Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1919-11-13
PALM FOUNDER
OFF FOR SOLE
Fishermen Are Said to Be POOLING
Eastern Housewives.
NO TRUE SOLE ON THIS SIDE

W. uUOk OOk6 Wv uu"O Ss
PseudopIeuronectes Dlsnabilis Mas
querading as His Distant and More
Distinguished Relative SoIea Vui
aaris-Bls Work Done by Fedora
Bureau In Rescuing Food Fishe.
Along Mississippi and Illinois Rivers
Many Washington family is enjoy
ing an agreeable fish sold to them as
genuine English sole. The wholesale
dealers get it from New York. The
story in Washington market goes II
the effect that this fish, having beer
driven from the North sea by th'
racket of war and exploding mines
has come to America and is now bein,
extensively caught along our eastern
shores.
Government ichthyOlOgists smile ant
say there never has been any sole;
vulgaris, or European sole, in Ameri
can waters and very little at any TIM
on our tables-nOne at all of lat
years. They suspect that the pseudo
plelrOnectes dignabiliS, a common
founder taken off the Georges Bank'
from Massachusetts to Nova Scotia,
masquerading as his distant and NOR
distinguished relative. Or II may b.
that fiat fish with a longer name--
glytocephalus cynUglossus-is the I'm
personatOr.
Massachusetts fishermen have beer
catching during the present year. n:
they did last year for the first time II
commercial quantities, this last fish
which they call sole or gray sole. The
species has been identified as the crai,
fluke or pole, or deep sea founder. 1t i:
found off both shores of the Atlantic
ocean as far south as Delaware bay
and Ireland and in deep water. II
was first caught here in 1877 in Mas
saclnlsetts bay. 1t is an excellent fOod
fish. but it Is nothing like the English
sole.
Che demon SOLE of European wa
ters is the true sole, and Is never
found on this side of the Atlantic
The fish of America most nearly re-
lated to II In appearance, but not in
favor. is a species of sole which is
not eaten by man. Its common name
is 'hog choker," bestowed because il
often sticks in the threats of swine
that feed upon 1t in shallow pools left
hy tie recession Of the tides. The sale
of this fish in market being out Of the
question, the experts say that II must
he common American summe: founder
thai is being misrepresented to house,
wives and appearing on menus as tilet
de sole
Rescuing Native Food Fishes.
Little is known IN the East Of the
hg work being done by the bureau OF
fisheries in rescuing food fishes along
the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
The states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wiscon.
sin and illinois are particularly inter.
ested and are cooperating In the
work, which extends down to Louis
luna. Every year the two great
streams overflow and the floods reced
ing leave millions of fine young fish &c
perish beyond the banks in the pockets
or pools that soon dry up.
Until recently no attention was paid
&" this waste. In the fiscal year OF
1917 more than 100000 fish were re-
turned TO the rivers or put into brooks
or nearby lakes; in 1918 the number
was 2G00O,00O; in 1919 it reached 55.
100000. and up to July this year II
WAS close to 100,O0OYO00. Remote
states N: asking for n supply and the
gniI, in the use Of fish for food Il
nr,rj:ed all through the middle West
Hundreds of thousands of black
bass. pike and perch, and millions OF
carp, crappies, catfish and buffalo fish
are yearly saved to restOck the bis
rivers and grow up in the ponds, lakes
and streams for miles around.
Methods of Saving Fish.
The rescue work Is done in two
~ayA, Where possible bitches are dug
from the pools and the stranded fish
drained back to the rivers. By far the
greater number are caught in nets.
pInptied into buckets and restored tC
ih''iT native waters or shipped to dis
liant places needing them. The total
cu.t =. the government is about $4,000
Il y. r.
The WinOna County FishermGn's
association OF Minnesota reports tina,
tlip GOOD effects are noted In improved
fishing both for market and for sport
1t is held that, assuming that if hall
of the fish rescued last year reach
found in weight, there have been
saved 100000 pounds of excellent
food.
This year the rescue of land-locked
fish will be conducted on a much en-.
largni scale. Twelve crews of men
will he at work. The season begins on
An"Mst !. The government will have
entire charge, the state Of Minnesota
having agreed TO cooperate, with head
quarters ut the Homer station, which
will cover the entire district between
Prescott and Sabula, Iowa. The fore
cast is that in the next few months
700h0o00 fish will be saved in this
territory and half that number in the