The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-06-26
WORK Of fish BUREAU.
MOST 0CCCeSSvUL YEAR n TaH
HISTORY OF TuE COMMISSION,
PrevfOoa YeAr-Resulss 81 Forner
LahsFs Already Apparent In the

WASHINGTON. June x-The work Of
the fish bureau of the FISH commission 10
practically completed for this year. Ac-
cording TO the officials of the commission.
when the reports are sent in, July I. they
will show that II has been the most sue
cessful year in the history Of the commits
sion The great bulk OF the work has been
in the collection and distribution OF the
eggs and fry Of commercial food Ash. and
this year more cod. whitefsh. pike. perch.
bass. nat tish and lobster have been plant
ed than ever before.
Fully as many shad have been planted
this year As last. when the high water
mark IN shad propagation was reached.
The great commercial value Of the work
done by the Ash commission can be Illus
trated in the case Of shad. The catch Of
shad In 1855 Was so00.o00 The systematic
collection OF eggs and distribution OF shad
fry since that year have increased tho
catch annually. until this year II reached
l3o0,oo an increase OF lso per cent. In
fourteen years.
At the same time the cost Of shad has
been decreased to the consumer more than
20 per cent. The value OF the catch this
year was upward OF 100000. This result
has been obtained by the commission at a
fetal expenditure Of $4,000. So successful
was the experiment made several years
ago for the INTRODUCTION of shad and strip
ed bass on the Pacific coast that planting
of these two food fish on that coast has
been suspended. The shad catch on the
Pacific now ranges between 100000 and
The work Of the California stations this
year has been confined to the propagation
Of the commercial salmon and the sock
eggs have been distributed from these sta
tons. From the ave Oregon stations on
the Columbia river 2D000 90 fry have been
planted in the Pacific coast streams;
The new station at Baker lake. Wash
ington. established for the propagation Of
blueback and silver salmon, Will begin
operations July l.
stations In Montana, Colorado and South
Dakota for the propagation OF Eastern
brook trout. CRAWLING. mountain and black
spotted trout. From these stations $780,
Colorado. Washington, Idaho. Montana.
South Dakota. New Mexico. Arisona and
Indian Territory. From the middle states.
stations in Iowa, Illinois. Missouri and
rainbow trout, black bass and croppie.
100000 fry OF all kinds were distributed
in stocking private ponds and streams and
the Great lakes. where the whitehsh. lake
trout. herring. pike, perch and walleyed
pike are collected. 80. 00, 600 eggs Of all
kinds were taken. and 500 900 fry plant
Ga: Edenton. N. c.: organs Point. Va /;
Havre de Grace and Gloucester. $4,000. 900
shad eggs were collected and 100000 fry
Florida to Massachusetts,. There are sta
tons In Virginia and Tennessee for the
propagation Of black baAs and trout. but
these have done little this year.
In Massachusetts, are two OF the largest
marine hsh culture stations In the world.
At these. the cod pollock. fiat Ash (hound-
ers) and Holsters are propagated Over
800 eco 900 cod eggs were collected here. and
between 1v0 900 and 30.0 900 fry dis
frfbuted. Over 100000 900 6athsh were
planted. The lobster season has not yet
closed. Over 1O0o0o.000 eggs have already
been taken. and II II expected that 50000.-
ooo more will be taken before the close Of
tho season.