Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-08-25
TRIAL FISHING 0N TNF EZ8AzR0S5'i

waters, that does not come within the purview
of the bureau.
1t 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 cheap food for
the people at large, rather than to expend
much larger sum in preventing people from
catching the few fish that still remain after
generations of improvidence.
B., Public or government fish-cuture in Ameri-
ca exceeds in extent and Importance that OF
all 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 1t by preventing the pos
!sibility of securing an adequate supply Of eggs,
thus making desirable and necessary the pla-
cling Of interstate and international waters un-
der the jurisdiction Of the general government
At the end of the firss ten years of the bu-
Ireau's existence, the fishes that were being
Regularly cultivated were shad, carp, chinook
salmon, Atlantic salmon, land-locked salmon,
rainbow trout, brook trout and whitefsh In ad-
ldition to which the propagation Of several 9TH
lers had been undertaken experimentally. The
Hist 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.
lportant commercial hshes-shad whtefsh.
lake trout Pacific salmons, white perch yell
low perch, cod, fatfish and the lobster, which
Iare 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
Iof 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
Iponds and streams in all parts of the United
States. The fishes most In demand for these
purposes are the land-locked salmon the diff
ferent species of trout, the graylng, the BASES,
the crappies, the sunfshes, and the catfshes,
but various others also are handled.
Fish-cultural stations are established by
special act of congress, and their location and
construction determined after 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
or fsh-culturist's dwelling, mess hall and sta
bile.
The only permanent marine hatcheries are
lin Maine and Massachusetts, where the cod,
pollock hatfsh, and Holsters are Matched in
immense numbers. Other sea fishes that have
in previous years been artihcially propagated
and may again come under the hand Of the
lfsh-culturist are the paddock, the scuppaug
the sheepshead, the sea bass, the mackerel and
the squeteague, some of which were Matched
ION the steamer Fish Hawk. In Chesapeake bay
and Florida.
The fish-cultural work on the eastern coast