The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-05-15
$4,000 lake trout eggs and 5000 land
locked salmon eggs.
Shad Culture in the State.


locked salmon eggs.
Shad Culture in the State.
Shad, which, in point of food and
commercial value, is more important
than all the others put together, were
distributed in the waters of the State
as follows: Trent river, PollocksvilIe
$50, 700; Neuse river New Bern, 900,-
000; Pamlico river, Washington, L.
209, 900; Cape Fear river, Whining
ton, $4,000, Fayetteville, 00,000;
Pasquotank river, Elizabeth City, 9S7,-
600; Six Runs river, Clinton, SOC, 700;
600, Reedy Point, $4,000; Roanoke
river, Plymouth, 715,000, Weldon,
100000; Perquimans river, Hertford
400, 900; Newport river, Morehead
City, 689, 900; Ealmon Creek, Avoca,
7,105, 900; Albemarle Sound, Horn
blower Point, 2,127,0 900, Bachelors S
Bay, 1,241,0 900; Edenton Bay, Reedy
Point, 100000; Cherry Point, 1929
000
OF the shad and its propagation by
the Commission, the report says: "The
leading river fish of the Eastern sea-
board is the shad. No other anadrom-
Gus species has been more extensive
ly cultivated and none is now so de-
pendent on artificial measures for it's
perpetuation. The shad was
one of the first species whose artificial
propagation was taken up by the Fish
Commission, and its cultivation is to-
day a leading factor in fishery work
Almost every large shad stream has
been the site of Matching operations
and during the ten years ending in
1903 the number of artificially hatch
ed shad returned to public waters by
I, ont
half billion. An important point is
that these eggs are taken from fish
that have been caught for market and
hence would be totally lost if the Com.
mission did not collect them from the
fishermen.
Commercial Value of The Shad.
''The great multiplication of all
kinds of fishing appliances on the
coast in the bays, in the estuaries and
along the course of the rivers results
in the capture of very large part of
the run each season before the shad
reach the spawning grounds. and
hence the natural increase is seriously
curtailed, and in some streams, al
most entirely prevented. The steady
increase in the shad catch in the face
of conditions more unfavorable than
confront any other fish of our East
ern rivers is conclusive evidence of the
beneficial effects of artificial propa-
CATION. In 1880, prior to which year
shad cultivation had been on a COM
paratively small basis. the total yield
of this species from Maine to Florida
was $4,000, 600 pounds; during the
four succeeding years the supply in
many of the streams decreased TO such
an extent that the abandonment of
the fishery, as q commercial enter
prise, was imminent From 1885,
WEen the largely increased plants of
Try began TO produce resultss until
Gle present time, the trend of the
fishery has been steadily upward in
every stream. Against a product of
100000 pounds, worth 1895, 600 in
1880, is TO be placed an annual catch
of over 50,00O.000 pounds, valued at
$1,700, 600, at the present time. AS
result of the increased abundance of
shad, the cost of this toothSOme food
has been materially reduced, but even
at the price actually received, the
value of the increase in the annual
catch at this time is upward of a mill
lion dollars. or more than three times
ment i'm the propagation of shad in
twenty years"
Other Fish Distributed.
Though the black bass distributed in
North Carolina did not number over
5000 they were put into no less than
46 different streams and ponds, the
number put in each ranging from 25
to 200. In addition to this 1000 Of
the fish were sent to people wishing
to stock their private ponds. Among
the streams and ponds supplied were
four lakes and ponds near Raleigh,
including the well-known H.nton's
pond. Only 500 crappie were sent to
the State They are in fishing club
ponds at Hendersonville. These ponds
also got 500 rock bass. The only other
rock bass sent to the State, except
some 400 given to applicants wishing
to stock private ponds. were 400 put
in the Riverside Lake at Asheville
The only iandlocked salmon sent to
the State were 5000, which were put
in tn lake at Toxaway near Hender-
sonville. Also $4,000 lake trout eggs
were placed in this lake. \ few brook
trout were placed in our mountain
streams. as follows: Bee Tree creek
and Reems creek at Asheville, 500
each; Little river, Briar Fork of Lit
tie river and Reason over creek, 500
each: Chitola creek at Lenoir Maury
creek at Coalville and Boyd Fork
creek at Morganton, 300 each. But
rainbow trout, which is a harder fish
than brook trout, ana DeJtef suited TO
less clear and rapid water, were quite
generally distributed in small streams
throughout the Piedmont section, as
follows Shawnee Hall river, 1,725,
and Elk Park river, at Elkpark, H.
275: Cherry Cora river at Waynes-
Vile. 435. and Big creek, in Haywood
county. 1000; Indian and Mill creeks,
at Toxaway 700: Armstrong. Sans
and Clear creeks at Marion, 696 each;
Buck. Big Buck. Little Buck, Mack
ey's and Johnson creeks, at Marion,
4S5 each: Trout Run at Marion and
Watauga. at st. Jude, 500 each; Trout
Lake at Lenoir, 435; Trout Pond at
MorrisviIle. 300; lear creek, at David
son river. 500 Spring Stream, at San
ford. $50: Kin-'s Pond, at Fayetteville,
$50 and McKennon's Pond, at Fay
etteville. 500; Hyborta creek and Holly
Oaks reservoir, at Fayetteville, 125
each; Canoe creek, Irish creek, Fox
Camp creek, Upper John river and
Fork of Catawba river, at Morganton,
435 each; Hunters creek, at Hunts
dale 200: Cane creek, at Green
Mountain. 1 900; Prices creek at
Cane river Arranman Lake at Man
chester. and Spring Pond, at Smith
field. 500 each; Pond on hospital
gounds at Raleigh, 200; Tar river. mill
no,,1 o,.icb11rc 3T5. and Sandy