Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-12-16
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Dubuque. Dec. l6.-Thc rescuing OF
! fish FROM the land locked lakes, sloGgbs
ana bayous IL fast becoming one OF the
greatest efforts of tho bureau OF f,sh-
cries. 1t is Il practical work. the bene-
fta OF which radlate to oil sections or
the United states, being in reality
work of the government In cffectuaiiy
! fighting the high cost of living, II mas
been amply demonstrated that there
has been an enormous waste or FOOD
thru failure to prevent the suSfocation
lin lana-locked lakos and sloughs.
When this work was begun In the late
ninetlcs, less than a million fish year
were rescued, but the work has boon
enlarged to such an extent that during
| the past season iI7o79.o5i were rescu-
ed in tho territory from prescott, WIS,
ON the north to about ten miles south
OF Bellevue. Iowa. The placing back
In tho river of these fish has stocked
the stream to such a point that I'M
proved fishing has been noted both by
the commercial fishman and the peo-
pie who fish for recreation.
Saved 73,5oO, 900 Pounds.
or the fish rescued during the last
season, approximately 6S,0o0,O0O were
game fish, the balance rough or COM
mercial fish. Assuming that half OF
the fish that were put back In the riv-
er live 10 reach pound In weight be-
fore being caught and this Is very
conservative estimate, the work that
was being done during the season by
the bureau Of fisheries saved the con-
sumner approximately 73.500,000 pounds
OF food. To quote the commissioner Of
fisheries, III these fish were bought
from commercial dealers the amount
would more than equal the total APP
preparation for the bureau Of fish
cries"
From tho above It can be seen what
the rescue work means TO the people
living in the Mississippi valley as It
is a work that will prove to be one OF
the greatest good not only to the val
ley but the country ut large.
1t II Incredible to think Of the num-
bers of fish that have been suffocated
in the past. rs even now, with the or
ganization, the bureau has there were
fish lost during the last season. Dur
ing the last season the largest days
work was done by one crew working
from A househoat stationed near Cor
don's ferry when 1t put sixty-nine tubs
of fish back in the main river from one
lake. Another working from Bellevue
put siXty-four tubs back into running
water One working from Lynnville
and near Farper's Ferry put sixty
three tubs into Herper's channel
One crew working from Genoa put
twenty-sev tubs in running water
from small lake twenty -four by 100
feet. Another working on the I.atsch
estate north Of IVinona put in thirty
one tubs from a lake seventy feet by
800 feet These are but n few OF In
stances of the work being done but It
goes to show what the bureau Of fish
cries is doing and what can be done In
the future If funds were available.
With the proper appropriation avail
able the river could be divided into Sec
tons and every lake or slough could
be seined and the fish pue back into
the running water.
Worked in Wide Range,
During the season the bureaus
crews operated from Red Wing. Mimi:
Prescott, Wis: Wabasha, Mimi: Alma.
Wis: Homer. Mimi; La Crosse, Wis;
Dakota, Mimi; Brownsville SIinn.;
Genoa. Wis; Ferryville. Wis: Lynx
Vile. Wis: McGregor. Iowa; Gutten-
burg. Iowa. and Gordon's Ferry, Iowa.
From the above it can be seen that the
bureau Is realizing what the rescue
work means and is making every ef-
fort to do all the work it can with the
limited money that has been provided.
AS yet this work Is in its infancy
and practically unlimited. 1t is prac-
ticnlly en- assured fact that the bureau
will eventually extend this work along
the whole length Of the Mississippi
river. AS a result of this work the
! upper Mississippi will become the best
stream in the country both for the
angler and the commercial fisherman.
Below is given the numbers Of each
species rescued during the last season
at La Crosse. Wis. North McGregor.
and Bellevue: Black bass. 22762l:
Gro ppie. s2.441,422; sunfish. 2s.312.-
4s7: catfish. 7l.2ss.5oo; yellow perch.
/ sos. $40; pike-pickerel. sol .959; carp.
is,2ss,4S5: buffalo. 2.s11.742: drum or
sheepshead. 1854; white bass, So.745;
bowfin. 2,s1139s; gizzard shad. 3.202.-
Sis: miscellaneous specimens for
aquaria, 500.
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