The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-03-25
FISH AND OYSTER CULTURE
~<xxowN RESULT OF ATTEMPT TO
PLANT LoBsTERs on COAST.
=. IL II Known what Has Become
AZ the Large Numbers of White
ssh Turned Loose I'm Washington
Lakes and other Western Waters.

s-.etal Dispatch 20 the Post Intelligence
WAsHINGTON, March 4.--Apropos Of
~ efforts Of Senator Foster TO secure
~ shipment Of q car load Of young oyg-
~, TO Puget sound, a talk with the
United States fish commissioner with ref
sSsoce 10 the introduction of Holsters
shad and whitensh IN the waters OF the
Pacific coast. furnishes some interesting
information.
Although holsters have been deposited
a. various points on the Pacific coast
fron Monterey bay 20 and including Pu-
ri sound, 90 far as the commission has
beer able 10 learn. no results have been
produced. The first plant was made in
ids In San Francisco bay. In 1855 quite
4 large number ~ adults were liberated
m the ocean. of Monterey. some ia Mon
terey bay and others of the Trinidad
lighthouse. In 1889 another ear load was
sent 10 the Pacific coast and liberated
on Cape disappointment, Shoalwater bay
srDw bay puget sound. Washington,
Hudson point puget sound. Washington,
sad Wilson point puget sound Wash
hstonj. IN 1896 and 1897 other attempts
we're made. The commission has had no
Authentic information rs 20 tho capture
Of the Eastern lobster at any point on
the Pacific coast. and does not deem Il
advisable to make any further attempt to
iBtroduee It there until assured that the
plants already made are successful
whiteBrh sent out.
IN III and 1873 Prof. s. r. Baird sent TO
the California fish commission from Lake
Superior GOO eggs Of the common white
eel Gorgeous ciuneiformis). The fry re-
su!sing from these were planted In Clear
lake about eighty miles northwest Of Sac
rsfnenio. In $50 plants were made In Tu-
Iase lake, California and in 1877 and lgTD
IN Bonner lake Lake Serene, Lake Tahoe
and number OF other lakes In the same
state, In 1879 10000 fry were deposited in
Klamath lake. near Linkvile. Or, 100 900
IN kullaby lake, near Astoria; 5000 In
chetaw lake, In Waseo county, and 10 90
IL lAtdis lake. In Mutnomah county.
~ the same time $4,000 fry were placed
" LAX" Washington. at Seattle. Wash !:
MOO 10 Lacamas lake. in Clarke county.
and 1900 In Silver lake at Castle Rock
IN addition 10 these large number OF fry
wefc planted In Occur d'Alene lake and
fend doreills lake, In Idaho In the basin
q the upper Columbia river The results
attending the introduction OF whitefsh In
The waters OF California, Oregon ana
washington have been extremely meaeer
v not altogether negative In washing
Ton and Idaho number OF reports Of tho
taking OF whitehsh have been received
aus the possibility OF MISLEADING the native
whNehsn tcoregonus willlamsonD IN &c
Sfsat mat u would require actual speci-
mshs IN order 10 settle the question. The
laet mat most, II not all, Of the supposed
eastern whltefish have been caught with
neck casts considerable doubt on the
epffteiness OF the identincations. The ma
w *hitehsh Is widely distributed on tho
factnc coast and takes the hook readily
N the Eastern species very rarely bites
% naiied hook
aI James Crawford fish commissioner
Y aefnsion, some time ago wrote Ia
l9ws, 40 i"'-
=. hhve yet 70 hear OF any whiteash
49, t,aVknt Y any ~ the waters of the
s@le nave heard Of sofno strange nsh
v;sMy been aoen ia the waters of axe
WAshinStoh, bs, no one knew what they
- some white ash were planted in
MA nave made repeated inquiries
hoout them, | could never hear OF any
nssns9 been seen II may be that heealis,.
s eSsssnsn ~ not take hook they have
Y j. possible that the whltcnsh have
s'tNhe acciiinated 10 the lakes Of WASH
MtlNl, ~ they are apparentIs as we'll
ses"R.fa te ueir growth as the Great Lakes.
" lpqNlfiNa 81 the fish commission
aIisssA,atiNes have failed to throw any
Aat en this suhiect Owing 60 The ~igs
~ aepih ~ the lakes. the dah might he
apuaGhnt and entirely overlooked In the
absence ~ deep water sili net fishing mirh
praeiieed on Lake Superior Lake
nsteh ana other similar bodies OF water
s-sfa She white ash abound
.,ees regards tAe shad Industry on the Pa
Mnf ecasi, shad are sn abundant In inc
W'hiV OF san Francisco that they seIl
less tAe year around IN the san
Ahasgn market than they DO Ina anv of
W markets " the Atlantic coast They
q caesht all along the Coast from san
tiNhrisco % Puget sound. ana hnvs hec5
Msen N Alaska snd British COLUMBIA. IN
lmgn traps The following table shnws
we number 81 pounds taken IN the states
y Wes9n Washington and California am
ssaAf from lsNS ~ lN92 Inclusive:
California