New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-01-29
CONNECTICUT FISHERIES.
THE SUCCESS OF TRoUTpLANTING SUGGESTS
REVIVAL OF THE sHAD INDUSTRY

THE SUCCESS OF TROUT-PLANTING SUGGESTS
REVIVAL OF THE sHAD INDUSTRY
Norwich Conn. Jan. IS (spcciaD-ln the opinion oi
sportsmen trout-fshng in Eastern Connecticut was
pretty nearly ruined 10y the drouth OF last SUNNI"
I'D fall and they believe that the sport next spring.
exccp I'm the largest streams. which ala not 90 dfy
Will be the poorest OF many years. In view oil the
unpromisins outlook the Fish Commission OF the STATE
are already taking landable and energetic steps 10
rcplcni,h the exhausted trout brooks III all parts o
Connecticut. II Is believed that the demand Tor trout
fry on the part OF fishermen VIII be unpreceheh'eulS
large this spring and the Commissioners propose 10
issue the largest amount OF fry ever distributed from
tho STATE hatchery at Poquonoc In 1851 they shipped
35O 600 trout fry into all quarters OF the Stale, IN
ls92 a. OOO and this sprng VIII distribute not U.S.
than 300 600 They have already received Il muii''nuc
If orders for the fry and 1t is their purpose TO ask the
legislature increase the annual appropriation lor inc
Poouonoc hatchery to ~ 500 this season II Is the
plun of the Commissioners 10 furnish the Try 10 any
citizen of the state at the States expense pat inc
pcrson receiving 1t must pay the cost OF planning H.
II IS purely labor OF love on the part OF the ''r'
that OF planting the fry, ana costs MN Io'" = ~
"A if he hires team 10 take him TO distant sr'hS'
The Commissioners ship the fry In tin pals III inc
charge OF competent person. 10 AL quarters vi io
State and he delivers 1t personally TO the man VINO
has ordered IT, 1t Is necessary Tor the la'er 10
convey # promptly TO the streams In which IL Is 10
be plantcd 1t Is placed In the extreme h'Ad"hl'iS
OF the small brooks. The state method OF fepen''
ing the streams hy means OF nr,icia propagation 'i
,rout has been wonderfully beneficial TO ihcm ana
veteran anglers aver that without state ala Uo"'
dshinc would have been ruined years ago.
The omms,ioners say that there has been II
arlcd decrease IN the catch OF shad since two years
ago and they will ask the Legislature TO Increase r
us6al appropraion 10 the shad hatchery at ErminS-
ham, The trouble with the Connecticut shad hshefics'
bow.vcr IS due not 10 the lack OF fry for repiahuhs
the sbad waters but to the greedy fishermen VINO
s,retch their great small mcshcd nets oil the mouths
NJ the rivers and bag the Shad, great ana small one"
alike before they get into the streams In whch inc!
have been used TO spawn. This pracucc has Dech
simnIv ruinols the catch OF shad has decreased ho
veor TO year and last season was not worth NV
trou,le az taking IT, The avarlciOus fishermen nave
almost killed the goose that laid the golden eggs Tor
tlen There f. stringent law against using 'os'
nr,.hod net, bat II IS violated with impuniiy. Ia
striking contrast with the miserable Connecticut shad
pol,cy IS that Of the Middle states. whose yearly
catch NJ shad has steadily Increased during y" -"''
,on vcors Will. Connecticut has permitted her own
n.bori.s io he ruined. Game warden ~ I. "lhl'
has TONIGHT mi, destructive policy IN III" Legislature
and nil The state papers most Vigorously Ipr >'N'ih
y."rs charging The fl,h Commission with lncaIncltS
mr. indifl. renee In executing the laws: Mr. '3ili.'
who j. rightly called the father oil 'ohh', I,",
c,me and tsh laws will tackle the present Lesl,h
iurc with his accustomed energy ana persistence, NM
doubtless will GET -till more stringent laws pi7o'u ''
the protection Of shhd