Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-11-26
CULTIVATE GAME FISH,
University En- Jagged In thier Cultivation
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university En- tagged Ia thier Cultivation
a. Sea Isle City.
The attention of visitors to Sea Islo
City. is usually attracted to long.
narrow and weu-lighted building
situated on the bay front 1t is the
new Marine Biological Laboratory and
Aquarium of the University OF Penn
sylvania writes the special correspond
cnt OF the Philadelphia Press.
On the first floor of the building are
the aquariums, in which all the speci-
mems are kept. There are about fifty
aquariums in all. The water for them
Is brought from the ocean by means
Of large windmill.
On the second floor is situated the
laboratories. museum and sleeping
quarters of the professors. The lab
ora.ories are supplied with ten work
ing tables where the Investigators
make their researches
The museum is supplied with num-
Der of shelves. where curious marine
creatures are preserved in alcohol and
other different ways.
AhS biAAN1hS- 10 C4ulppCu
for biological researches. and there
are number of boats, dreoges, travis,
tow-n nets. pound-nets, ETC., under the
management of experienced collectors
and fishermen who keep up the supply
of specimens and enable the investi-
gators and students to search all points
of interest in neightoring waters.
The la hn-a nf r,orira hin1Nnr,
has b en- established with the view of
giving to American naturalists advan-
tages similar to those enjoyed by their
European brethren in the studies of
structure. development and function.
and to furnish headquarters for the
instruction of the entire community
In all matters connected with the in
creased supply, avoidance of disease.
and cultivation of more varieties of
sea foods. Americans have but little
idea OF the extent to which laborator-
les of marine biology are appreciated
and encouraged abroad. The first
laboratory was erected at Naples, at
cost of 500 900, and is carried on at
IN annual expense Of $20,0 900. Since
then numerous other laboratories have
been founded in Europe.
The objects OF the University of
Pennsylvania Marine Biological asso-
citation are 10 furnish free facilities for
the advancement of the biological
sciences through researches of trained
investigators into the many problems
connected with the life history of
marine animals and plants their de-
velopment their independence and
their relation to the needs of man.
kind.
The most important discovery made
at the marine laboratory so far is in
connection with the pompano fish.
The pompano, or the one which is
properly entitled to that name belongs
to the family 'Carangid9, and con-
stitutes the Genus Trachynotus.
The chief of the pompano is the
Trachynotus Carolinus, or common
pompano. although several other
species are found on our coast. About
Charleston 1t is known as the Gre
ralle" or Horse creralle" The ordi-
nary range OF the pompano is north
ward to the coast of South Carolina,
and it occurs occasionally nearly as
far north as Cape Cod. A number of
species have been obtained at Woods
Foil.
1t was not known to science where
the pompano breeded until very re-
Gently, when Dr. Charles M. Burk of
the marine laboratory discovered it's
habits. 1t has been supposed by scient-
lists that this fish breeded far out at
sea. and that in that way the wise men
accounted for the fact that the young
had never been found. But now that
it is known that this valuable fish
comes to our in cts and thoroughfares
to bring forth its young there will be
extreme efforts made by the marine
laboratory, fish commission and fish
cries to propagate and supply the mar
ket with this species of fish. which is
especially choice, and the highest
priced edible fish on the market.
The trigger fish,, or Leather jack
ct, is found in the south. but occa-
sionally finds its way as far north as
Massachusetts. 1t is of no importance
north of Florida. In the Bermudas it
is considered a valuable food fish. In
the regions where it is not eaten it is
regarded as nuisance by the fisher
men from its habit of stealing bait
from the hooks. Its manner for taking
bait is rather peculiar, for instead of
pulling the line backward or to one
side, it raises it upward so quietly that
the fisherman does not perceive the
motion. When one of these crafty fish
is caught there is not much probabili-
ty that it can be landed. for it's sharp
and powerful teeth are almost sure to
cut some part % the fishing gear. thus
enabling it TO escape. The skin of this
fish is used for securing and polishing
purposes at Key West and the Bahama
Islands. In the Bermuias also the
skin is used by carpenters in the place
of sandpaper the former being better
adapted for ane work in polishing
wood.
Dobbin and the Mare.
The story of ..Dobbin and the Mare"
so familiar to many readers Of English
poetry, has met its parallel in New