The Detroit times., 1914-10-07
Oh SEES
LORD CATCH
OF SALMON
nns Filled. Fishing Is
stopped for Lack of
Facilities
iTS OF FISH ARE
CLOSELY STUDIED
r {. \ 90 sAstrsss
Z That All Dies in Spawning
+ Proven to Be a
Fallacy = 2 X. :.

a me tender Akutan TO go Into
nf quarters from the Bristol bay
is& Alaska. brings news OF req
1r>Aling salmon pack In that part
|<hs world. There was O. steady
u nsh during the season, which
~ lntsr than ever before. Every
lnh1e can was filled, and AT ina
rornk river eanneries alone there
= ohortage OF cans equal TO 10000
|< 6f ash. At all other factories
(frnos existed. None was prepar-
- the tremendous run Of salmon.
IL a. % the cans were nhod the
nr was stopped. The Nushasak
&r onnneries totaled 646, 200 cases-
El&ntfac Investigation Is clearing
100 az thu nv steriea Of the sal
1oeuting the idee that an die IN
.nlnr. and. other fallacieS ~
~ stated ~ r. r. Clanto. state
warden. that there - 10 specific
IS the distances which saimon
ascend the streams In which they
|1ult their spawn, They continue
nvol upo(reAm a. FAR q the -depth
vnfor win permit swfmmingg or
they reach some insurmountable
80. The recorded government
= Alturas lake, Idaho. 1885 feet.
4 6urious fact has been noted In
<otion with salmon movement In
( yyilliamette river No salmon
kern found IN any tributary en-
< the Willamette from the west
80 are q number OF fairly import
streams having their sources IN
Hooost range. hut for some reason
1ave no attraction for the sal
" This condition does not obtain
18klou 20 the Columbia river. the
catering tributaries flowing into
< htfoam from either the north or
Very few salmon attempt TO
q The Des Chutes river. probably
ooount Of the great number OF
IA di1lcult rapids.
SONS Fallacies-
Ting OF salmon In fresh water
~ not IN established scientific
f.onk -continued observation In
- that the Ash ordinarily seek
t(fonh water for spawning pur-
hut II II not positively known
|fhoy do not In some instances
n the ocean. nor n II positive
Town In what part Of the ocean
H1mOn live between the time they
eholr fresh water birthplace and
ro<lnrn TO the same stream. They
Z |ound &C St. Lawrence Island,
-, the year around. establishing
1hoir home center.
800 .Iong been stated a. fact
~ salmon, having left salt water
~ spawning tour. ever return
= 20, the belief being that they
lnb1y die Immediately after de-
TT their eggs. Recent observa-
indicate that this II not the case.
- E1k river. In Curry county, In
- the spawning beds are only
three miles from the ocean,
G41mon are never found: on the
hand, the fish are very numer-
nrlnG spawning time, but imme-
aft6fward they disappear from
EEvor and have been seen passing
4 nto the ocean, apparently none
Vorse for their sojourn In fresh
warden Il OF the opinion that
ooriy AL the flsh that ascend the
1bia are lost. Females have been
Vod attempting to escape down
m after having spawned In the
n.y. Of the hatcheries, and the
~ after watching the nests for a
114s after the departure Of their
have also Misrepresentation
cn, without doubt. as a rack had
y placed In the river for the pur-
% OF stopping their upward jour
Salmon have been stripped at,
+ kotcheries and then marked. and
y have been taken In seines,
Vn Cor that purpose, near the
~ Of the river.
\ 4 Their Habits.
linen make their way MP the
ms very slowly; those leaving
E0Doan In May or June not spawn
~ many instances, until late in
nber. At that time. IL they have,
I'D Ear toward the headwaters Of,
w. tributary. jumping falls and
- their way up swift rapids en-
~ the ash are physically much ex-
ed, and In such cases some die
IN ss they. have. Deposited their
This gave rise TO the sssump-
1 Hat III salmon leaving the ocean
~ return. The deaths are due to
<okn Of parasites and not erhaus-
has also been demonstrated that
hoby salmon do not In All cases
10 0esocean A. soon sas. .they'
= f0sn4v1gate- The warden
mt probably 50 per cent OF
out caught IN the Oolumbia
4 ~ trfnufavies are IN : reality
salmon that have for some rea-
Z tied 10 remain 10 their native
~ Tor q time & -
p so-oolled rfeelhead salmon is
1s1o1ly & salmon. but a trout. and
moi lice up TO all the laws sup
4 % govern selmon. While MANY
1kxd tt6ut 70 % ire ocean and
Z there Cor q time, many others re.
~ "a fresh WATER, probably rail-
70 lites certainly rntl full frown.
~ the salmon. this variety APP
10 desire food az an times. and
+ - caught with bait while ascend
~ spa wning streams 90 readily
40 other time :.
Fl. 4. l------------ = :. 8 "
m Good ROADS
-. = 49,. =