The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-07-18
SUCCESSOR To DIR. DAVID STARE
JORDAN.
Looking for Other New Fish Speci-
Work and Intentions of Government

Prof. o. p. Jenkins, who holds the
chair of physiology in Stanford Univer-
sity, arrived by the Ventura yesterday
to take up the fisheries work where DR..
David Starr Jordan left off. He lost
no time i'm beginning operations, being
at the fish market at an early hour
this morning, looking over the pile of
wriggling swimmers for anything that
might be new or unusual Quite a
number of fish We're purchased and will
| be taken out to the headquarters of the
| commission at the Moana hotel where
they will be examined.
Prof. Jenkins is a small man, of 45,
and is a good talker. He is one of the
best Informed men in the United States,
perhaps, on this particular line of work.
In 1883 lie was in the Islands and made
quite an extensive investigation of the
fisheries and fish in general At that
| time he held a chair in De Pauw Uni
Versity, Indiana. on his visit at that
| time he discovered and classified nearly
| one hundred new varieties of fish found
in these waters. Subsequently he pub
lished several papers on Hawaiian
fishes and has others in course of pre-
/ paration.
II will take up the work here where
Mr.. Jordan left off. For the present
| l am contenting myself with finding
! out just what Jordan has done. 1t
| seems to me. from what have observ-
| ed, that he has accomplished wonders
| during his short stay and it may be
that there will be little else to be done.
/ His reports. l believe, have already
| been published in the Honolulu papers
l will continue to look for unclassified
! specimens and expect to find some that
! have heretofore been unknown. During
my stay in Hawaii in 1889, l found and
! classified nearly 100 new fishes. These
waters TEEN with species that are not
| known, and the work of classifying
them is no small matter"
AS he made the last remark the Pro-
fessor placed his hand on the head of
a baby shark, that, although it looked
much like any other shark, was differ
emily colored. and unusual. He took
the specimen for further examination.
1T will be three years before our
work here will have been completed, SO
you see that people here may not look
for immediate results. After l get
! through the artists will have to take a
| turn at it, then the statisticians will
come in and finally the whole work will
have to be written up" as you news.
| papermen say.
The object of the United States in
/ coflating this information is not only
for general scientific purposes but with
the object of increasing the value OF
| nsherles as far as lies in the power of
the government. l am informed that
japanese and other fishermen are in
| the habit of using fine nets here and
that they catch the young of fish in
| large quantities. thus destroying fu-
ture supply. 1t is safe to say that a
| stop will be put to this practice. Not
! only Will the government endeavor ia
preserve the fish supply but it will stock
the waters with edible fish as far as
| possible. AS l said before it may be
three years before this part of the work
is taken up, but that is an important
! elimination of our present endeavors
and objects"
Prof. Jenkins referred Interestingly
to the growth of Honolulu since he was
last here. Were it not for some of the
, old landmarks he would not have rec
ognized the city as being the same. He
will return to California in the last of
August as he will nave to resume his
duties at Stanford early in September