, 1875-01-23
TOOD.FISllES IN AMERICA,

Night. Magazine.
T0OD.FISlIE3 IN AMERICA.
OF EUuel.EiAhes and Their Erupngn-
tion In the Winters Of tho United
statcs.
f'fem ths fttr Fork |fIortd.
The report OF Prof. epoicor +. laird, Of tEs
Smithsonian institution, Unitod statcs Commits
Government prinsing-oftico, Al Washington,
treats nrhs Of the decrohse Of tho food-slthea
and second, Of the propagation OF foosl-tAhes In
the waters Of tho United States. Tho report
embraces the rosnlt Of the labota of tho Commits
eion and those co-onoratfng with It for 1919.
I'ricay stated, ths conclusions reached are
that tue goldfish has disappeared proportsonately
with tho disappearance Of the alewives, Its prin-
ctpal food. tho stad, and tho salmon, which for
merly allod the channela Of the larger rIvers
stream to depoait the!r spawn, aud fra1uenting
tho watefs adj jjscent to theBo rivers throughout
great part Of tue year. A tho goldfish feetls OIL
the fish named, formerly they could bo caught In
Tho numbering ihteresta Of Maine and tho
manufacturing interests Of Massachusetts aud
New Hampshire, however, hAvo driven
away tho alawives, ETC., from these rivers by
reason OF tho impaasablo dams that havo been
oEected scroes thu streams. The result Ia that
the food OF tho Goldfish having been diminished
almost to determination. that fish has been COM
polled to sock other waters to find subsistence,
,.;th tha Iins IA ilnn j,a 1i.snnsSra"o. rwn..ss
i. 20 han rs;o u - t,rn ~ ~. In.,, t.,.e ~
thc Nav Ennsna statca T. saga ~ the snorIea " "
tno.a at... hx H. nnootrnnst -, iapta ro,,is
the construction OF llsh-rays through tho lamB :;
1nr;na ar,i ~ nnn~ractnrInr iutsrost. thAr .rmaa~
~ NE. hna, naninctoI Ths.e H. 80 av h"a
n,sss,, no','v -, s,ssio n. s.1o T.. tor ~
strnama In ar}sr to rsrut tar cantupa IN tttu tha
wav 1t ptof iatei ihnh. % th,a ro.u,t W ~. tns
NM comnan..tion for +ha inss ~ ,ha "n,s..as
twI,otn.oe sss. - NJ ,a ,t..ta ~ sae !, ~
:. ~ c,os.,nr II. .,,,,nIv ~ ss'1nn T. H. a e..
1;nr con,naraf nth IL" raatore.ion -; nns ~. ~.
tSt. ra rt.ss t. ."' .in..ia " uas 81
h.onaht hsnr ~. ta;p an tI SMoa 1ncao n9
t1nd sith;n sInr. I'm. ~ inorassa ~ w.alt ~,
n,r 1 .1'oras n. s,no"t ~ ~ Wcl, ~ o ua l,a
tfift,ent u es,cnlan'1 Commarca and IL aIir'' ~
1,,,,I;no wor1i nrosna- t., onai au "t ~
.nrsd .nd ths cnnnirv Vnia ~sn ~ H. ~ o,.na
har" .;,;zon. tar;y;,,.r LII t ~" ho'a'
nrrnr 1871 -nd ia;a tI,a w.tor. v ~ "a H., ,x..4
,,toa wSro aiao inyeat;sntsd' Thn As.;stont stont
commissioner T oharsed viii thin tiutv w.a IN.
struntad .o mata liz ah.e'ah Tia ~, "~s a,,s
FL tao ~ t,n ~. tt aau nioss saua-
ttrt;s ,4, wv ,n. 'uo 10 pluo.pa. ou'~1 M ~
1hta"t1sh Wa fsunI h baxn dscro,soS i..aoi aIo
;n I.,La M;cg.n tM,t ~ .sIs Gm,ar;n. ~
d,r,inm,jo- 80 ,n,,,h 1as. ua.a,s aa -. WV
embracing ncafy tue entire number Of fisheries,
wore visited on Laks Michigan, aud oyidonces Of
itB decrease and ltH caueoa were noted In tho a,t
tumu Of 1872 nearly million Of vnito.fsh eggs
we're ob.ainod md weto placed in ahatching-ho1is
at UIa1kston, Miel,. of these iargs lumber
was for warded iu .hs winter to Csliforna for tho
wate1s Of Clear Lake, Al tho same time A.
ranfoineDta uerc made for the hatchiue Of sal
mon for tho waters t,f Michigan and Wisconsin.
In 1873 the nntera Of Lakos Huron md E,is aud
Of the Ohio River wers visited.
Action in regard 10 the propagation of fool
fishes iu tho wators Of tho United Htatea Wna
first takou by Congress- on JUNO 10, 1874 when
el5, 900 was appropriated, at tho suggestion Of
tho American Fish Culturiats' Association, which
bud held its meeting in Albany on Feb. 7, Tor
the purpose Ut enabling The United States to
take part in the great undertaking OF introduc-
ing or multiplying shAd, salmon. and other yaI-
liable ood-t1sles throughout tue country.
In 1Y72 large numbers OF sbnd cgpa Nore in.
trolucad into tho Hudson River, Onoida Lake,
Lake Cha1uplain, the ucnoseo River, add tho
a[issfRsippi River, a fov miIos above Saint pa.,i
Him, Il = lator period tho CuyaLora, tl,s
White River. At Indisnhpolis and tho Plata
River were siso supplled With Young sind. Dur.
iae the wear. unIor The diroctIon Of Wr. Hoti,
Greon ncarIv 900 COO ahad wcro releaael in ti,n
uatora NJ thu St.ta ~ Na,y Yor1, wbfIn m neS