The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-10
known as E Fisherrnai, Bob
All Through His Years "
Active Life d ai1iel vveb-
ster's Favorite Long
H. Island Fishing
Resort.
i, and tho good work went on,

OF fish, anu NJ the Buou w W NJ S1A y
rapidly. Il "
I'm 1872, while was a member OF Com E
Rress, Garfield introduced a bill for tho Us
Establishment OF the National Fish u!
fConmisslon and 1t went through wit u Ssf
rush. Immediately after Its passage ss
SPENCER II Baird was made the head OF 81
the commission, which was attached to-
the smithsonian institution. That was
in 1879. Baird was a trug sport sman, g Y
scientist and devoted to his .work do la
started the commit ssion, now CT such sfarsssf
reaching Importance, In the right way 81
with its wider field and greater re-s Al
sources the United States Fish CONF E
mission has been able to do many things, Z
OF course, that no State cotnnissionf|
could do &. I;
The initial fish cultural opera tons ofS 1
Roosevelt and Green were devoted maiYsssr
" to the brook trout but = occyxaesss
q minor place fl the dper tons of thestI
Government Fsshs Cbn1niisaitn, the lake
trout, Il the cisco, pc ch, bass, Y pollcKs3s
and lobster receiving the grenta q mount I
( Of attention. Yet about ten millions and /
half brook ttsut fry, fing rlingsiS
syearllngs and adult fisil were dlstribu
last year. including 800, O0o eggs for FA -
gentIna, so that brook trout may EVENT.
Sually be found In the streams Of SOUTH 4
America. ~ ~ Nj
Tho habitat OF the brook trout IN thig
country has been extended BY the Cont
mission also, notably In &C dorado. ~ u 6
mountain streams were long thongnt ) s
/ be especial lyS adapted to tho brook trout
1T IL now widely distributed over the
fstnta, and 1T exists there IN greater NUM-
bers perhap than In any other 9tats.s
The Colorado streams, in fact. have SsDaeassf
come tho chief source Of suppl ySfsEf| qqsyNE
Wild beook trout eggs. sS siss
& shad and stripped bass from the ~ aSs3
,oo
unon tho Pacific coast In such
5bers that more than 800, 900 pound
these two var les OF VI fish N are
.cnuEllt ANNUALLY on the western c.
the returns to the fishermen being g.
4 SEQ, COO Il The introduc Jpn Of kaesnSs5
coast fish on tho Atlantlc sea board 49,
ever, has not been equal " succscssI
The attempt to- ncclimate the Chtnoox3
salman in eastern wa ters vtng SsS
completely. sS This year attempts areS0SSMss
ing made to Introduce the silver 1noa@SS
and the 4 llunpback lsalmon. OnasthH@$
gpther hand the steelhead trout ofssslneeelssS
pacific coast streams and b lakes - AL
well In their nov. home as thsAS 6fd1a d.
trout in & Colorado hi The Int oductfG1l
having been Il made later, however,
STEEL heads are mot yet an importa aS III!
ment IN the Superior cat tel. MosA#pikgs
perch were distributed 4 last year
nsh Sof any others variety the nritaness5
being only nbout q hundred thous1rlisI
less than 100. 900 Ooo. Y Next came |shsd IN
which about $40 900 600 of eggs and II Ey
were distributed 81
III Tho grand total OF 4, rs, 475 900 fry ana
FISH distributed were divided among thlrss
|8ty-six M varieties, most Of n them sss bejn6s
fresh water Ash, though sea fish are nyggss
I8no means neglected. assachusettaS leads
IN the distrrbution, having received @norea
THAN $40 200, 600: Ohio comes next ms
more than 1862, 900 900: 1o elawnrs go
stands last on tho list, but every state
and Il Territory except Alaskn was Sasil,sssA
lcluded in the dstrib tion los. year and
ISthis year Alaskn also Is being !nclud ed i
Fan Resides the brook q trout eggs sent
lSArgentinn nearly half a million SagssSs
other varieties were sent to thnt counfs
try, moro than ], 800, 900 to New Healana
and smaller quantities to ind vid nal Hss
5plicants in France and Germany
In. 1905 the bureaus dis tribution cars.
were hauled sa.7o4 mile5 while detach An
redistribution messengers travelled - nearly
800. 900 miles, m incraas Of q perscent;
I'm car mileage It and 1888 Ia 81 snessenSsas
mileage. Tho bureaus sdepartmentssES
biological tnvestiga tions and Sexper1iheN
Is among IT'S mot Important Activesss
ties ana the cordial cooperation sof th4i
Canadian Fish Commit ssion With that
OF the United States Is OF great value
to all concerned. ] t has led to an snoissSYs
nous increase OF value IN d tho 0sherte9ss
OF the Great Lakes which iHSs only sonSa
Of the highly important results comm u
from the acquaintance betWeen RobeFtf
B. Roosevelt and Seth Green. casually
begun II ut q meeting nj the New Yorkt
State sportsmans Association In chez
middle sixties. fsSf sss
Copyright. 1906, by Dexter S1dar.hall.)SSSass