Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-16
MUCH PROGRESS IS
NOTED IN OUTPUT
OF FISHERIES
Uncle Sam Gaining as Fish
Producer; Widespread In
terest in Work BIZ People
All Over Country.

Q Washington. Feb. Distribution
of FISH to public and private waters
involved railroad travel apprOXimatlng
l009i5 miles by the bureaus cars
and 3l9.Si9 miles hy detached mes
scngers, according 10 the report oil
Commissioner Bowers OF the Bureau
OF Fisheries. Department of Commerce
and Labor. for the fiscal year 1911,
which has been submitted TO Score
tary Nagel
While adverse meteorological con-
ditions cnrtailed The egg take OF inn
rortant species In some sections sub.
stantlal gains were made iu other
fields and The outcome 81 the years
work was the largest output of fish
and eggs IN the history of the bureau.
the total being 3.6i6. 29i .535, or 1855
per cent greater than In 1910. THIS
favorable showing Is largely account
ed for by The adoption OF new methods
and the utilization OF Improved APP
planes, resulting in increased eiii'
cheney and diminished expense.
OF these distribution 55O,i70,4lf
Gags. iO29.S00 fry and 1860 larger
FISH were delivered to various state
FISH commissions, and $4,000 eggs. g..
100000 fry and 2.O5O older fish were
furnished for shipment TO foreign
countries.
Notwithstanding the heavy Increase
w output shown from year ia year,
the report states that Il has been
impossible 20 peep pace with the
needs OF public and private waters.
The rapidly increasing population and
consequent opening up of new terri
tory, the changed physical conditiOns
oi the country, continuous expansion
of the fisheries lax enforcement OF
fishery laws boy many states ana total
disregard OF fishery Interests hy 9th
cra, all of these causes combine TO
render imperative the greatest possi.
BILE eXortions on the part OF the hu-
rcau
The benefits accrulng from the bu-
reaus efforts are manifested, the re-
port states, through the widespread
interest la the work by people in an
sections of The country. The apFllCa-
ton for food and game fishes received
during the fiscal year 1871 numlo
1888. and over half OF them were fof
the black basses, crappies. sunhshes
ana catllshcs for Iocklng artificial
ponds on farms The popularity OF
this branch of the work 10 Is stated.
Is constantly increasing with the TUT
ar realization that the maintenance
of private dshponds ,an be- made a
valuable adjunct 20 farming. as rood
supply FOR home consumption aud as
a source of revenue.
The species propagated IN larger
numbers la 1911 than In 1910 included
the chinook salmon. steel head trout,
brook trout rainbow trout. Crawling.
pike perch, yellow perch, white perch,
small mouth bass, buffalo FISH. pollock,
paddock and lobster The output OF
Atlantic salmon was double that OF
any previous year
The report states that one of the
most important needs Of the bureau
is an experiment station for the study
OF FISH diseases aud the problems OF
FISH breeding, II rs producing am am
nual output of Young fCh which would
nave. at the quotation of commercial
ish cultursts. value OF 81 0O0. 600 la
the halchories, and which are subject
90 diseases not common io their Wild
state. Lack of knowledge for the pre-
Nenuon on cure of cpidemics rs the
cause of serious loss 10 the public
enterprise OF FISH culture The most
prevalent fish disease in the hatcher
les Is q thyroid tumOr In trOuts which
mas been shown 10 be of the same ma
tnre as human cancer Although there