The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-03-09
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season after the first plant, three
pound shad was caught In San Fran
cisco Bay. In half a dozen Years they
were abundant Shad are now to be-
had IN great numbers from Cooks
Inlet, far up the Alaska coast, to san
Diego, along q coast ), 600 miles long:
The Sacramento river or the Columbia
river could either furnish more shad
today than the Potomac or the Hue
son.
These California river basins had
an abundant supply Of good fish before
the shad was introduced, however, and
7 do not go In much for shad. The peo-
PIE Of a given section, having become
accustomed to certain varieties Of
fish, insist on having those varieties.
While the shad is in great demand in
the East, it is the cheapest fish in the 1
market IN the Pacific coast TheI
fisherman there makes no special eI-i
fcrt to take it, bur merely brings IN
these that happen into his net It'll
seems not at all uni likely that theyi
may soon establish proftabIe indus
try in shipping this abundant fish to
the people who like 1t on the otnerl
side of the continent
just this thing has already hap-t
pened with relation to the cod fish,
which is the special favorite Of the /
people of Massachuse The cod
was transplanted to the Columbia riy-t
er regions and there became abund-I
ant Today cod are icing taken in
great numbers and, while they aret
eaten hardly at all in Portland and
Seattle, they are being shipped in con-t
siderable quantities back to Boston,
1t was in 1873! that 135, stripd bass
from New jersey we're liberated in an
arm of San francisco Bay. and werei
the first of their kind in those waters
A similar plant was made three years
later The striped bass multiplied as
rapidly as did the shad, but was more
readily accepted on the California
markets. Soon the California catch
OF striped bass surpassed that of any
other state, and today it is greater
than that Of any group Of states on
the Atlantic coast. The striped bass
may today be said to be the favoriteI
fish of CalHornians 1t has always
been prime favorite in the East and
brought top prices. Eut it's so aibund-l
ant in San Francisco that it sells much
more cheaply there, and it is an im-l
portant food among even the poorestl5
people. The Pacific coast has forl3
many seasons brought the fisherment
100000 a year.
The fish that has been most WIDELY
distributed comes from the West. tt
IS the rainbow trout, which made its
home in the streams that come from
Mount Shasta hardy, game, beauti-l
full fish OF great food value. Forl
thirty years the experts of the nation
and the states have been broadcasting /
1h1c3 EaYnn11nnf 1cIt
taken the place Of the brook trout inl
the East, as it thrives in streams thatI
conditions have made uninha bitablel
TO the brook trout. 1t has widerl
range Of adaptabilitys also, as it gets
along we'll in deeper and more slug
gish streams, and thrives much fur
Their south. There is not state in the
union in which the rainbow trout is
not today to be found in comparative
abundance. Z
While the transplanting of fish toll
new streams has nearly always proved
benefit, the results have often been
questioned. The so-called Gernant
carp which was introduced into. Amer
lea by the federal authorities. mas been
generally considered as an objection
able fish here, despite the great value
that is attached to it in. Europe. 1t |
Still has many defenders, however.t
and it is maintained that twill yet
become all important item OF dfer.
The cat fish, which is native to the !
Mississippi basin, and which is UNI
quest iona'b1y q very excellent food
fish, has been cond emned In some Of |
the regions into which it has been in- |
stroduced, as being destructive toll
other varieties Soon after tile cons
5pletion of the Baltimore and Ohio /
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