The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-21

READY 20 spawn. 10 man WHO Had Sot
noted zee changes would know that the
-rsassssa zen. red. ear FISH. Of most geyol'isg
appearance. was a soGssye The ash pair
on preparatory 10 spawning. With their
protected noses they ro9s N The gravel
a.oag The lake shore. or on the bar ~ SUIT
ter river. or other streams t1a. discharge
into the lake. preparing their spawning
beds. y hen all is ready ne female sw..1s
over the bed and discharges from twenty
TO fifty essS which the uaA.e promptly i'm
pregnates. Then they root these impreg-
ia led eggs into the gravel Spe eddy tire
opera ton is repeated. The fish work had
70 cover the eggs ani quickly become ex-
baustea- Accompanying The Nerka from
the SEA were vast numbers OF trout. Salmon
and Dolly EarceT. These trout Turk among
me SPAWNING salmon. as wolves hung
around buffalo on The plains, and when tt
female elects Sue eggs they dash IN. a.
tempting - eat ti1s eggs before they -
buried * the gravel. The spawning sainspt,
weak aid weary, repeatedly drive them
aaay. but the front are TOO swift. for the
slea salmon 10 successfully cope with.
The salmon. spawned out. swims aim essly
around the lake or rivers FOR a few days.
steadily growing weaker and weaker, until
finally tie FISH strands on bar, or is
thrown up on the lake shore. where IL LEE
for hours gaspng and seebiy moving lts
fins. and then IL dies.
II the water IS from T. TO Is degrees Of
temperature the egg matches in about six
ty-two days. As socn as the fry appsa rs
the trout begin - eat them, and again the
Dolly Warden trout Is the chic: offender
The fry hide under bouldeTs and grave,
ard III the water which is overhulg by
bushes and cOnsrsgate il shallow water
where small stones pave the bed OF the
stream.
Hatcherics in Operation.
There are four salmon hatcheries in the
state as foI.oas.
Baker lake hatchery. capacity l2.oco 90.
outpu; 5000, ~.
kalama hatchery. output from 2poooef
20 3.eol00
Chinook hatchery. output about 2.a11of0,
tnshaiis river hatchery, output doubtful
Il is certain tina. the future If the ASKING
industry Of Washington vii be rig!dly con-
trol'ei by the number OF hatcherses that
are IN successful operation. Ths men who
control the fish canning industry Of the
state thoroughly understand this fact
They ara willing indeed are ANXIOUS 70
nave hatchefics built on every river that
discharges into Puget sound and on the
rivers throughout the state OF which can
nsrle9 are es.at.shed.
More IatcheTiex Needed.
There should he IN WashirSton no, four
hatcheiies, bat AZ least fifty There should
he hatchery on every natural salmon
river, and some Of these rivers that are
tributary TO Puget sound say the Skagit
and the Nooksack, should have more than
one hatchery. The Skagt could supply
eggs OF every variety OF salmon in suffi-
cient quantities 10 keep three or four
hatcheSies busy Throughout; the entirc year
Salmon and steclhead eggs can be taken
in tais river from February til November
ia;cAerses should be established on the
waters OF the Columbia easg Of the Cas-
cade mountains and those waters should
re restocked and heavily restccked With
salmon. Instead Of putting up 500 coo cases
Of salmon on Puget sound annually. prep
arations 10 supply fish Suftcien: for 2a.doa =
30 cases should he made Where is the
market tnhesltatiBgiy 7 answer Asia
The next great commercial development
IF THE world viii he that Of the commerce
OF she Pacific ocean and this commerce
WI! develop because OF tlp awakening 20
Industrial life OF China, Japan and India.
Cod and other Fishing.
The business Of catching and curing cod
3sh is esta b,ished nj Auacortes. One yes
sci - annually dispatched 70 THO Alaskan
-9dfsh hanks and IS speedily :illcd 70 full
ARRIVING capacity. These fish are prepared
fOr market az Auacovtes and are sold
throughout the Pacific coast territory. The
repaired product is eQus; u not superior
a that prepared on the Atlantic coast The
Ssh fairly swarm on the Alaskan hank.
ere man can and does catch three times
"a many goldfish in Alaskan waters az one
man can eaten on the Newfoundland
hanks.
a IL o. small sailing vessels and scores
~ men are engaged in hslibut fishing and
srrerel hundred mon are engaged in cast
nE nets and setaes n ssir water 70 catch
tceS3 Ssh. Fishermen Toll Ut almost all the
tv-fs t3at discharge .nro Pug@, sound.
sing set and g,ii nets. #h@y eaten iarvn
antilles = salmon and s3se,heads Thc
nlef fres. ssh a4arzet of Washington is
eeattle taeGEa w~ay teus 81 fresh ash
~ Sht.~s.s 2 "a lie smaller towns. These
ss 4re e4H, - aHE4r Sc # iate~. r owns
"a az. .sr-e.y raasuElea 81 the Ms SIS PIP,
ea-gee xl1l 1tsny carha-s RI fresh .lsa
$50 -.. - f-.rasa. Nm ark aad p Ia
s.flr3t g. rat. business IL shipping fresh
aaa - s-e.su.Iy SrowIae ia rnaFnltude and
.gu4eTtaC g.
FRANK WlLkESON.