Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1903-07-10

were on the scene. 50 that he couid IN
spect the whole expedition
That there will he some Interesting
reuorts Is certain. as the vessel Is TO
cover a distance Of 10000 and more
miles in waters little known. especially
below the surface. and In which there
are hundreds Of species OF nsh which
have never been classified and OF whieh
only a few facts are known.
The exploration will be conducted In
the feeding grounds Of the salmon. IL
Is the intention Of Commissioner BOW
ers TO have the party study every
habit OF the succulent red fish OF the
north, including his food. his various
homes after he leaves the spawning
rivers, the diseases that Kill him on
his enemies Of the sea and land. ahd'
In fact. every move he makes from
birth TO death. various specimens OF
various ages, Of course, being observed
for that purpose.
While this is going on big iahu
party is TO 90 TO work CONSTRUCTING
stations where the eggs or the horth-
ern fish are 10 be Matched as are those
of the southern chimes. Commissioner
Bowers expects 10 have these In readi-
ness for operation when the spawning
season begins next spring. According
TO the plans OF the commissioner, ABOUT
twenty of these stations are to be bullt,
one ON each Of the big bays and har:
bors and Others on the rivers, includ-
Ing the Yukon.
So far IL Is known that the food fish
of the far northern Pacific consists,
first, of salmon, fiuke and large sort
of shad, which seems crossed with
the voracious muskellunge OF the Alas
kan fresh waters and which Is as gamy
as the great tarpon Of sunny Florida.
This individual grows to a large size,
frequently weighing fifteen pounds.
His flesh is fine eating, but one has to
, 90 to the northern waters after him,
because he won't ''pack"-that Is, he
loses all flavor and becomes "mushy'
, when parboied and put in cans like
, his neighbor the red salmon.
In the family Of the northern flukes
are the founders, the halibut and SINH
lar creatures whose anatomy seems to
be all on one side, but whose flavor Is
; much improved because Of the prox-
unity of the icebergs and the strenu-
, Gus life they lead In the struggle for
food There is also Goldfish, sort
of a second cousin to that of the New
England banks, but also larger and
. harder to catch; a mysterious red fish
: whose brilliant scales and piratical and
cannibalistic habits have made him
, as much of a terror In the far north
: as the snapper" of the Florida banks
and fine kind of sea trout, speckled
and FURNISHED, which grow to be three
:, times the size of the weak" fish, oil
: so called sea trout Of the Atlantic wa
:, tiers. In addition to these principal in
: habitants of the waters to be explored
there are myriads Of smaller tinny
= specimens which look like herring
mackerel and perch, and which are
= good to eat: outlaws like the dogisl
:, and small sharks In the Atlantic ane
= crabs and Holsters and oysters, all o.
Il which are as yet little known.
The oysters are said to be finer thai
Il many obtained in the United States
+. being always In cold water, while tn
= crabs grow to such size that one o
!. them is enough to make meal 70
u two people, yet the favor is fine.
y AS to the lobster. It Is one Of tn
- special duties of the expedition to tr.
and locate new fishing grounds. Tn
! culture Of the lobster is one Of tn
i Problems which the commission has no
yet solved successfully. and its trib
e is growing smaller despite the law
u restricting fishing. Commissioner Bow
" ers has instructed the leaders Of tn
L. party to obtain all Of the data pos
&c sible, and it is on this that the wor
u, of collecting eggs for the station
II which are now being constructed Is t
'e be conducted.
4, Oysters are to be planted and pond
u are to be filled with the fry of tn
u fish selected as being the best fo
/ ha :chery purposes. But what is to b
l. done with the lobster has not yet bee
ueCNeu. luc cApeTtS uuueT OOnull
sioner Bowers can easily hatch II
u eggs, but experiments have prove
~ that the young lobster even from tt
,, time he crawls out of the shell Of h
- maternal egg, is cannibal Of IL
Il most terrifying sort The first thin
he does when he opens his eyes Is
IL seize one Of his brothers and make
{ meal of him, provided the brother
~ not the larger and stronger, when,
~ this proves to be the case, the wou
II be eater Is eaten.
g Various schemes and mechanical d
le vices have been tried to prevent tn
= awful slaughter, but without muC
~ success, as the lobster is cannib
all of his life, the stronger invariab
n eating the weaker. Commission,
N Bowers has, however, under consider
ton centrifugal pots, which sp
around with such speed during IL
. Matching process that the young ca
not get time to seize and devour eat
other. This pot, If successful, is
be adopted at the new stations as we
as on the New England coast, ar
u then the supply Of Holsters, it
hoped, will soon be increased.
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