws com
pared with the great duty of our Legislators 10
prevent netting salmon and trout near the estuafs
of their streams 7 Why not at once pass laws I9r
clearing streams of tanbark, sawdust ana prCVeht,
ing tbe pollution of Our streams with mineral and
other pOisOns. conducted into them from manulac-
tories Why not pass laws for the erection oil
fsh-passes at all dams, and means for fish to sur
mount such natural obstacles as small falls ana
cascades But there would be no benefit derived
by any or all these improvements Without a
Fisheries Commission TO see that the laws were en-
forced.D
A recent writer says
0he experiments Of Seth Green, In Matching shad, ut
Hadlcy Fails brought out several very interesting lacts
in regard to the Of this fish First the eggs need
Sgo S FhePe % S Mater M We Tas IS degrees S5 cod and
failed Second, il the river where the temperature was
have been hachcd in bottle In warmer temperature.
in 4s honrs Third by tng his boxes. as TO expose
almost every egg only failing TO hatch IN lot Of
10000 Fourth, with the utmost he could hatch on
the natural rvcr-bed only per Of the eggs-a
significant Of the enormous loss I'm the natural
method Fifth. the young fry make directly for the main
current Of the river Young trout. much moro hardy
than shad IN after Hfe 6kuk under rocks and banks,
hcless and alost too weak to move for 30 days Sixth
young shad armed with teeth, and deyour
other although the adults have smooth jaws. This fact
has been relied upon TO prove that sea sad FISH caught
with hook along the mouths OF creeks and OF
Long Island Sound In the FAIL are distinct variety
observer look Ike the river fish they the yearng
shadl Who can tell usi Tho brief period OF Incubation
required for the eggs OF this FISH would Indicate is rapid
development and early decay. IL Is disputed at what ago
the shad natures It's spaw and returns to the ycrs to
breed II the sea shad that take me HOOK ae identical
with the river species they probably the fish IN their
second year. about half grown AT two years old they
leacl maturity ana Degh 10 bTeea WIN the lhtcIess
that is awakened by these experiments cannot be long
hshed In the operations OF last year deonsrae the en-
and economy Of the efforts made n NewEng
iety can be arRcay bred in any desirable quantity and
turned into the streams where they are TO grow: Man
has in measure, control OF these migratory fish aud
with suitable Legislation can make their enormous fecu
dty tributary to ms support The economy OF the ailln
cal over the natural method rs much greater than
had supposed II is nearly as 90 to one Every river can
be stocked with fish, at small cost to the extreme limit OF
effufn |
batch million Of salmon In the upper waters OF the
Connecticut as does 10 raise sing caf npohlts banEs
Tie finest varieties Of fish ought be the cheapest food
IN the market and cannot fat 20 be- II al our States VIII
follow the example Of the New'England states, aud en-
It's understood that Mr. Roosevelt and Others CON
template stocking Lake Ron KOn KOma on Long
Island with black bass from Lake George.
DESTRUCTION OF FISH.
More than % years ago, Frank Forester, in speaking
of the manner in which fishing conducted on Long
Island says that the yield is rapidly decreasing. III
this was the state Of affairs then il is easy to imag
inc the condition now. ProhibtOTy laws have been
enacted but for the most part they have either been
evaded or not enforced. DR.. j. " T.. Smith, formerly
Mayor of Boston, says. IN 1888: Alas that the
manufacturing interest should interfere with the
Success of the fisheries! it is not that we complain
of these distractions as preventing the hsh from
going down to the sea- We should be content TO
find them still where nature placed them. But now
thev are dispersed and those to be found are in
manner poisoned BY the influence of distinguished
individuals an act of the Legislature of Massachu-
setts was passed mpOsinga penalty OF so cents for
each trout taken III any other way than with the rod
and line.
Factories and saw-mills have done their part
toward the work of externiinating, our fish,"
An English writer i'll The Tint, Field. and Farm
SAYS: 1t was not long, since grave apprehcnsons
were entertained that the salmon would altogether
be eXtirpated form our rivers Most of the large
English streams were without fish of any kind and
even the mud-lOving eel had been poisoned by the
numerous chemicals which manufacturers nave
introduced into our rivers. The rental of the Tweed
had fallen to q fourth Of what it was at one time
the Tay being ruined by stakenets and the Sol
way by constant 1ishing and the fish that had not