The Alaska daily empire., 1914-12-16

lesa md vast npmoera of them fali eaay prev to Inc trout and other pre- dace0u8 1shee in tha local waters. and lo ducks a other lid birds. The chief recommendation Of the me-
 hod in tho yel of 0mc ilgh cullmisLs was lhat it made 3 biz showing oi lry planted a minimum cogt.
 h iow a eeitriB who had dely-
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 endtd that t tae lry were retained lai tho hatcaaries tor 9 few months ,hoy would Do better fitted to cope With lhelr many enemies md their contention has been borne out by the recent rgscarches Of pr. C. q. Gilbert upon the British Columbia socseye lthe same speciss ag the Alaska Red iaoImon), which show that bolh the fry of the year and also yeafllng5 whioh have remained in the tributary lakes and 5lfeams since tho preced- ing season go out to sea toBotner Ills examinations oi scales from Sock eyes caught in an Important streame of the Province show that practically all aduit fish are derived from the yeariing migrants Co the practical ex- eiuaion oi those which migrate as iry The Importance of thia knowledge to Che 1sh cullur.st is very great as he is now assured chat il he holda his salmon in retaining ponds until they have passed the fry migrating stago ho win then be able to turn loose fish which will remain in the lakes and streams until Che following year when they win be large enough to escape from most of their enemies and thus Q vastly greater portion will live to return at the regular spawning period than ig gDanted at Che fry stage.
 The fry-holdins theory has been steadily gaining ground and for q number of years the United States Bureau of Fisheries has been raising a few to the fngerllng and yearliu6 stages A few years ago the bureau began experimenting along this line on a larger scale, 90 also did several states and the Alaska Packers As- sociatlon at iis Forlmann hatchery. When Dr. 2 M. Smith became United state1 Commissioner Of Fisheries he announced that 1t would be the policy Of the bureau to Increase as rapidly aa possible the then limited pond capacity of its hatcheries thus en- abliug it to hold the salmon until they atained a size at which they would be able to take care of themselves, and this has also now become the announced policy Of the fish commis. sions of California, oregon and Wash irgton
 Tle general adoption of this plan wln mean a big decrease in the num- Der of fish planted as 1t would be l3mpossible in most cases to install bond capacity sufficient to hold the former numbers. while Che expense would be probibitve. but as a fish raised to the fngerling or yearling stage would be worth moro than some thousand Of fry planted under the old conditions 1t is selfevident that a conadorably less number could be planted and vastly more good stili be accomplished.
 use Canadian Law.
 (4) There is no one thing the vast majority Of the packers would well come with more satisfaction than federal inspection of Canned salmon along practically thes anne lines as the government is now doing with meats. An act modelled somewhat after the one Canada has recently adopted with respect to salt fish would probably be found to answer the pur- pose. This act fixes the method of curing, packing and style of package, and provides for the official inspec- ton and branding of same. The mat ter of having the product inspected and branded is optional with the packer
 If such an net were in force in Alaska all canneres conforming to it's requirements would have their goods branded with the official stump, and such goods would undoubtedly be much more salable than the goods Of packers who elected not to submit to federal inspection Of the product itself, and the latter would soon be compelled by public opinion to submit 10 same The official brand of the