The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-14
FISH FOR
THE ISLANDS
importation Scheme Is
Favored.
/, W H0DRON'S VIEWS
Thinks the Barracuda and Other
Varieties Would Thrive
Here.i

T. W. Hebron, who has been quite re-
Gently in Southern California, and has
there fished for barracuda, was seen last
evening by an Advertiser reporter In re-
gard to the plan proposed by this Jour
nal of importing that food fish to the
Islands and planting it in all the bays
and harbors of the group.
Il think the idea an excellent one."
said he, "and one that ought to be push
ed at once through the press and through
the Chamber of Commerce. Now that
the Islands are portion of the United
States we have right to some attention
from the Fish Commission. There is a
great scarcity of food fish here and any
addition to the varieues that we now
possess would be appreciated.
while at Catalina Island in Southern
California recently, / fished for barra-
cuda and found fine sport. They are not
so gamey as salmon and other American
fish, but they are a great Improvement
on any fish that we now have. We went
out in a boat some distance from the
Island and there We saw deep in the
water great schools of barracuda They
but nearer in shore we found place
where we caught thirty-seven of them
inside of an hour or more, all weighing
in the neighborhood of ten to twelve
pounds. They are delicious fish and are
much esteemed in California.
II am quite certain that they would
thrive here.- for conditions there are
much similar to those here. lIe water
is warm and clear as it is here and full
of coral also. 1ney might have to i'm
port some small fry for them to feed on,
but that would not be difficult at all.
In California they have had much
success in importing fish from the ATTAIN
| tic. Two years ago they brought couple
of hundred striped bass from the xtlan-
| tic Coast and planted them in San
! Francisco bay. and now these fish have
propagated rapidly that there are mil
lions of them in the bay and they are
being taken, thousands of pounds of
them daily, and sold on the markets OF
San Francisco. Some have grown to
immense size and / have heard of some
that weighed thirty pounds being cap
tured
another fish that might thrive in
these waters is the Jewish. This abounds
along the coast of Southern California
and grows to an immense size. have
seen some caught that weighed nearly
three hundred pounds and they were cap
tureQ WIN d SfHaH pore anu iliic l he
Jewish is a good food fish, for, although
the flesh is quite coarse. 1t is very pala-
table and is to be found on the bill OF
fare of most of the hotels on the south
ern coast when in season.
There is no reason why some of the
fish of the Florida coast might not bt
brought here and planted. The tarpon
the most famous fish of Florida, is much
like the Jewish in the matter of size, anC
it, too, is quite palatable as an article o.
food. Then there Is the kingfish, which
while not so large as the tarpon, Is 6
good food fish and thrives in southern
waters.
"The plan of importing some of these
American fishes to the Islands ought Il
, be taken up at once and brought to tn
| attention of the Fish Commission. W.
have as much right now as any othe
portion of the United States to receive
attention from that bureau of the FEEDER
al Government, and l am sure that al
IL needs is to have the matter pushed o.
: someone who could speak with authcf
, ity''