The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-12-11
FIsh catehing Ia Fish Culture.

One OF the fish commissioners of the
state Of Ohio has written an interesting
letter to the Cincinnati Gazette IN re-
gard to the SaDdusky fisheries and arti-
fetal fish breeding IN the Michigan
bateheries, from which We have con-
densed the material for this article.
Sandusky is the commercial center of
the fisheries Of the southwestern portion
of Lake Erie. These are rated as the
most extensive fresh water fisheries in
the world. Four hundred fish pounds
send their products to Ssndusky. The
pounds cost from one thousand to seve-
raj thousands each. They are stationary
nets attached to permanent fixtures IN
the lake, and these nets remain In the
water from the commencement to the
close of the season. A short time since
one pound drew over four tons and a
neighboring pound drew over five tons
of fish, chiefly whitefish.
The product of white fish, the most
delicious fish caught in the lake, was
the heaviest this year of any during the
past sixteen years. This IS accounted
for by the fact that unusual hauls have
been made of sturgeon, pike, musca-
longe, various species of bass, perch
and other natural enemies of the white
( ISL WHICH hhNC 6nhDlEu EllS ldbbOt ~
increase and multiply in comparative
security. The sturgeon, especially, is
an enemy of the whitefsh, and until
within a few years has been considered
a valueless fish, unworthy the molesta-
ton of the fishermen; but at present
every portion of them is utilized. The
sturgeon roe is manufactured into " ca
war" q delicacy much in use on the
continent of Europe and on board the
Atlantic steamers. The flesh is dri' d,
smoked" and shipped "west" (frOm
New York; as smoked halibut, etc.
Thus the permanent depletion al
least one of the enemies of the whitefish
Is assured.
The autumn fshings yield more strict
" lake or deep water fish than the
spring; in the spring time the pond and
marsh fish are most abundantly taken
in the pounds. The spring fishinRs re-
turn to Sandusky from 1,200 to 1000
tons of fish, while the fall fshings
range from about 3, 600 to 4, 600 tons.
The preparation of white fish for the
market is thus described
White fish and 60 herring" species
of white fish-when landed in the ware
house are laid side by side to the num-
| Der OF thirty or forty on racks, and
placed Ia a freezing apparatus which is
made on a scale sufficiently large to
freeze several tons at once. Twenty
four hours are required TO freeze them
as hard as ice itself at the expiration
of that time they are taken out of the
refrigerator and stored away in rooms
| kept below the freezing point until win
ter and early spring, and are shipped to
supply inland markets in this frozen
state. The freezing apparatus is pa
! tented, am told. 4 large proportion
of the fish landed at Sandusky are pack
ed in ice and shipped at once to inland
markets. portion are placed in the
refrigerator but the largest, especially
4 the whitefsb, are eviscerated, saltei
and shipped as salt fish.
On the correspondents way to Detroit
/ to inspect the Michigan hatcheries, he
/ found half-acre reserve, in the Detroit
river, into which Mr.. J. P. Clark, Of
Detroit, empties the catch of several
seines, and thus has live and fresh fish
! at command any day IN the year.