The Washington herald., 1913-08-03
Delegates Of OCEANS Will
BE EXCHANGED BY UNCLE SAM
Lobster Is to Be Taken to the Pacific While IN the Atlantic
1880 VIII Be Placed the Peerless Salmon.

port an important fishery that will add
greatly to the food supply.
Il have read with interest an item that
has gone the rounds stating that one of
the desirable perquisites Of the Fish Com.
missioner Is a private railway car. This
Is only partly correct. As q matter of
fact. there are five such cars. which are
attached to express trains in all parts
Of the country. and Congress has just
made provision for two additional cars
Of modern steel construction. Sr
Cars Are for Fi>h. I'ae
These cars, however, are not for the
Commissioner. his family, and his
friends. but are designed solely for the
comfortable and safe transportation of
fishes while on their way from the hatch
cries to the waters in which they will be
deposited. In the course of a year these
fish cars travel several hundred thousand
miles, and carry many million food and
game fishes bearing Uncle Sans hall
mark
One OF the greatest boons that can be
conferred on the Pacific States and a
large territory contiguous thereto is the
introduction and acclimatization Of the
Eastern lobster. This project has been
uhder consideration at various times for
many years: but the efforts have not
oeen sustained. the plants have been
snaii and scattered, and the net result
has been nil.
1t Is now proposed to utilize for This
purpose the female HOLSTERS vhich haxs
served their purpose at the New En-.
iano hatcheries. experimenting them
WIN q supply of males and egg-bearine
| ieihaies' ana to make several carload
snioments each season, depositine the
| lobsters in some definite locality. whose
| suitability has been determined in a.
vance. II Is planned to continue the
paintings long enough either to establish
| q hourisnihs colony or to demonstrate
the utility Of the scheme
| Atlantic Salmon Extinct.
| BY was Of reciprocity, a determined
| and well-sustained attempt is To he r,ad,,
| TO introduce one or two species Of Pa
cine salmon on the New England Coast.
The present condition Of the New Eng
land rivers precludes the possibility of
| re-estaolishing the large native salmon
therein. but there is a prospect of in.
Producing small species of Pacific SAL
mon which spawn near the sea and would
not be affected by distractions and the
! greatly changed physical character Of
the headwaters which for some years
have practically prohibited natural
| spawning of the Atlantic salmon. The
| salmon that will be used are excellent
food fish and will prove very acceptable
substitutes for the native species. Many
| million eggs can be sent to the New
| England hatcheries for incubation, and,
| II necessary. the usual output Of trout
| can be curtailed.
Atlantic salmon have practically be-
come extinct through the progress o.
civilization. and the same causes which
have brought about the disappearance
OF this fish from Eastern waters are
| also responsible for the fact that the
finest Of all OF the five varieties of Pa
cific salmon cannot be propagated sue
| cussfully in the Eastern Coast streams.
| THE salmon, of all of the food fishes.
\ Is the only one which dies after spawn
| ing.>While this fact has been disputed,
the investigators of the Bureau of FISH
| cries have found this to be the rule
, rather than the exception.