Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-04

saltwater slOughS OF our plains, as well as
In the brackish sloughs in the tule lands.
They appear to be equally at home in lakes
on the mountains ard in artificial reservoirs
in the valleys Many farmers who have
natural ponds on their farms, or who have
surplus water from windmills and have made
artificial ponds, have stocked them with this
excellent fish. The produce of the few fishes
of this species, imported in 1874, now an
nually furnishes q large and valuable supply
of fish food to people in the interior of the
State. Since last report the Commission
have distributed SO, 600 of these fish to public
waters to stock rivers, ponds and reservoirs,
in the counties of Butte, San Joaquin, Yuba,
Sonoma, Ventura, San Diego, Sacramento,
Placer, FL Dorado Alameda. Colusa. Yolo,
Suffer, Nevada, Stanislaus, Tuolpmne, Mo-
doc, Los Angeles, Solano, Mono, Mendocino
and Lassen.
LAND-LOCKED SALMON.
In January, 1878, there were received from
the United States Westinghouse of Grand
Lake stream, Maine, 80, 900 eggs of the land
locked salmon. This fish is found in few
lakes in the northern part of the State of
Maine. In structure they are the same as
the Atlantic salmon. AS they are natives of
the cold lakes of Maine the most appropriate
places for the distribution of the young fish
would be in our mountain lakes but, for the
purpose of testing their fitness to thrive in
warmer waters, a portion were also distrib
uted to lakes in the valley and on the coast,
AS follows Bonner lake and other lakes near
the summit, San Francisquito creek Espe
nosa lake !; San Leandro creek ana lake; Ar
royo laguna, near Sunol; Reservoir at Aims
house, San Francisco Echo lake, Ell Dorado
county.
BROOK TROUT.
In January, 1873, and in January, 1879.
we received from Wisconsin and New Hamp-
shire 200, 600 eggs of the Eastern trout. The
young fish were Matched at the State hatch
ing house, San LeandrO, and were distributed
as follows: Streams in Santa Barbara
county; North Fork of the American, Prosser
creek and Truckee river; Kaweha river, Tu-
lare county Carmel and streams in Mon
terey county streams in Alameda county;
San Leandro creek. Alameda county; Rus
sian river and Sulphur creek, Sonoma county;
Santa Rosa and Mark West creeks, Sonoma
county; streams in Santa Cruz county;
streams in San Mateo and Santa Cruz coun-
ties /; Alameda creek and tributaries, Ala
media county; Calaveras creek and small
streams, Alameda county; North Fork of
American, South Yuba and tributaries of
Truckee river; Yosemite valley.
OF the trout eggs of California trout pro-
cured from McCloud river, the young fish
were distributed as follows Russian river
and tributaries Santa Rosa and Mark West
creeks Santa Cruz, Aptos creeks, ETC.: Ala
media creek and tributaries streams in Santa
Clara county streams in Santa Cruz county;
San Lorenzo creek. Alameda county; streams
In Alameda county; streams ia Santa Cruz
and San MateO counties streams in Santa
Clara and Monterey counties Yosemite val
ley; San Gregorio and Pescadero creeks
Tuolumne river.
The few Dolly Warden trout that were
Matched were distributed in streams at the
Summit and in the Truckee river.
OTHER FISH.
In September they purchased 80, 600 young
Tahoe trout and placed them in the Truckee,
north fork of the American and in the South
Yuba.
The Eastern trout does not appear to thrive
in the streams Of the Coast Range noun
tains.
The Pacific Coast brook trout the Com
mission looks upon as especially valuable for
wide distribution.
Lobster planting in the bay and ocean has
met with success and they will soon be album
dant, as also will the imported eels placed in
waters near Sacramento and in Alameda
creek. A few striped bass have been planted
and it is hoped will escape the nets of the
fisherman. Black bass have been planted in
the Spring Valley Reservoir San Mateo
county, and are protected from fishermen.
Carp have not yet been introduced, but the
Commission desire to devote much attention
to the introduction of that very valuable
fish.
CONCLUSION.
Over ninety varieties of food fishes are
caught in the bays of the State and sold in
the city markets, the statistics of which are
exceedingly difficult of compilation At
tached to the report is a long and very ex-
haustive report upon the food fishes of San
Francisco, by w. n. Lockington
The receipts of the Commission were
S13, 592 "a, and the disbursements, 50, 720 on,
leaving in the fund but So, S73 20.