The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-16

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SPAWNING 6se
Opinion of Experts.
In t14s Connection xs ssx1nls Ia orsr..osl
6, several ~ tae most fsoEss3 exp@rTs on r1As
sS21set. A JeF1sal u these exIseEt opinions
wasrao;es
From a letter written by Prof Jordan. Of
* n9w seam. probable that the s-saa
chinook salmon running n tae Columbia
river are a. young macs Ihey ere al
sssNs4~-4E E4Ata-sv and me greater part Of
tAefn &c q re spawning led As 10 f.
macs ara found among sHeee young fish, Il
N92-2 SEEN 1H&t tn~7- Destruction sat Do
10 arm. As il -, the adult snaIes are SUI
TIE specgss
t.xtracts trona a letter by Prof. C H
1.ll~Fr, OF Stafford university.
As regards tae Sinai CHINOOK salmon
taken oy traps. seines ard wheels, we kno~
sos-ltxeIy The following faces.
Trey are teXua--y mature. ard are On
th~1r !" a. 20 the t.ssa e p; 1e8s w3ere h y
attempt 70 fertisze ire ova- besug lasla-.g
a9&eEeE driven Asay % tie lager n4A.ss
). AAGs ~ te31na de together with the
larger Esh. on he spawning gro4nas.
1@t,y0l-1 t5ess tacts We can Use nDlv
CONJECTURE. L il probable that they share
me IAse ~ he larger fis4. % know wet3
ne co51troFeEsT mat RACES over thus queS-
t-oh. From TIE nature u me case II : al
Esosst lfrZa.5=sl.s 10 prove tnai a. ssA4Egl. "a Z
tasnqohe lie, even II We ASSUME that t1ey
90 * any considerable number survives
u od6at no1 &c ce 50 difficult 70 show tlat
st4~44 ~ we case as ssts1t tdlgaJGk -Istgii :
t.l@1 x sahs;. -. aS Ne Row take Spent
si-rl-AtasAs N!th claiming that the 11asss Is
proven. most q Us believe ihat practically
40 Slss @fA}fg CHINOOK perish IN the act. nd
VIZ Llen4 he immature mats ~ quest g.f.
u Lhs br true, their capture n the l3W r
F'ssr Dos 1oi -aj9Te tia Industry"
Af W r. Hubbard. President Of the
80, = t-s hl5,1@sE; Which ~&s visited -
s - eoiLffi!ltee tuiy eoncurs ~ the fore
gong. ~ ine following Language:
Ny experience With tAese tyosing or
sillat} salmon has been mostly gained
"hl.e they are IN the spawning streams
ana TANK am sale n saying tia. al
thlrooA salmon weighing ten pounds or
under. are males / know that there are
always large males 70 fertillze ali the eggs
deposited ~ tae females on The sPawsa.Gi- :,
grounds. ard - these small males az. Ia
~ say IeeGed to keep up tile ,.pply OF
salmon. and Y there is anything IN the
theory tAat Ike b-gets ike 1t might make
an Improvement In the SIZE Of ths salmon
II there wire no small males.
The EeusTaflYe organs ia these small
nsh are fully developed and they become
flpe at the proper season and deposit the
nl4it on the spawning grounos aad die
afterwards just "a tne larger fish do
Citations from other authorities regard
Ing otaeT questions which your committee
found 10 be under discussion among those
stale follow
Maj. Jones report to the war depart
nlent, isss, Chapter {;
The evidence goes 10 show that mos
81 tAe salmon die on the spawning
ground"
Report Of the Oregon special investlga;-
lng committee lsss. page ;. says:
The Pack has proven without a doubt
that the Chinook salmon die after spawn
ing
Prof Gilbert q Stanford university, in
dors@s this report IN a letter 10 Senator
BARN under the date OF Jaiy =. 1886.
Barton W Eyerman. Of the United
states iish commission, reporting on the IN
tla state OF Idaho, says:
al. Chinook salmon which come to
those waters die after spawning also,
ali specimens of the Onc-rhyuehus aorka
or the Columbia river Elueback. The evi~
dencs IS conclusive
See Bu1ctin United States fish comm. s.
s4on Vol IL lss5
The above statement is also confirmed
by the INVESTIGATIONS OF Everman and
Meek ii lSs. and published by the United
States fish commission. 1888
LIVINGSTON Stone IN TIE report Of his in
Vesti gati9ns on Tina propagation " SAL
mon on ;ae Pacific coast - the Unitei
States" Published in the bulletin Of the
Un.tcd States fish commission. 1885. Vol.
Is says:
1T IS a singular fact regarding the
Qulnuat salmon that those IL least, that
spawn long distance from the ocean
never return 10 if awe. They al de On
the spa~nUs ground. Tbs fact, / am
aware Las been disputed many times ard
i IS 10y 10 means universally accepted
row. But its tfHth has been proved so
| repeatedly and 30 Conch-syeiy that Il Is
no longer open - question"
Before leaving the Columbia river dis
tric% We visited the government FISH
hatchery al CIackamas In oregon. under
aScerfa5ne8 from him the benefits derived
from artificial propagation OF fish. upon
which your committee will speak further
ia this report.
The Industry the sound.
Na then returned 10 puget sound and
proceeded So invest gate the c8nneries st
Au8corfts Friday Earbor Blaine Point
Roberts &Ts Port Angeles. and than visit
81 the canaerles on the Fraser river. We
also examined The u&A traps at Point
RobeTts ard among the islands In AND
around Sa0 Juan island ani n the neigh
tarhuod thereof IL order - investigate
the persistent reports that traps * Point
Roberts were catching al 81 tire nsh on
their way ID tst. Fraser river. the natural
spanning grounds 90 the sock@ye salmon
Ne have ~ report however. that We
fo0nl TIE gil-Uet fishermen catching "a
large bulk ~ thR fish ard iha- the traps
H. uowlse fnterferrd with tharn.
IL connection with tire Fraser river in
ys~ttuatlon. we desire t. 4tfee. the -
r-a9H4his run Of salmon thea on. ard 70
further report taat 70 oar opinion. a
large uumt~eT az fh@ dead Ssh found on
the shores Of Boundary aav and vicinity
came from this river. oar examination
tnso the manner ana methods e: tae ASH
~~1usa and CH-Htrv managers on the
Fraser river developed the fact that 90 er
csnrrry rad entered futo al aEreass SEX
70 take e certain u2masr ~ fsh par day
from tacn &SAesa.4H. The riN oe SAL
iuuu was however. So EtEy iarrs tbst the
average .Shevf1Il Na5tG tlaa srI. D
greater xurat~r thar ae Ea# contracted
g. se0 expecting TIRE ca9;1eFies ta take
teefn usT Biz hands @1al.G ~ bring f.srsri
ashore ard OFF, them tar sale SG.a
&.ss rs tH@ case fna E1raritT ~ e..