Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-09-03
Pacific Coast Fish.

Portland Telegram

Give the NOrthern coast q r01E ehOhces
Portland Telegram.
The only fish which have been
placed in tho waters of Oregon out
side the natural species have been by
parties for private ponds. In Yam
bill and Linn counties two persons
have imported catfish, few German
carp and few Eastern trout have
BEEN BROUGHT HITLER
BY gentlemen in this city, and that
is about all that has been done. We
see California waters are being we'll
stocked with shad, etc., q fine car
for transporting still more across the
continent is to be built, while Ore
gon is left out in the cold. We see,
also, that J. L. Mcdonald, of Steil-
accom- has been employed by the
Census Bureau to make an exhaus-
tive report of the number of persons
employed, places occupied, seasons
devoted to fishing, methods employ
ed, the kind of fish taken, and all
other matters of Importance per-
tanning to the fishing interests Of
Puget Sound. And still
OREGON IS IGNORED.
It is time we had commenced putting
in our claim and that too in an en-
phatic manner. Professor Jordan,
the Fish Commissioner for the Paci-
fic Coast, puts in most of his time
hunting up fish and stocking the wa
ters of California. In recent re.
port to the Academy of Science he
said that in a thorough exploration
of the fish spawn of this coast he had
obtained 270 species, of which 200
were previously known to science, 25
were known through w. N. Locking
ton, and about As were new species.
There were 10 species of sharks on
this coast, including nearly all the
known varieties. The Professor
said that last Spring he caught in
Monterey bay
TWO ENORMOUS SHARKS
OF the man-eating variety; one was
taken at Sequel. Their teeth were
large, and the animals were very
dangerous. They measured from
90 to "a feet in length, and weighed
fully two tons apiece. Their jaws
had been preserved. Another and
larger variety of shark had been
found here, averaging 32 to 33 feet
in length, aud weighing three tons
apiece, which had but small teeth,
were quite lazy and not at all dan
gerous. There were two sets of fish
on this coast, one called the south
ern, running from Point Conception
south, and the second the northern,
running to Puget Sound from Point
Conception. Those of
THE SOUTHERN SET
Sometimes come as far north as Mon
terey, as also does the northern set
go as far south as the same point,
which forms a meeting place; and
the Professor found in that bay 13O
species, which by far out-numbered
those found in any place on the At
lantic coast. At Santa Barbara he
found ninety-fve varieties, and as
search is continued south, the rock
cod and founder entirely disappear.
At San Diego he found only eighty
different kinds; there also occurs
the same diminishing of numbers as
investigation leads northward. With
regard to salmon, there were about
ONE AND A HALF MILLION
OF that fish caught yearly upon this
coast, and seven or eight million
pounds brought into the San Fran
cisco markets, being three times as
great as all other fishes combined.
The salmon caught on this coast was
in no way inferior to any salmon
caught on the Atlantic. At Colum-
bia river, from April to July, there
were from 800 to 1900 boats out
salmon fishing all the time, extend
ing from the bar clear up to off
Mount Rainier, forming a perfectly
impenetrable web OF nets. In an
swer to question, Professor Jordan
said that if there wasa stop to catch
ing salmon after July, enough would
ascend the river later than that to
fully stock the river with the required
amount of spawn necessary to keep
up the usual supply, for in the mat
ter OF fish spawn nature is very
bountiful in her supplies.
AN exchange assumes to tell "what
the Indians raise" What they raise