El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-01-19
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Urges Eating Fish Conserve Meat Supply

I the whale, and its meat is said to be
Of much the same nature. II is a
warm blooded animal which is found
| all along our coasts It goes about in
great schools and feeds upon other
I food fishes. A big school OF porpoises
viii eat as much sea food as the
whole population Of New York city,
and that OF the very fish we like best.
| When we eat the porpoise we save
not only the amount Of meat his
flesh dispiaces. but also the sea food
he is likely TO consume. Canned por-
poise has been recently sent to the
fish bureau. and the experts there
have pronounced IL delicious.
As 20 our supply OF meat from the
whale. I am told that about 1900 whales
are annually caught in our Pacific coast
waters. The average whale will produce
10. 600 pounds Of excellent beef. 50 that
the possible food from the whales we
are now catching viii amount to some
thing like I5.060,000 pounds every year
Cold Storage Plants for Whales.
This catch is based on the sale Of the
oil which is rendered out OF the blubber.
and from the flesh and bone which is
whale brings about one-half cent per
pound, whereas il II were sole as food It
would bring at least 10 cents per pound.
The whalers are beginning to realize the
possibility. and some Of the companies
are putting up cold storage plants with
view TO packing the meat We have
whaling stations in the states OF Wash
ington. Oregon and California and IN
Alaska There Is one at Port Armstrong,
Alaska. which caught several hundred
whales last season, and among them
sperm whales. suiphur-botton whales. fin
backs and humpbaczs. These varieties
are among the most common Of the
whales caught today.
The humpbacks and finbacks are found
in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
and the sulphur-bottoms are often caught
off the shores OF our Pacific coast The
suiphur-bottom IS about the largest OF the
whale family, and comparatively few n
them would supply an army with meat
One was killed e few years ago which
measured 95 feet in length and weighed
294. 900 pounds. II was SO feet about the
waist. and its jaw bone stood upon end
reached the height OF a two story house.
Some OF the best whaling grounds Of to-
day are in the Antarctic ocean. not far
from the lower end Of South America. The
annual catch Of finbacHs and humpbacHs
from that region is about Il, 900 and those
caught near the Falkland islands in 1915
produced $4,000. 900 pounds OF oil There
are great many whales also in the Arc
tic ocean. where the japanese do much Of
the whaling They have IS vessels de-
voted to the industry.
We have still some whales in the At
lantic- The pilot whale is found in ami
about the Grand Banks OF Newfoundland, !
and still farther south II is said to
breed about Cape Cod. and not many
years ago 119 were driven ashore there. |
The females were yielding milk. and /
when the fishermen cut into their sides /
the milk poured forth in streams
Make Sea Cow Domestic Animal
In connection with the whale we have
an animal that lives IN the water which 4
Dr. Alexander Graham Bell has suggested 4
might be domesticated and used TO in /
crease our, food supply This Is the mana 4
vas the mermaid, when he saw It on Lis
1rst voyage TO the West Indiez- The /
manatee is q long bodied animal. some 4
what like seal in appearance 1t has
no hind legs. but broad rounded tail i
which works Ike propeller when it flies
through the water. The animal attains
maximum length OF about IS feet and 4
The old bulls weigh half q ton. The female /
iarries her young beneath her flipper and
The suckles II as does whale This AMI Il
nal DR.. Bell says. was sEarming the \
-ivers, bays and lagoons Of Florida when 1
he white nan first came to America
upon the water plants just as the buffa- 4
Ices grazed upon our great western plains !,
The animal came as far north as Viz
ginla. and Il was found In Florida, the Il
West Indies and along the gulf coast in /
Mexico and Central America It is now L
almost extinct in our country. although L
liver. which with suitable care might in
'rease and its descendants make an I'm
1ortant food supply for Florida and the /
world The animal lives upon vegetables
llQ QDHE All o. is GdllLE HLuNE the NdLGEs
I is not at all dangerous, likes 10 ass0-
late with its fellows and the herds could 1
asily be kept ia the Florida lagoons as
ir1vate property.
Submarine Kills Tile Fish.
Many Of the new fishes which are now
icing exploited by the bureau Of fish
ries have already become an important
art Of our food supply. Take for in
tance the tilefish, which was first dis
overed By the fish scientists in 1873, but
destroyed. as far as our waters are con-
erned. by some submarine disaster which
ffected II IN 1855. At the latter date
he tilefish died by the millions. and the
cean near our Atlantic coast was covered
nth their dead One sea captain reported
hat he had sailed for So miles through
cad fish Of this kind, and Il Is esti-
mated that there was q space in the
cean 10 miles long and IS miles wide
7hich was paved with dead tile The
lumber then lost Il estimated by the
iureau Of fisheries TO have been 1,4oo. 0oe.-