The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-07
FISHERIES In NEW YORK.
rHE SUCCESSFUL CULTURE OF sHAD
IN THE HUDSON RIVER.
The Report Of the state Commissioners-A
Reason for Lack Of Fish In Great south
Bay-StockinR Inland Waters with Bass

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bny-stockine Inland waters with bass
Tho eighth animal renor, of tbo Now
"s"'" "nh""i iopoi' VI '"o NS"
York State Commissioners OF Fisheries has just
been pripted II uives In tho main n or tIfyipQ
view OF the results OF thoir labor In Improving
and increasing the stock OF fsh In our waters
and - orisaa 10 tho s,,t,a,ica ~ tho mast eight
a"u 'Vn 'ses' - .uo s'a''s',,s ~ Wv
years ere worth nnythlh9 tnat III ie" years
more the native 1sh, which now command the
bigbest p,Ice. will he within tho reach OF the
s"o ''..' WI =. VIM" '"' 'NN"
poorest fsmily IN the lana.
During the year 1873, notwithstanding many
aionc,,,,os 1, ,ha go, -, ,hc ,vrL es4 90 shod
y" ,"e ""' VI .,o ',.,.,,,,,,
esss were taken and artiiclally improRna'eu'
az IIuasoo ,,.ar m. ,nc,os.a nf the sbad
'"o '"uo" ,'''' A"' "''o1' -, ,
eaten during the yenf Drought the ITlco VI 'a'Eo
nsh down to 20 and 20 cents. n point which had
NO, hoo, ,aochod hofo,, In ,,entv vears
IN ~ c",a.a,or a,oro ,ho
The criminal greco OF fishermen hionR tne
- Hudson Ia severely commented ON by the Com
,n,s.,one,s Thcse mon will not consent TO lot
their work rect on Sunday. AS matters stand
at present" Gays the report, "ID every part and
L., a., ,t.,r ,,,ch,nos aro nro,,..oi
y" "h S'ueso '."' Nv ",V W wa" ou
TOT INC whole. aie cai'udn W nsh. STAKE nets'
driit nets, BOUNDS ana se,nes int,rcept the as,
saRe OF the nsh NJ every step, anu the fact that
one W. hple 10 ascend ls utmost miraculous.
Jho dlmeulV when inc commissioners have
!.
~ obtalning mature ehad Is solely attributable
10 this stare OF ,nairs, ana the indifference OF
tne Lseisihlure 70 its cuntlnunnco cannot fall 10
WORK injury 70 the commission. Ihey therefore
nsk that no hshiag oe permitted between Sat
uruay nRht ana Monday morning
Unuer the direction OF frof Baird OF the
tnlteu states COMMISSION, tJVW young shhu
Were sblppeu 70 the Sciota river 1oWp 20 me
muskingun, WVut the Des Moines, luVVJ 10
white river, Indiana, nnd lU,UO TO Texan
waters. 49,
rue Stocking OF lnlanu waters with black DAss
ana other cognate varieties has been success.
Iuily continued; ana an unusual number OF
salmon trout anu whttnsh eggs nave been us
uinuteu 10 all paris 81 the uniteu states. ncp
white neh and l'Hz.,1-o salmon trout were dls-
trioutod among the waters OF the state during
the year. sD,VVO eggs OF the california salmon
were received ana distributed THROUGHOUT the
rivers and lakes OF The state, ana loVu we're sent
out To help enflch the Writers OF our neighoors.
In speaking OF the eel. hsh TO which but little
attention has bithetto been pald, the Comnis-
sionors give some interes ing information one
EXTRAORDINARY thing ABOUT thc eel Is that IL mas
heart In IT'S tail which, when 10 expiring, ex-
htbits a pulsatioi OF 70 TO the minute. Inc same
KIND OF caudal neart - FOUND IN the tadpole.
W UO cells nave been PLACID In buhao creek
above Niagara Fails, Tor the purpose OF observ-
Ing the result OF introducing them into the
waters OF Lake Erie. lhousanus OF eels are
annually destroyed IN the Great south Bay OF
Long Island, and the Commissioners suggest
that law be enacted TO prevent this useless
slaughter OF palatable ilsh, ana TO forbid the
capture OF cells less than fourteen inches long