The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14

bass. and. In short, all varieties Of edible
The Commissioner has undertaken the
most difficult task yet presented In the
history OF the commission, and that 10 the
broiled lobster. lobster a la Newberg,
lobster salad. and other preparations OF
that lucious crustacean have Viewed with
menu card.
For the past three years the Fish Com
mission mas been making strenuous Efforts
nsh commissions throughout new Eng
lobstsr. md re difficulty Of getting egg
almost impossible to increase the output.
Last FISCAL year less than 5000 egg Holsters
y Ts5s ss sysr 4 .1 HSf Sa OF. Of Cape Cod Cd, These
Matched 5s.5e0.0W Try. The Commission viii
not be satisfied until this output - at
Least ~quadrupled. Then in the course Of .
within the reach Of the modest pocket
A;sistinf Oyster. Industry.
Gon are extensive and embrace investiga-
lions and experiments among fsh, Holsters,
olams and oysters. One result Of expert.
Yy:ter industry. Oysters have been f.sssn asd
to1, q their natural food. and the pubic
the commission's work.
Much Of the work Of the commission
Sonsists In transferring ana transplanting
I tse c Synas1s e. and 81 ioe o,Ssr' from 1na one part q
Ioa On 8. Pacific Coast "e q 'a Tie 1 Esssssn
years ago, when b . sold Tor !; each Il
San Francisco. and other Paciac Coast
g Sov =. Las year this nsh was 90 plentiful
emptyinS into the Pacific that thev Wers
caught and used for ferdliSer ON the land.
The presence Of the shad has in 40 way
49, Ssc% he VIZ 9id az: ' wsss, Mlnn.,o,. and
s sss asa.'1 e as. S H::asy x;,t snsr; recent sa: y s::s
scrs appSsc!' 1t tso' oro nsn a.,i hnowp = The
very rapid and this year the distributor q
sappi my VIII DO 70 extensive q to insure
= - ~ hsn 8 1rst-cls:s place in the markets
eIgs-mouth bass was introduced into IL
sosGmao within g comparatively rsosnt
$ {:liSa !: sh now ma 70 ; Ten .ta ss.oT t ths as:.s
that 10000 pounds Of this isrst-oiasa snmo
and food Dish were sold in the Wsshinsfon
vRRPSr fosomac has long been famous and
fns oasaei e 1 bsee,o,1 south ot ths Lsts
e o% = pgshinf its propagation With
y !. Hoo.aels speed and one Of the principal
.a'1 ao 20 s Sas r e. 4 bi IL Tsa.s;
eom:s i rom w sss R Vss., of the sS%ni::,sa
TOR Il: trout and black bass streams. and
y 9 lover Of the. sport and an enthusiest
0vsr ~ OF fishes. '"The active
WORK OF distributing eggs and ash ny has
nS% oss1ns" said Comnnissloner Bowers.
a1d late into the fall. Thu fish are dis
u1Duted 10 response to requests from citl.
sens q the United States. These reouestp
come rom all sorts n conditions Of mon. |
rom sportsmen's associations, from indlvid.
0ale ana rom firms. but no matter how Oh |
ecure the citizen may Be. II this commisSion
has u it, disposal the number and Kind a.
nsh no asks for and he has the pgoper |
4tfeam9 u which to placs them, he ID going
70 Iot his fish,"
III annual spawn harvest has besun
Along the Potomac and will soon begin on
the 6~usQuehannA and the Delaware. INC
work is done BY fishermen md farmers
rom long experience are experts In
that line. The Government pays them o
0eats Q quart for eggA or about 10 q mn.
Hon 8 The nah from which the en-
are removed are salahlo In the market 6ok |
b amount the Government pays Tor thO |
eggs = quite an addition. h larR00f |
hatchery u ON the 9usQuehanna River near |
Havre Dc Grace, Nd, WherO iEO0000o 6an |
Were produced last season.
1e q estimated that the Government wfl |
eggs which otherwise would BE- lost, a. the !
fsh which contain them would be sold In the /
market and eaten.