The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1910-09-10
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waters, that does not come within the purview
Vf the bureau
It is conceived to be the better policy to ex
pend small amount of public money In ma
king fish so abundant that they can be caught
without restriction and serve as cheap food for
the people at large, rather than to expend
much larger sum in preventing people from
patching the few fish that still remain after
generations Of improvidence.
Public or government ish-cuIture in Ameri
Ga exceeds IN extent and Importance that OF
Rll other countries combined. However, the
neglect of some of the states to provide the
minimum protection to certain species inhabi-
ting interstate and international waters has
not only negatived the f1sh-cultural work of the
bureau and of the states themselves, but has
practically inhibited It by preventing the pos
sibility Of securing adequate supply of eggs,
thus making desirable and necessary the pla-
cling Of interstate and international waters I'M
der the jurisdiction of the general government.
At the end of the f1rst ten years of the bu-
reau's existence, the fishes that were being
regularly cultivated were shad, carp, chinook
salmon, Atlantic salmon, landlocked salmon,
rainbow trout, brook trout and whitef1sh, in adj
dition to which the propagation Of several 9TH
ers had been undertaken experimentally. The
list now is six times as long and the annual
output is ten times the aggregate for the ten
year period ending in 1881.
The main energies are devoted to the i'm.
portant commercial f1shes-shad, whitefsh,
lake trout, Pacific salmons, white perch, yell
low perch, cod fatfish and the lobster, which
are Matched in lots of many millions annually.
More widely popular however, are the distri-
buttons of the fishes of the interior waters
which are generally classed as game fishes. Al
though representing only about 10 per cent.
of the output of the hatcheries, this feature
of the work is very important for 1t supplies
choice kinds of fish for public rivers, lakes and
ponds, and for fishing preserves and private
ponds and streams in all parts of the United
States The fishes most in demand for these
purposes are the 1and-locked salmon, the diff
ferent species of trout, the grayling. the basses
the crappies, the sunfshes, and the catfshes.
but various others also are handled.
FIshculturaI stations are established by
special act Of congress, and their location and
construction are determined after a careful
survey of the available sites in given state.
The usual buildings are the hatchery proper,
a residence for the superintendent and his fam
lily. and necessary outbuildings. At some sta
lions there may also be power house. foreman's
or hsh-eulturist's dwelling, mess hall and sta
bic.
The only permanent marine hatcheries are
I'm Maine and Massachusetts, where the cod,
pollock f1atfsh and Holsters are Matched in
Immense numbers. Other sea fishes that have
In previous years been artifcially propagated
and may again come under the hand of the
dsh-culturist are the haddock the scuppaug.
the sheepshead, the sea bass, the mackerel, and
the suueteague some Of which were Matched
on the steamer Fish Hawk, in Chesapeake bay
and Florida.
! The fsh-cultural work on the eastern coast